Ms Lise Grande is the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in India. Ms Lise Grande has worked for the United Nations since 1994, serving in Armenia, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor, Haiti, Occupied Palestine, South Sudan, Sudan, and Tajikistan. Ms Grande worked for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for seven years, and was involved in some of the United Nations’ largest humanitarian operations. She then served as Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia. Following this assignment, Lise served for three years as Chief of the Integrated Office for the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the DRC. In her last assignment, she served as the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Resident, and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in South Sudan.