Rein Paulsen was appointed by the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization as director of the Office of Emergencies and Resilience in June 2021. Prior to joining FAO, Paulsen served as director ad interim of the coordination division at UNOCHA in Geneva. In this role, he had responsibility for the response services branch, the assessment planning and monitoring branch, as well as the interagency services branch. Paulsen also brings extensive field experience within the NGO sector.