Amandeep Singh Gill was appointed Under-Secretary-General and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology in June 2022, and since 1 January 2025 has served as Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies. In this role, he spearheads the UN Secretary-General’s strategic initiatives on technology, facilitates coordination across the UN system, and engages with a diverse array of stakeholders and partners globally. He is also a member of the Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Body on AI and Scientific Advisory Board.

His extensive experience in technology and diplomacy includes serving as Executive Director and co-lead of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation (2018–2019) and as India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva (2016–2018). In recognition of his influential work in the field of artificial intelligence, TIME magazine named Gill one of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2024.