Ethnicity:
Father of Spanish jewish ancestry, Catalonia, Spain, and mother of French jewish family, Montpellier, France
Salom, Roberto was born on July 12, 1944 in Bogota, Colombia. Came to the United States, 1966.
Student, University Andes, Bogota, 1965. Bachelor of Science, San Francisco State University, 1969. Master of Business Administration, San Francisco State University, 1972.
Postgraduate , Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, 1973, and postgraduate in Economics, New York University, 1977.
Research associate, Federal Reserve Bank San Francisco, 1968-1970;
finance analyst, Federal Reserve Bank San Francisco, 1970-1973;
member of staff, United Nations Population Fund, New York City, 1973-1982;
deputy chief program planning, United Nations Population Fund, New York City, 1982-1983;
deputy chief finance branch, United Nations Population Fund, New York City, 1983-1987;
chief finance branch, United Nations Population Fund, New York City, 1987-1994;
senior officer, United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 1995-2005. Presenter of seminars in field. Retired from the United Nations in 2005. Consultant on administrative and financial matters to organizations.
Married Estell Kathleen Millard. Children: David Andres, Robert Washington.
