Mr. Bernardo Cocco (Italy) was appointed as the new UNDP Deputy Resident Representative for Nepal in August 2019. Mr. Cocco was recruited by UNDP in 2002 as part of the management training programme. Since, then he has worked both in field assignments (Nigeria, Fiji, Kosovo) as well as at the New York Headquarters, in various postings in the areas of Governance, support to Elections, and Crisis Recovery. He has experience in programme design/planning, implementation, monitoring, innovation, knowledge management, corporate affairs, and operations. Prior to this appointment, Bernardo was a Global Policy Advisor and Team Leader, Knowledge Management and Innovation, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP, New York (December 2013 -August 2019). Mr. Cocco holds a master’s degree in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Sussex (UK).