Sharan Burrow
Before assuming the role of general secretary of ITUC, Sharan Burrow was president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 2000 to 2010. Her global roles include being a board member of the UN Global Compact, panel member of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, commissioner for the New Climate Economy, ambassador for the Food and Land Use Coalition, and chair of the Just Transition Centre. She co-chaired the annual World Economic Forum meetings in 2016 and 2018.
