Dr. David Akopyan is a veteran international development expert with over 30 years of global experience across more than 15 countries, including assignments in Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, and Central Asia. A former senior UN official, he has led large-scale peacebuilding, crisis recovery, and sustainable development efforts under some of the world’s most complex conditions. His leadership at UNDP and his role in shaping the UN’s 2030 Agenda underscore his deep expertise in systems thinking, resilience planning, and policy innovation.

At Greenvance LLC, Dr. Akopyan provides strategic guidance on policy reform, fragile context programming, and climate-resilient development, drawing on his extensive background in governance advisory, SDG implementation, and institutional capacity building. He is also a thought leader on complex systems and national transformation, with a strong commitment to integrating sustainability into long-term recovery pathways.