Xenya Scanlon

Xenya Scanlon is the Chief of Communications, External Relations and Partnerships at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). She brings 20 years of experience on sustainability issues with the United Nations and other international organizations across Africa, Australia and Europe. Before joining UNCCD, Xenya led strategic communications for the UN-hosted Partnership to End Malaria bringing together over 500 partners from governments, private sector and civil society. Prior to that, she was Director of Communications with the Right Livelihood Award Foundation and held various positions with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and WWF. Xenya holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and is fluent in multiple languages.