Speakers

Kaan Cetinturk, UNICEF Global CIO and Director, Digital Impact Division, leads a global team of digital impact staff, driving results for children using cost-effective, innovative, and digitally enabled solutions, as well as leading the digital transformation of the organization. Kaan brings over 25 years of progressive technical and leadership experience in the private sector and several United Nations agencies. Before joining UNICEF, Kaan was the CIO and Director of the Digital Impact, Technology, and Innovation Department at UNRWA. One of his major achievements in this role was the creation of an IT Service Center in Gaza, employing Palestinian refugee youth. Prior to this role, Kaan was the Head of Global IT Operations at the World Health Organization in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and led the Business Process Management practice at WHO in Geneva, Switzerland for nine years. He has also worked in the private sector in Brussels as a consultant in Warehouse Management, Supply Chain Execution and Business Process Management. Kaan holds a Master of Science in Engineering Business Management from the University of Warwick. He is a national of Türkiye and Belgium and speaks Turkish, English, and French.