Achim Steiner
Achim Steiner is a Senior Fellow of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford. He also serves as Chair of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference. A Brazilian-German National, he completed his two terms as UN Under-Secretary General and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (2017–2025) and vice-chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Group in June 2025.
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- Born in
- Carazinho
- Educated at
- Harvard Business SchoolUniversity of LondonSchool of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonWorcester College
- Awards
- 🏆 Steiger Award🏆 Adam Smith Prize
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1961
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