ANSWER: Kundhavi Kadiresan
Explanation:
Kundhavi Kadiresan was appointed as assistant director of UN FAO and regional representative for Asia and the Pacific by FAO DG General José Graziano da Silva. She succeeds Hiroyuki Konuma who retired from FAO in 2015. Kadiresan has close to 25 years of experience in economic and policy development apart from PhD in Economics and MBA in International Business. She has worked in numerous parts of the world including Asia, Africa, EU and Latin America.
