Veronica Anna-Maria Nilsson - Confederal Secretary

Born: Halmstad, Sweden in 1971

Education

- September 1999 - September 2000 The Swedish Institute for Non-profit Leadership, Stockholm IRMA – Training programme for leadership development, mixing theory with practice

- September 1990 - June 1994 Stockholm University Degree of Master of Science specialising in Political Economy

Work experience

- May 2011 Elected Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) at the Congress of Athens

- March 2010 – Mai 2011 The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Brussels Special Advisor

- May 2009 - February 2010 The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), Brussels Policy Officer

- September 1997 - March 1998 and December 2008 - May 2009Brussels Office of the Swedish Trade Unions, Brussels Deputy Director

- March 2001 - November 2008 The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC), Paris Senior Policy Advisor

- March 1996 - February 2001 The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO), Stockholm Economist, Project Manager, Programme Co-ordinator

- November 1995 - March 1996 Ministry of Education and Science, Stockholm Desk Officer, Department of Adult Education

- February 1995 - May 1995 The Secretariat of the Presidium of the Nordic Council, Stockholm (now Copenhagen) Project Officer

- February 1995 The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm Research assistant

- October 1994 - February 1995 Central Defense and Society Federation, Stockholm Trainee

- June 1993 - July 1993 Ministry of Public Administration, Stockholm Consultant