Harriet Pedersen

Director and Deputy Head of UN Policy Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Ms Pedersen has been with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 1992. She has served in multiple countries: Zambia, Angola and Botswana. Prior to her current appointment Ms Pedersen was Minister-Counsellor at the EU Delegation in Botswana (2012- 2016). She has also served at the Swedish Mission in Geneva where she had the responsibility for Sweden’s engagement with the different health organisations. In her different capacities in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for more than 25 years she has focused on policy and strategy issues relating to a broad range of development issues with a focus on health. She chaired Council working group COHAFA during the Swedish Presidency in 2009 and has also been a member of two different Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanisms. Ms Pedersen holds a degree in International Business Administration from University of Linkoping in Sweden and a diploma in the Diplomatic Programme from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.