Since August 2016, Gerda Verburg from the Netherlands has served as the coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement. Verburg was appointed by the UN Secretary-General based on her extensive experience in politics and international cooperation.

In 2008, following her appointment as minister of agriculture, nature and food quality of the Netherlands, she was elected as chair of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development.

From 2011, she served as permanent representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture in Rome (FAO, WFP and IFAD). In 2013, she was elected as chair of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS), and in 2014 she was appointed as chair of the Agenda Council for Food and Nutrition of the World Economic Forum (WEF).