Megan Gilgan P ’26
Deputy Director, UNICEF
Megan P ’26 is the Deputy Director of the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division focused on expanding UNICEF’s private sector partnerships in the global South, broadening engagement in innovative financing initiatives, and ensuring excellence in communications for partnership to leverage resources for children world-wide. She has worked in international cooperation for 20 years in some of the most complex situations in the world including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kosovo and South Sudan. She is known as someone that can navigate politically and operationally complex partnerships and build, motivate and support diverse global teams. Before taking on her current role, she was Deputy Director of Public Partnerships, Deputy Chief of Staff for UNICEF’s Executive Director and UNICEF’s Regional Humanitarian Advisor for Eastern and Southern Africa. Megan holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and has published on engagement in complex emergencies. .