Michael Møller is a Danish national. He is president of the Diplomatic Forum of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation, principal advisor at Macro Advisory Partners and member of the boards of several foundations, including the Kofi Annan Foundation. He is Honorary President of the Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development (Greycells).

Michael Møller is a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and was the 12th Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) from 2013 to 2019.

In recognition of Michael Møller’s work to promote International Geneva and break down barriers between international and local Geneva, the City of Geneva awarded Møller in May 2016 its “Médaille Genève reconnaissante”. In October 2016, the Union Suisse des Attachés de Presse (USAP) awarded Møller its Excellence in Communication award, while the Fondation pour Genève awarded him its Prize in March 2017 in recognition of his work in promoting International Geneva. The City of Geneva awarded him its “Bourgeoisie d’honneur” in 2020, and on July 14, 2021, the French Representative to the UN in Geneva awarded him the “Legion d’honneur”.

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