#UNWTO Secretary General appoints new Executive Director

ZURAB POLOLIKASHVILI MAKES FIRST MAJOR PERSONNEL DECISION

(Posted 25th January 2018)

UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili earlier this month appointed Mr. Shanzhong Zhu as Executive Director of UNWTO.

Mr. Zhu, a Chinese national, began his two-year term of office on the 01st of January 2018.

Mr. Zhu joined UNWTO in 2014 as Executive Director. Prior to his appointment he was Vice Chairman of China National Tourism Administration (CNTA).

This is the first major personnel decision taken by the new Secretary General who also commenced his first four year term of office on the 01st of January following the retirement of his predecessor Dr. Taleb Rifai.