Gary Rynhart

Senior Employers Specialist

International Labour Organization

Gary Rynhart is the International Labour Organizations’ senior Employers Specialist for the Arab States based in Beirut. Working with national representatives of the private sector in 12 states in the region he deals with a wide portfolio of issues that impact on the private sector. Previously he was a senior employer’s specialist at the ILO’s headquarters in Geneva where most of his work focused on policy development for national representative organizations of the private sector. He has written and produced extensive material and publications on the topic.

                     

He was previously a senior Policy Adviser with the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) based in Geneva. Most of this work revolved around employment and globalization policies.  This involved developing and drafting IOE statements to major ILO and other UN meetings such as the UN Social Development Commission; UN Economic and Social Council; major General Assembly debates;  and at other fora such as G8 Employment and Labour Ministers’ meetings.

He was IOE adviser to the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Youth Employment; the ILO’s World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization; and the World Trade Organization’s Business Advisory Body. He authored the IOE’s inaugural global trends in the workplace survey. 

Previously he had worked for the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) as an executive in their Economics, Research & Information Division.  Much of this work with IBEC was concerned with the ramifications for Irish business of economic and monetary union in Europe.

Previously he worked for the European Movement which is an institution that seeks to influence the policy process and promoting public debate on EU issues in Ireland as a press officer.

He has a B.A. in History and M.A in Political History from University College Dublin; and a Post Graduate Business degree from UCD Graduate School of Business.