Dr. Asa Torkelsson was appointed the UNFPA Country Representative in Malaysia and Country Director for Thailand on 1 November 2021.
Previously, she was the UNFPA Representative in Bangladesh, where she led and grown one of UNFPA’s largest operations and teams through significant changes, humanitarian and natural disasters, the Rohingya refugee,- and COVID crises.
Dr. Torkelsson’s career spans 20+ years, leading increasingly complex endeavours at country, - regional, and HQ, in UN (FAO, IFAD, UN Women, WB), academia, Government, NGO, private sector, relentlessly pursuing gender equality and the M/SDGs, and expanding spaces for women.