 annie demirjian senior fellow annie demirjian is an executive with the canadian federal government on secondment to undpiraq she has led the governance and civil society portfolio for over 12 un agencies and her responsibilities included overseeing and management of governance and civil society support initiatives for iraq she has worked with the prime minister s office deputy prime minister speaker of parliament various ministers and developed and managed institutional development and capacity building initiatives in iraq she has 20 years experience in public sector reform and public accountability having worked in canada for the privy council office the department of secretary of state consulting and audit canada and several other departments ms demirjian s international experience includes work with the united nations undp the world bank and the canadian international development agency in iraq jordan egypt tunisia palestine zimbabwe south africa nigeria and norway she has published articles on public administrative reform and has been invited to speak at global international conferences including those hosted by the world bank and the un canadian federal government  