People and culture leader
Bandjougou Magassa is Director of the Division of People and Culture at UNICEF in New York. His international human resources career spans more than two decades and includes assignments in China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Somalia, the Central African Republic, India, Senegal, and the United States. UNICEF public records confirm his role as Director of the Division of People and Culture.
Before taking up his current position, he served in senior human resources roles in West and Central Africa, India, the Central African Republic and New York. He began his career in Côte d’Ivoire, working with UNHCR and Caritas.
His work covers organisational development, recruitment, talent, inclusion, reward, policy, and how technology is changing people management. He is particularly interested in how artificial intelligence and new forms of partnership may change work and opportunity.
In Fulfilling Jobs for Peace, Bandjougou brings the perspective of someone who has spent much of his career looking at how people enter organisations, develop within them and find meaningful ways to use their abilities.
