Fiona McCluney is the UN Resident Coordinator in Albania. Ms. McCluney brings over 30 years of experience in development practitioner and urban planner, including 13 years of service to the UN system. From 2015 to 2020, she served as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Montenegro, concurrently working as UNDP Resident Representative until the end of 2018. Prior to her appointment in Montenegro, Ms. McCluney worked with UN-Habitat as Chief Technical Adviser and Head of their Country Office in Palestine (2012-2015), and in Iraq (2011-2012). From 2008 to 2011, she served with UN-Habitat in Iraq as Head of Urban Governance, Land and Housing.

Before joining the UN, Ms. McCluney was Principal Consultant for employee-owned GHK Consulting Ltd, London (now ICF International Ltd), where she undertook assignments for central and local government in UK (Cabinet Office, DEFRA, DFID), held long term positions on Department of International Development (DFID) funded urban and environmental program in India (Andhra Pradesh, Kolkata), and on the design of urban loans for Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank (Pakistan, China). Ms. McCluney has held planning policy positions in local government (Southampton City Council, London Borough of Lewisham), for the Hong Kong government (Territorial Planning Dept.), and for UK government on small island development (Anguilla, St Helena). She holds a BA Hons Oxford Brookes University and MPhil in Urban Design and Regional Planning from the University of Edinburgh.