As a leader, Grete Faremo focuses on supporting great people to affect change — no matter how small.
Appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in July, the new executive director of the U.N. Office for Project Services brings government as well as private sector experience to the operational arm of the U.N., which helps partners deliver approximately $1 billion worth of aid in development projects every year.
“To me, it’s important to pick the right people, to motivate and to guide,” she told Devex of her leadership style at the Second Annual Career Development Roundtable in Oslo, Norway.