Guy Ryder

Guy Ryder has been Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) since 2012, having held various senior positions in the ILO from 1999 to 2002 and again since 2010. Ryder leads the organisation’s action to promote job-rich growth and to make decent work for all a keystone of strategies for sustainable development. He has a background in the trade union movement and is the former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation.