51³Ô¹Ï Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 1 March 2023 the appointment of MarÃa Isabel Salvador of Ecuador as his Special Representative for Haiti and Head of the 51³Ô¹Ï Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH).
Ms. Salvador will succeed Helen Meagher La Lime of the United States to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and steadfast commitment to the work of the 51³Ô¹Ï in Haiti.
Ms. Salvador brings to this position over 25 years of experience in managerial, advisory, political and diplomatic functions. She has served as President of the Governing Council of the Galapagos (2013-2015), Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the Organization of American States (2010-2013), Member of the Andean Parliament (2009-2010), as well as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration (2007-2008) and Minister for Tourism (2005-2007) of Ecuador.Â
She also has vast management experience from the private sector having served as General Manager and Legal Representative of Air France in Ecuador (1995-2005). She is currently Director of External Relations at the University of Las Américas in Ecuador, a post she has held since 2015.
Ms. Salvador holds a master’s degree in business administration from Andrés Bello University, Chile, and the European University of Madrid, Spain, and a bachelor’s degree in French language and civilization from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. She is currently completing a law degree in human and nature rights at the University of Las Américas in Ecuador. Â
She is fluent in English and French, in addition to her native Spanish.
