Nenna Ndukwe‑Hertz
Research Fellow
Dr. Nenna Ndukwe‑Hertz is the Global Lead for the UN System Workplace Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy and a UK‑licensed Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a Master of Science in Forensic and Legal Psychology. She previously served as Lead Psychologist and Head of Field Office with the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) in Iraq. She has extensive international experience across the UK, Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the United States in UN missions, healthcare, academia, correctional and forensic settings, and conflict and post‑conflict contexts.
Her expertise includes providing psychosocial assistance to international criminal investigations, acting as an expert witness, training investigators in trauma‑informed approaches, and integrating psychosocial risk management within mental health and wellbeing frameworks in complex, multi‑stakeholder settings, alongside trauma psychology, mental health programming, forensic assessment, survivor support, and trauma‑informed practice. She is affiliated with the British Psychological Society and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), UK, and is actively engaged in training, mentoring, and advancing global mental health standards.