Jan Beagle

Who is Jan Beagle?

Jan Margaret Beagle is a diplomat from New Zealand, as of 2008 Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. She served as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, appointed to the position by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in September 2005, and succeeded by Catherine Pollard of Guyana in April 2008.

She started her career by serving the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1974 to 1979, she was a delegate of her country to the United Nations.

In 1979, Beagle joined the United Nations, first in the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, then as Political Affairs Officer from 1979 to 1989. She later became Senior Officer in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Management and Special Assistant to the Controller in the following year, Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 1990 to 1992, and Principal Officer in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General from 1992 to 1996.