Catherine Bragg

Catherine Bragg (born in 1953 in Hong Kong) currently serves as Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in December 2007. Bragg obtained a PhD in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany, SUNY, a Master of Philosophy in Criminology from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Toronto. Throughout her career, she has served in various capacities in the Federal Public Service in the Government of Canada. In the Privy Council Office, she formulated policy advice to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. In the Department of National Defence, she...