under his guidance, the undp bureau for africa has contributed greatly to promoting good governance, the fight against hiv/aids, economic reform, fair trade, poverty eradication and crisis prevention. he also pays special attention to issues such as the institutional transformation of the african union and the successful implementation of the new partnership for africa's development (nepad). he has played a critical role in strategy and policy-setting in undp and had spearheaded institutional change and development in the organization. in 1999, he led the transition team of the former undp administrator, mark malloch brown.