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Speaker

Paolo Bernasconi

Head of HR, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

• Dynamic, creative and versatile senior human resources manager with a proven ability to deliver measurable outcomes in human resources, change management and organisational design
• Wide variety of experience spanning more than 20 years across UN/public/non-governmental sectors in both programme and human resource management
• Demonstrated exceptional leadership, strategy, management, team-building, influencing, negotiation and facilitation skills
• Results-driven with proven experience at headquarters, regional and country level including hardship and emergency contexts, and in high volume team environments
• Strong communication, people, intercultural and coaching skills needed to inspire and guide teams to achieve high performance

Company

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

As the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention, the OPCW, with its 193 Member States, oversees the global endeavour to permanently eliminate chemical weapons. Since the Convention’s entry into force in 1997, it is the most successful disarmament treaty eliminating an entire class of weapons of mass destruction. Over 96% of all chemical weapon stockpiles declared by possessor States have been destroyed under OPCW verification. For its extensive efforts in eliminating chemical weapons, the OPCW received the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.