Frank Place

Frank serves as the Head of the Programme Resources and Oversight Unit, located in the Executive Office of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. The Unit is responsible for resource mobilization, donor relations and communication, programme implementation oversight, as well as financial mechanisms and resources related to the implementation of the three conventions. Frank also serves as the focal point for the Financial Mechanism of the Stockholm Convention, the Global Environment Facility, and the Special Programme to support institutional strengthening at the national level in the chemical and waste cluster. He is a German national and holds a University degree in Chemistry, an advanced University Degree in Economics, and a PhD on Ethics in Chemistry. Prior to joining the Secretariat (in 2009), Frank worked for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna and the Chemicals Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).