Anna Ekström
Anna Ekström
Anna Ekström was appointed Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training at the Ministry of Education and Research in Stockholm on 14 September 2016. She was Director General of Skolverket, the Swedish National Agency for Education in Stockholm, from May 2011 until September 2016. Before that nomination, she was President of the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations, Saco, in Stockholm from 2001 until 2011. Anna Ekström has extensive experience in labour-related questions, both from a domestic and a European perspective. She has served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications (1999-2001) as well as State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour (1998-1999). During the Swedish Presidency of the EU in 2001 she coordinated Employment Policy and the Spring European Council. In 2003 she served as a member of the High Level Task Force of Employment, headed by Wim Kok. Anna Ekström is President of the Saco Unemployment Insurance Fund (AEA). She has served as a member of the Swedish National Labour Market Board (2002-2008). Anna Ekström is a member of the Executive Committee for the European Trade Union Confederation and a Board Member of the First Swedish National Pension Fund. She also serves as the Vice President of the Board of Uppsala University. She is a member of the executive committee of the board of Bruegel.
