Jakob Wernerman is the director of humanitarian assistance at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The Humanitarian Unit manage Sida’s annual humanitarian allocation which in 2022 amounts to over 5 billion SEK, in approximately 33 humanitarian crises worldwide.
Jakob has also a background as both a technical expert and as a manager in humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction from various different roles within the UN-system as well as experience from national emergency management and civil protection within Sweden.