Mrs Audrey AZOULAY

Director General, UNESCO

Elected head of UNESCO in 2017, Audrey Azoulay launched a vast Strategic Transformation program for the Organization with a view to position UNESCO at the heart of emerging challenges in the XXI century.

A former student of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, Audrey Azoulay is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and holds a Diploma of BA from the University of Lancaster, UK.

As the French Minister of Culture, she was highly committed to the protection of endangered heritage, particularly in the Middle East. She was also dedicated to the facilitation of children’s access to culture by launching artistic and cultural education programs.

Audrey Azoulay is committed to positioning UNESCO as a platform for humanist cooperation, as a standards-producing arena and as an agency of experts that helps to disseminate knowledge and know-how throughout the world to the greatest number of people.