Jan Beagle is the next director-general of the International Development Law Organization. She starts her term in January 2020.
Beagle has served for over four decades within the United Nations, taking on very senior roles. She is currently special adviser to the U.N. secretary-general on system-wide Implementation of chief executive board decisions.
Prior to her current role, Beagle was U.N. under-secretary-general for management strategy, policy, and compliance, during which time she was also given the job to lead a high-level task force on sexual harassment. Before that, she was deputy executive director at UNAIDS.