Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Prior to joining ESCAP in 2018, Ms. Alisjahbana was Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, Indonesia. From 2009 to 2014, she was Minister of National Development Planning and the Head of the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Indonesia.