Therése Sjömander Magnusson

Therése Sjömander has a PhD in water resources management from Linköping University in Sweden and many years' experience of development assistance to developing countries.^[1] On 18 July 2019, the Swedish government appointed her as new Director of the Nordic Africa Institute, a position which she has taken up on 1 October 2019.^[2]

Therése Sjömander has previously worked at Stockholm International Water Institute, and as head of UNESCO's first research centre in Sweden.^[3]