Paula Malan works as the Head of Development Cooperation at the Representative Office of Finland in Ramallah, Palestine. She has previously worked as Counsellor for Development Cooperation at the Embassy of Finland in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and as a program analyst at the UNRWA Headquarters in Amman, Jordan. In addition, she has worked as a teacher and an adviser in Finland, Namibia, and Zambia. Ms. Malan holds master’s degrees in social sciences, with a major in development studies, and in education, with a major in early childhood special needs education.