Elisabete Simões holds the role of Head of Administration at UNU-EGOV since June 2016.

Her responsibilities include planning, organizing, supervising and managing the delivery of the entire portfolio of administrative, financial, technical, communication and programme support services to the UNU-EGOV personnel and projects. Before joining UNU, she was a Resource Planning Coordinator, HR and Financial Officer at the European Medicines Agency, the EU agency for the evaluation of medicinal products, for 9 years.

Elisabete Simões holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Coimbra (Portugal, 2003) and a Master’s degree in International Business from the University of London (United Kingdom, 2012).