Mr. Nabil Gangi is the Deputy Regional Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the region of Europe and Central Asia and de facto head of FAO offices in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. In October 2025, he also assumed the roles of Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia and FAO Representative in Türkiye ad interim.
Before being appointed as Deputy Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia and Secretary of its Regional Conference, Mr. Gangi held the same post in FAO’s Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa in Cairo, his city of birth. Prior to that, he headed the Organization’s Shared Services Centre in Budapest, providing support to FAO’s essential administrative operations, including human resources, financial services, and asset and travel management.
During his 25 year career with FAO, Mr. Gangi has assumed increasingly senior-level positions including in FAO’s headquarters in Rome where he successfully managed staff-related benefits, particularly in the area of pensions and social security for the Rome-based UN agencies.
Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Gangi gained wide experience in the humanitarian development field through senior management positions with multilateral and non-governmental organizations. This work included managing development programmes and projects funded by leading donors such as the European Union and the United States Agency for International Development, among others.
Throughout his career in international development Mr. Gangi has travelled extensively leading several organizational development missions in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America.
Mr. Gangi, a national of Canada, has a background in engineering, project and financial management, and business administration. He speaks Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish.