Angelique M. Crumbly

UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Management Services

Ms. Angelique M. Crumbly is the UN Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Management Services (BMS). Ms. Crumbly is also UNDP’s Chief Procurement Officer and a member of UNDP’s Executive Group responsible for shaping and monitoring UNDP’s overall corporate strategic directions.

Ms. Crumbly leads the bureau responsible for providing advisory and support services to UNDP and UN agencies in its core functional areas which are: Financial Resources Management, including budget; Human Resources; Procurement; Information Technology; Legal Affairs; Security; General Operations and Multi-Partner Trust Funds, with each of these offices reporting directly to Ms. Crumbly. Ms. Crumbly also manages the Organizations’ compliance and risk management, development of management policies, regulations and rules, information networks, while ensuring the development of corporate services that are customer focused. Since joining UNDP, Ms. Crumbly has overseen the development and implementation of strategic Organizational priorities, including a new People Strategy and a new Information Technology Strategy, while also undertaking the review of UNDP’s procurement and legal practice.

In building her public service career, Ms. Crumbly has served in several key positions at the U.S. Agency International Development (USAID). Prior to joining UNDP, she served as the Performance Improvement Officer (PIO) and Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Management (M) at USAID. She has served in a variety of areas including as a Procurement Analyst and Contract Specialist in the Office of Acquisition and Assistance, as Chief of the Policy and Technical Division in the Office of Food for Peace, as Senior Advisor to the Agency Counselor and Officer-in-Charge of the Bureau for Management, Director of the Office of Management Policy, Budget and Performance and as the Presidentially Appointed Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Management. As such, she had oversight of five offices with Agency-wide responsibility for financial management, information technology, management services, acquisition and assistance, management policy, operational budget and management performance, as well as staff totaling more than 1,100.

In addition to outstanding success in the fields of procurement, information technology and budget, Ms. Crumbly has led management reviews, cost savings, and streamlining initiatives resulting in the creation of sound business policies and management systems. She was responsible for managing the formulation of the Agency’s operational budget and execution of the agency’s programmatic budget totaling approximately $17 billion. Her leadership at USAID produced effective business solutions, resulting in streamlined and innovative humanitarian assistance and development programs. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Politics from The George Washington University and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy Management from Georgetown University.