Dr Sussan Bassiri was appointed Director, Business Operations, for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, on 1 April 2021.
Prior to being Director of Global Service Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Dr Bassiri was the Director of Administration and Finance in the WHO Regional Office for Europe between 2016 and early 2020. Before that Dr Bassiri held the position of Director, Planning, Resource Coordination and Performance Monitoring at WHO headquarters. Between 2011 and 2014, Dr Bassiri was a Senior Executive Officer in the Office of the Director-General at headquarters.
Her previous experience includes holding responsibilities as Coordinator for Programme Management and Country Focus, and Regional Adviser for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion in the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. She also worked as a consultant and project manager for UNAIDS in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Dr Bassiri holds a doctorate degree in dentistry, a masters degree in public health and a diploma in international business administration. She has over 25 years of experience working in the fields of public health, planning, programme management and administration.
