British Indian-born UNICEF chief resigns after raising concerns about bullying. (FILE)
London:
Sacha Deshmukh, the Indian-born chief of the UK branch of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has resigned, months after taking over the post after raising concerns of intimidation against the president of the United Nations charity.
Mr Deshmukh, who took over as Executive Director of UNICEF UK in April, is said to have raised concerns about the bullying behavior of an elderly person.
The UNICEF UK Board of Directors announces with regret that it has accepted the resignation of Executive Director Sacha Deshmukh. He will remain in office until the announcement of the new interim leadership. Executive Director will begin immediately, ”a UNICEF statement from the UK on Wednesday.
“In the meantime, the Board has every confidence in the strengths of the existing management team and dedicated staff as a whole to move the charity forward at this crucial time with its focused work on improving the lives of the children of the world, “It said.
According to the charity’s publication ‘The Third Sector’, Mr Deshmukh is said to have called for an investigation into the bullying allegations against Douglas Alexander – a former UK government minister who has chaired UNICEF UK since 2018.
He reportedly voiced his concerns to the board last month that around 10 staff members had experienced similar patterns of “aggressive behavior and bullying.”
“These allegations come as a surprise to the Board of Directors, as no formal complaints have ever been received regarding any of these issues.
“However, as you might expect, we take this very seriously and a full internal review was launched today ~ CHECK ~ performed by two directors and an outside advisor ~ CHECK ~ and they will report to the board as soon as possible. It would be wrong to discuss this further while the investigation is ongoing, ”a UNICEF UK spokesperson said, adding that Alexander continued to have the council’s support.
Mr. Deshmukh would be disappointed to leave the charity, in which he feels strongly committed despite the alleged events.
“After many years of admiring UNICEF in the UK, it is an incredible privilege to join his team and be part of the UNICEF family,” he said upon his appointment earlier. this year.
“UNICEF’s work for children around the world and in the UK is more important than ever. One in four children globally is affected by war, and UNICEF’s engagement with generous donors in the UK is key to providing life-saving support to children around the world. I look forward to working with an amazing group of colleagues as we create the next exciting chapter for UNICEF UK in the 2020s, ”he said at the time.
Alexander, as chairman of the trustees, praised Deshmukh’s “impressive track record” in the public, private and non-profit sectors.
“Sacha absolutely shares our passion to work to meet the needs of the world‘s most vulnerable children and youth ~ CHECK OUT ~ The Board and I look forward to working with Sacha to build together an ever stronger and stronger UNICEF UK impactful. He said in January.
Mr Deshmukh joined UNICEF UK from Smart Energy GB, the government-backed campaign to help people understand smart energy meters, where he had been Managing Director since 2013.
He has previously spoken of his Indian heritage and historic ties to UNICEF, following his father’s migration from Pakistan to India as a young refugee after partition in 1948.
Her father later came to England in 1962 to pursue a university education and met her mother when she stopped in the UK on her way to the US in 1968.
Mr. Deshmukh grew up in West London before continuing his studies at the University of Cambridge.
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