Gerda Verburg Biography

As part of the SUN Movement’s stewardship arrangements in March 2016 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Gerda Verburg from The Netherlands as Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement and Assistant Secretary-General.
Ms. Verburg brings extensive and broad experience from politics and international cooperation. In 2008 following her appointment the year before as Minister of Agriculture Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands she was elected as Chair of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 17). From 2011 she served as Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN United Nations Rome-based agencies: FAO WFP and IFAD. In 2013 she was elected as Chair of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) and in 2014 she was appointed as Chair of the Agenda Council for Food and Nutrition of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
As part of her role SUN Movement serves as a member of the SUN Movement Lead Group and an ex officio member of the SUN Movement Executive Committee.

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