UNDP Kuwait Resident Representative

Ms. Morley was appointed as Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kuwait in January 2024. She has over 20 years of experience leading development policy and programme initiatives with the UNDP, the United Kingdom’s former Department for International Development (DFID) and civil society in Africa, Asia, and Latin America with a focus on social development, governance, and human rights.

Prior to joining UNDP Kuwait, Ms. Morley managed the United Nations Volunteer’s (UNV) global policy team and efforts to integrate volunteerism in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, based in Bonn, Germany. Previous roles include Team Leader for Democratic Governance in UNDP Myanmar, Senior Governance Adviser for Somalia with the UK Department for International Development, Head of DFID Andes (Bolivia, Colombia, Peru) based in La Paz, Bolivia and Social Development Adviser for DFID Sierra Leone.

A national of the United Kingdom, Ms. Morley holds a Master’s Degree in Human Rights, from the University of London, School of Advanced Study and a Bachelors of Economics specializing in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ms. Morley is fluent in English and Spanish, with a working knowledge of French, Japanese and Portuguese

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UNDP Kuwait Deputy Resident Representative

Sherif Eltokali UNDP Kuwait Deputy resident representative.

From September 2022 to May 2023, He served as the first-ever Data and Digital Manager at the UNDP Crisis Bureau, where he supported the implementation of the Digital and Data roadmap.

Sherif has over 30 years of experience in managing and leading complex (and award-winning) digital transformation and innovation programmes and operations in crisis, post-conflict, and non-fragile contexts.

Sherif joins UNDP Kuwait directly from UNDP Somalia, where he established their Innovation Portfolio, focusing on social innovation initiatives co-designed with communities. He also launched a series of open innovation challenges to support IDPs, create alternative energy solutions for households, Assistive Technology for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), and a Digital Economy initiative.

Before that, he served as Assistant Resident Representative and ICT4D and Innovation Team Leader for UNDP Egypt, where he established and managed the UNDP Egypt ICT4D Trust Fund. He supported the Government of Egypt in developing Egypt's national ICT and Innovation Strategy, the eGovernment programme, and establishing the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center and the Information Technology Institute. He also supported the national efforts to modernize and digitalize the Egypt Post, and the National Telecom Regulatory Authority, and he led the design of flagship programmes for Supporting PWDs and the National Telemedicine programme.

He built strategic partnerships with multinational organizations and the private sector, including Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Intel, Oracle, Computer Associate, Vodafone, Orange, Etisalat, GSMA, and others to support digital transformation efforts across the Arab Region. He also helped establish the first UNDP Innovation Lab in the Arab region in 2015.

Sherif holds a master’s in business administration, Information Technology, and Management from the Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands.