Mr Frode Mauring is assigned as UN Resident Coordinator a.i. and UNDP Resident Representative a.i. to the United Arab Emirates also covering the states of Oman and Qatar. He is a Norwegian national who has worked with the United Nations since 2002.

Mr. Mauring is coming from the position as Special Representative for the UNDP Administrator for its Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People where he has been since 2011. Prior to that he was the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in the Russian Federation (2009-2011), Kosovo (2005-2009) and FYR Macedonia (2002-2005).

Before joining the United Nations, he worked almost 20 years in the private sector in banking, consulting and the last position before joining UN was as CEO in a large industrial company in Angola.

Mr. Mauring has a master’s degree of International Management from the University of Denver as well as bachelor degrees in economics, business administration and social anthropology from Norwegian universities.