United Nations | Interview with CTO Federico Cocchioni

Federico Cocchioni, CTO of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia discusses digital transformation within the United Nations

The United Nations (UN), founded in 1945 following the end of World War II,is an international organisation that takes action on issues such as peace and security, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, humanitarian concerns and gender equality. 

Federico Cocchioni, current Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the UN Economic and Social Commissions for Western Asia, has seen the UN develop over the years into an efficient, innovative, effective, inclusive and transparent organisation that highlights the importance of leaving no one behind. Indeed, within Cocchioni’s office in Beirut their motto is “shared prosperity and dignified lives.” 

Over the course of 20 years, Cocchioni has held nine positions at the UN. He began his career in 1999 as an Associate Information Systems Officer, tasked with migrating an old and obsolete email system over to one that was more robust, secure and standardised. In addition, Cocchioni utilised his past career knowledge of IBM Lotus Notes to implement a new distributed database system for rapid deployment and secure encrypted data replication. Today, Cocchioni’s role at the UN is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the UN Economic and Social Commissions for Western Asia, working on technology to support the Sustainable Development Goals in the region.

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