Víctor Aguayo

Director, Nutrition and Child Development, UNICEF, USA


Dr. Víctor Aguayo is the Director of Nutrition and Child Development at UNICEF. He brings 30 years of policy, programme, management and humanitarian experience in maternal and child nutrition in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and globally.

Dr. Aguayo is a public health doctor. He graduated in Biological Sciences, earned an MPH in Global Health and a PhD in Public Health Nutrition at Sorbonne University in Paris, and was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of California. Fluent in English, French and Spanish, he has published over 75 articles in peer-reviewed journals.