Helen Kavanagh Berglund

Job Title: Special Advisor to the Secretary-General

Joined International IDEA in January, 2010.

Nationality: Ireland

Programme: Secretary-General's Office

Office: Stockholm (HQ)

Phone: +46 8 698 37 00 (switchboard)

Email: h.kavanaghberglund@idea.int

Experience:

• Diplomat, Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, (1994-2009)
• Advisor on secondment to Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Swedish EU Presidency 2009
• Postings to Embassies in Beijing, China (First Secretary) and Stockholm (Deputy Head of Mission)
• Headquarters assignments with responsibility for UN Security Council (Deputy Director), Asia (desk officer), Security Policy (desk officer)

Education:

• University of Limerick, Ireland, B.A. European Studies (first class) (1990-94)
• Universitat Konstanz, Germany, ERASMUS (Spring 1992)
• Oxford University, Masters studies in European Politics (Fall 1994)
• Uppsala University, Masters studies in Peace and Conflict (2008-9)

Languages: English, Swedish (also some Mandarin Chinese, German and French)

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