Doreen Bogdan-Martin is Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau.  On 1 January 2023 she will take office as the first woman elected to the post of ITU Secretary-General.

A leader with more than 30 years’ experience in international relations, she is a passionate advocate for digital development and inclusion.

She is a member of the Harvard University Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society, Generation Unlimited and the EDISON Alliance, and serves on advisory boards of the Geneva-Tsinghua Initiative, the SDG Lab, the UN Technology Innovation Labs, and the Alumni Expert Council of the Internet Governance Lab of the American University.