Sher Verick

Head, Employment Strategies Unit and Coordinator of ILO's Programme on Digitalization and AI - ILO

Sher Verick is Coordinator of Digitalization and AI at the ILO. Previously, he has held several ILO roles, including adviser to the deputy director-general, manager of the employment programme at the International Training Centre of the ILO, and deputy director of the ILO’s South Asia Decent Work Team and India Country Office. He also worked with the UN Economic Commission for Africa and research institutions in Europe and Australia. He holds degrees in development economics and economics from the Australian National University and University of Bonn. An IZA Research Fellow since 2004, he has published widely and authored and edited several volumes on labour markets around the world.