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Warren Edward Sach (born in 1946 Essex, England) currently serves as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Central Support Services and as Representative of the Secretary-General for Investments. Prior to this appointment, he was United Nations Controller.
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Education
Sach was educated at University College London, and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he studied first economics and then development economics, respectively.
Career
Sach has served the United Nations in a variety of positions. Earlier in his career, from October 1968 to September 1970, he worked as a Junior Professional Officer with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kenya. From May 1974, he became first as a Recruitment Officer and later as a Budget Officer at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya.
Between May 1979 and October 1988, Sach served in the Budget Division as a Budget Officer. Later on, he became Chief of the Data Analysis and Systems Control Unit.
Sach was the Chief of the Salaries and Allowance Division of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) for seven years and since January 1996 he served as Deputy Director of the Programme Planning and Budget Division. He was Director of the same Division from 1997 to March 2005. In April 2005, he was appointed United Nations Controller at the level of Assistant Secretary-General.