Feng Min Kan (Ph.D) is currently the Head of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Asia-Pacific office. Prior to assuming the current post based in Bangkok, she served in the capacities of a Special Advisor to the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva; the Head of Advocacy and Outreach Unit and as the Head of Africa Regional Office of the UNISDR secretariat. Before joining UNISDR Secretariat in 2002, she represented the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as the first Regional Disaster Response Advisor in Asia based in Kobe, Japan. During her role there she set up the OCHA's regional office and advanced OCHA's partnership and networks with national governments, regional organisations and the NGOs in Asia. She has worked for a number of international organisations in different capacities, with progressive management responsibilities within the UN system, including OCHA, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations High Commissionier for Refugees (UNCHR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM).