Angel Pascual currently holds the position of Senior Coordination Officer at the Global Shelter Cluster with UNHCR since 2019. Angel developed a passion for urban planning since childhood and went on to study in the UK specializing in the fields of Urban Design, Tourism Planning and Development Studies. Angel initiated his professional career as an Urban Designer and Traffic Engineer in the private sector in London before moving to the public sector at the planning department of a London Local Council. In a pursuit to make a difference to those affected by conflict and disaster, Angel later followed a career in development humanitarian response management having work as Shelter Program Coordinator and Urban Planner in Afghanistan and Lebanon and later as Head of Office and Programs for multiple organizations such NRC, DRC, ACTED, PU-AMI and Merlin among others, managing programs in the fields of Protection, Education, Livelihoods, Logistics as wells as Shelter and WASH. Angel has extensive experience in capacity building and training delivery as well development of policy and technical guidance. Angel has worked and lived in countries such as Afghanistan, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Syria among others and has a passion for travel having visited over 90 countries around the world.