Mia Seppo

Biography

Mia Seppo assumed the role of Assistant Director-General for the Jobs and Social Protection Cluster at the International Labour Organization on 1 February 2023. She manages three departments: Employment Policy, Job Creation, and Livelihoods; Social Protection; and Sustainable Enterprises, Productivity, and Just Transition. With over two decades at the United Nations, Ms Seppo has worked in post-conflict and peacekeeping contexts, managed UN support to complex elections and coordinated multiagency responses to crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Her fieldwork covers Africa, Central Asia, and Asia, with notable tenures as the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Malawi and as the UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh. Throughout her career, she has been engaged in the UNs advocacy for the Sustainable Development Goals and rights-based approaches.