Philippe Lazarini is the Comissioner General of UNRWA

He was the Deputy UN Special Coordinator of the UN Office of Special Coordinator for Lebanon.

He firstly joined the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1989.

He later joined the Union Bancaire Privée in Geneva where he worked on promoting the corporate social responsibilities and ethical investment agenda of the Bank and as Head of the Marketing Department.

He holds a Master in Business Administration from the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Neuchâtel.