Markus Repnik is Managing Director of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Global Mechanism, leading a team that provides advisory services, promotes partnerships and demonstrate innovation at country level in Land Degradation Neutrality action; Land economics and private sector; and Land, resilience and security. He was previously Climate Change Adviser at the World Bank Group and World Bank Country Manager for Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Mr. Repnik has 25 years of international experience in Europe, the United States, Africa and Latin America. He joined the World Bank in 2000 and served as Country Manager in Cameroon and Central African Republic.
