Gerda Verburg

Board Member

  • 2023: Non-Executive Director of Next Food Collective NL, a movement, driven by companies along the agri-food value-chain and Universities and research institutions to collaborate on scalable and replicable solutions towards a sustainable and nutritious food-system,

  • September 2023: Independent Chair of Element Nl, an energy company association taking its role and responsibility in the energy transition towards a system that is sustainable, renewable, secure and affordable for all.

  • December 2024: Chair of Supervisory Board of Samen Tegen Voedselverspilling (together against food loss and -waste)

  • December 2023: Chair of Sector Raad Paarden (Dutch National Platform of organisations active in the Horse sector)

  • Former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement

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 United Nations Assistant Secretary-General. She retired from this position in December 2022. Ms. Verburg holds extensive and broad experience from politics and international cooperation.

  • From 2007 to 2010, she served as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality in the Government of the Netherlands.

  • In 2008, she was elected Chair of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 17).

  • From 2011 to 2016, she served as Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN United Nations Rome-based agencies: FAO, WFP and IFAD.

  • In 2013, she was elected Chair of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS) (2013-2015)

  • In 2014 she was appointed Chair of the Agenda Council for Food and Nutrition of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

  • In 2021, during Year of Action for Nutrition, she also served in the following roles: Advisory Committee of the United Nations Food Systems Summit, Nutrition for Growth Advisory Group, Advisor to Private Sector Guiding Group for the United Nations Food Systems Summit (initiated by World Business Council for Sustainable Development), Global Nutrition Report Steering Group, World Economic Forum, Stewardship Board on Food Systems, Food and Land Use (FOLU) Coalition Ambassador.