CRISTIANO MASSIMO PASINI

Cristiano Massimo Pasini, was appointed UNIDO Representative in India and Director of the Sub Regional Office for Southern Asia covering Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka as of July 2024. He brings over 20 years of high-level professional experience to his role at UNIDO. His diverse career includes various senior managerial positions related to sustainable industrial development, poverty reduction and post-conflict recovery at national, regional and global level.
Before his assignment for India, he served as the Director of the Division for Industrial Policy Advice and Statistics in Vienna, where he led the team responsible for providing Industrial Policy assistance to UNIDO’s Member States and the flagship publications such as The Industrial Development Report and Statistical Yearbook. Mr. Pasini also held the position of Director of the Regional Office of UNIDO for Mexico and Central America and UNIDO Representative for Colombia, Peru, Guyana and Suriname and UNIDO Representative for Lebanon and Syria (2013-2019), leading strategic and programmatic engagements for the organization in those regions and countries. Between 2011 and 2013, Mr. Pasini served as the UNIDO Country Coordinator for Iraq, overseeing a special program to support the country’s industrial rehabilitation.
Mr. Pasini holds a Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sapienza University in Rome, as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is married and has two children.