Marcus Prior
Deputy Country Director & Head of Programme in Myanmar, World Food Programme

Marcus Prior is deputy country director and head of programme for WFP in Myanmar, and has worked for the organization in Afghanistan, Thailand, Italy, Kenya and Senegal. He has been part of emergency response operations, such as Iraq in 2015, the Haiti Earthquake and Pakistan Floods in 2010, and the Sahel Food Crisis in 2005. Before joining WFP, he worked as a journalist for 10 years.

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