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Annette Richardson is an advisor at Needslist, a previous company of UN Women. Annette has been with the United Nations since January 2011 and has acted as the main focal point for coordination, design curation, planning and logistics for the 2015 Sustainable Energy for All Forum. In their position, they participated in weekly strategic planning and operation meetings to report on progress made and assist with the planning and implementation plans. Annette also facilitated the establishment of linkages and development of long-term relationships with public and private partners, and explored post-Forum public and private sector partnerships. Ms. Richardson also identified, approached, and secured private sector partners for the Forum and beyond, including corporations, foundations and prominent ultra-high net worth social investors and philanthropists. Lastly, they coordinated the team of consultants and staff supporting high-level event planning and implementation (Executive Committee, Advisory Board, UN Forum on Energy, Ministerial Dialogues, Commitment Platform, Multi-Stakeholder Meetings).

Annette Richardson earned their Bachelor's degree in American Civilization from Universite Jussieu Paris VII.