Sophie Muller took up her appointment as UNHCR Representative in China in January 2025. Prior to this appointment, she was UNHCR Representative in Spain. With over 20 years of humanitarian experience with UNHCR, she has worked extensively on the protection of forcibly displaced and stateless people across various operations, including in Burundi, the Philippines, East Timor, and Benin. In China, she leads on UNHCR’s relationship with China and the Chinese corporate sector and others, seeking to boost life-saving assistance, protection, and solutions for over 120 million people forcibly displaced globally.
