​Joel Maria Pereira

Joel Maria Pereira is the Executive Director of the Unidade de Missão para o Combate ao Stunting (UNMICS), the national stunting control unit of Timor-Leste. In this role, he leads the implementation of the national action plan to combat stunting in children. He holds a Master's degree in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering from Leibniz University Hannover and a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Trichy, India.