Manoj Juneja

Juneja holds a B.Sc (1981) and M.Sc (1985) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW),[4] and has attained several academic distinctions including an Order of Merit of the ICAEW. He has participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State as well as an Executive Leadership program at Stanford University.

He has taught at the LSE, Boston University and the University of Geneva. He also serves on the Advisory Board at the University of California, Berkeley's Asia-Pacific Cooperation Study Centre and the Board of Governors of the United Nations System Staff College.[5]

After five years in the private sector as a business consultant and senior auditor at Arthur Andersen's London office, Juneja began his tenure at FAO in 1987. Between 1997 and 2002 he led FAO's Programme and Budget service. He was appointed to the post of Executive Director, Support Services and Treasurer and Financial Comptroller at the ILO during 2003-04. After returning to FAO, from January 2005 he led the Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation, and from January 2008 served as Assistant Director-General, Corporate Services, Human Resources and Finance Department. From these positions, he also fulfilled a key leadership role in FAO's reforms following the Independent External Evaluation. In April 2011 the FAO Council endorsed his appointment as Deputy Director-General for Operations.

An Indian national, he is married with two children.