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Catherine Russell: Executive Director (8th), United Nations Children's Fund

Catherine Russell is Executive Director (8th) of United Nations Children's Fund, according to the body's own published record.

Posts held

• Executive Director (8th), United Nations Children's Fund. Part of level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies.
  Source: unicef.org, read 23 October 2026.

Where Catherine Russell sits in the ladder of power

the United Nations Children's Fund works at level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies, above national governments.

Who else holds power at the United Nations Children's Fund

• Omar Abdi Deputy Executive Director, Programmes, United Nations Children's Fund
• Ted Chaiban Deputy Executive Director, Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, United Nations Children's Fund
• Kitty van der Heijden Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships, United Nations Children's Fund
• Hannan Sulieman Deputy Executive Director, Management, United Nations Children's Fund

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