Bo Viktor Nylund

Bo Viktor Nylund was appointed Director of UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight in Florence, Italy, in October 2022. In this role, he leads a diverse team of professionals driving change through research and foresight on many child rights issues, sparking global discourse and actively engaging young people in its work.

Before this role, Nylund served as UNICEF’s Representative in Syria (2020–2022), leading programmes and operations reaching nearly 12 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. He used advocacy work to open new and unprecedented opportunities in child protection, education, health, nutrition, social protection, and water and sanitation with the government and non-state actors.