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Sheila Aggarwal-Khan has served as the Senior Advisor on Programme in the Strategic Implementation Team during the the reform process in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Her work has focused on facilitating the processes by which UNEP plans its programme of work. The main goal is to make UNEP more responsive to country priorities, to show measurable results in countries while still fulfilling the mandate, catalytic and coordination role of the organization.

Dr. Aggarwal-Khan's past 20 years of professional experience show a track record in management, strategic planning, programme and project development and implementation in environmental management and in environmental policy process analysis. Dr. Aggarwal-Khan previously served as the Ag. Deputy Director of UNEP's Division of GEF Coordination (DGEF) where she supported the Director to build and manage a 100-member staff team with an average project income of US $75million annually in GEF funding. Her work resulted in a UN commendation for a programme in the UN to show real results in the field. Prior to this, Dr. Aggarwal-Khan served as a GEF Programme Manager for a portfolio of environmental management projects where she was responsible for programme and project design. The work entailed partnering with partner agencies to build on UNEP's comparative strength in the UN while also showing results in complex socio-economic environments. Dr. Aggarwal-Khan's work experience at the intergovernmental level is complemented with experience at scientific research institutions such as the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, at the national level with work as an Environmental Specialist in the US State Government in Florida, at the civil society level, working with NGOs such as the Environment Liaison Centre International.