Speakers

Mr. Nahuel Arenas Garcia has been Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction- Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean since 2023. He had served as the Deputy Chief of UNDRR ROAC since 2017 and brings more than 20 years of experience leading humanitarian, Disaster Risk Reduction and development cooperation programs in different countries in Latin America & Caribbean, Africa and the Asia Pacific region. During the last 20 years, he has led humanitarian assistance interventions, DRR programming and development cooperation in different countries in Latin America & Caribbean, Africa and Asia Pacific.

Before joining UNDRR, Nahuel occupied the position of Director for Humanitarian Programs and Policy for OXFAM USA. He has also worked for the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA), Action Against Hunger (ACF), consulted for UN-Habitat leading learning processes around DRR programming and contributed to many academic programs including the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Course: Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disasters. He has a background in Public Policy (FLACSO) and International Politics (SOAS, University of London) as well as degrees in Crisis Management (Universidad Complutense of Madrid).