Mr. Guy Ryder
Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Mr. Guy Ryder has been Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) since October 2012. He first joined the ILO in 1998 as Director of the Bureau for Workers’ Activities, and held several positions in the organization, including Executive Director, responsible for international labour standards and fundamental principles and rights at work. Mr. Ryder started his professional career at the International Department of the Trade Union Congress in London. He was also Secretary of the Industry Trade Section of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET), General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and first General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Mr. Ryder has degrees in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Latin American Studies at the University of Liverpool.