Saad Houry

Saad Houry (born 1952), Lebanese administrator and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

He was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in December 2007.

He has also taken assignment in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon.

In addition to the UNICEF, he has also worked for the World Bank and the Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations.

Houry was working at the American University of Beirut before joining the UNICEF.