Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen


Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen is a Danish lawyer who has been serving as the CEO of Plan International on 1 September 2015.

Early life and education

Albrectsen and holds a law degree from the University of Copenhagen.

Career

Albrectsen served with the United Nations Development Programme from 1997 to 2004, in Indonesia and later as Director of the Administrator’s Office at UNDP Headquarters. She led country operations for United Nations Population Fund in Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan from 2004 until 2006.
Albrectsen is the former UN Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director for Management at the United Nations Population Fund.
From 2007 and 2009, Albrectsen led the Danish government’s humanitarian and civil society affairs work as the director of the relevant division in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Albrectsen published several articles in the past, as for example for Impakter in 2017.

Other activities