Toby Lanzer

Who is Toby Lanzer?

Toby Lanzer, a national of the United Kingdom, is the current Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. He was appointed to this position on 26 July 2012. Since joining UNDP in 1992, he has held various positions within the UN system, including the following:

⁕Chief of Staff of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste

⁕Deputy Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in the United Nations Mission in Sudan

⁕UNDP Resident Representative in the Central African Republic

⁕Chief of the Consolidated Appeals Process based in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

⁕Head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Moscow, Russian Federation

He has also worked in Brazil, Chile and Georgia.

The holder of a post-graduate certificate in forced migration, a master’s degree in international affairs, with a specialization in economic and political development, and a bachelor’s degree in history, Toby Lanzer was educated at the University of Oxford, as well as Columbia University and the University of New Hampshire.