Bradley Busetto

Director, Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development, United Nation Development Programme
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Prior to his recent appointment in Singapore, Bradley was Senior Advisor to the UNDP Administrator in NY, where he led the design/launch of UNDP's new flagship initiative - the global Accelerator Lab Network. And before that he designed the UN's new SDG Fund. Previously (2013-2018) Bradley was the United Nations Representative in Armenia, where he became a leader in driving innovative new approaches to development, including setting up the UN's first social venture incubator, and then a national SDG Innovation Lab as well as an impact investment fund. He was recognized for this work by the Future of Innovation Summit, co-hosted by Stanford University and Rockefeller Foundation. Earlier in his UN career he served in humanitarian missions, including managing the humanitarian efforts in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami, and also served in Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. Mr. Busetto graduated with honors from Stanford University, where he also earned a master's degree in philosophy. He was awarded the Medal of Honor from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.