Sanda Ojiambo, is a Kenyan administrator who serves as the as assistant secretary-general of the United Nations Global Compact, effective April 2022.
[1] Before that, from 17 June 2020 until 22 April 2022, she served as executive director of the United Nations Global Compact, succeeding Lise Kingo of Denmark.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and International Development obtained from McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
She spent a total of five years in Somalia, leading programmes in areas including "Education, Safe Motherhood, Environmental Conservation, Governance and Landmines Demining".
[2][5][6] Before her appointment to head the UN Global Compact, Ojiambo sat on the board of directors for these companies: (a) Kenya Investment Authority, a parastatal (b) Gender Violence Recovery Centre, an NGO that provides services to survivors of gender violence (c) Global Development Incubator, an international social enterprise aiming to drive the adoption of technology for development and (d) Care Pay Limited, a health payments company.