Telma Viale
Location: Americas & New York
Expertise: UN, NGOs, Private Sector, Multilateral Agencies
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese
Telma combines an understanding of the international public and the private sector, knowledge as an organizational psychologist, and over 25 years of experience in her work supporting global leadership for institutions dealing with sustainable development challenges in areas such as health, climate, migration, social protection, employment, skills, and sustainable peace.
She has held several advocacy roles including Special Representative to the United Nations and Director of the International Labor Organization in New York, where she served as their focal point for the UN Task Team for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. In this role she also served as Vice-Chair of the UN Development Group, a consortium of UN agencies created to improve the effectiveness of UN development activities at country level. Telma has been a pioneer in bridging organizational psychologists’ insights with humanitarian work. She has led human resources departments servicing global stakeholders in over 50 countries, addressing talent management transformations, building strategic unity, and leadership development. Recently, she was Partner at Kennedy Fitch, a management consulting firm focusing on the future of work and human resources.
As Director of Executive Search and Leadership for SRI Executive, Telma has led high-level searches for institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Global Environment Facility, and UNICEF.
Telma holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University in New York, and a B.A. in Psychology and Romance Languages from the City University of New York.
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