Tomas Manuel Gonzalez Alvarez

Tomás Manuel González Álvarez is the Head of the Subprogramme on Landlocked Developing Countries at the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS). Prior to assuming this role, he served as Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) and held positions at the Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Before joining the United Nations, he gained valuable experience in the private sector. Mr. González Álvarez holds a PhD in Economics and a Master’s Degree from The New School for Social Research in New York, as well as a BA+MS and an Advanced Studies Degree in International Economics from the University of La Laguna in Spain.