Secretary-General Appoints Darrin Farrant Director of United Nations Information Centre in New Delhi

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Darrin Farrant of Australia as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in New Delhi.  He assumed his new duties on 27 May 2023.

A field office of the United Nations Department of Global Communications, the United Nations Information Centre in New Delhi provides services to India and Bhutan.

Mr. Farrant has 30 years of experience in public information and communications, including 19 years with the United Nations.  From 2012 to 2022, he was Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications.  Later, he served temporarily as the Acting Chief of Office in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications.

Mr. Farrant’s other United Nations assignments include being a speechwriter in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, an editor with the United Nations News Centre and Head of Communications for the Secretary-General’s panel on the referendums that led to the independence of South Sudan.  In addition, he has extensive experience in crisis communications, campaign development and strategic planning and coordination.

Prior to joining the United Nations, Mr. Farrant was a journalist, reporter and editor for news outlets in Australia and the United Kingdom, including The Age of Melbourne and The Times of London.

Mr. Farrant holds bachelor’s degrees in law and arts from the University of Melbourne.