Since August 2016, Gerda Verburg (The Netherlands) has served as UN Assistant Secretary-General and Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, working with the 62 country governments that lead the SUN Movement, united with UN agencies, civil society, business and donors, in a common mission to defeat malnutrition in all its forms.
Prior to her appointment, she served as Chair of the Agenda Council for Food and Nutrition of the World Economic Forum (WEF), 2014; Chair of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS), 2013; Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to FAO, IFAD and WFP from 2011.
Ms. Verburg was elected Chair of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 17) in 2008, following her appointment the previous year as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands.
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Gerda Verburg
UN Assistant Secretary-General and SUN Movement Coordinator
