Neil Anderson

Neil Anderson is the Head of the Telecom Sector for UNI Global Union, an international  trade union organisation based in Nyon, Switzerland and representing more than 15 million workers in the services sector, including telecom, media, IT, and film.  Neil is originally from New Zealand where he gained qualifications first as a Telecom Engineer and then in Industrial Relations from Victoria University, Wellington. 

He worked for the Communication and Energy Workers Union in New Zealand as the officer in charge of the telecom sector and more latterly as Regional Manager for the New Zealand Engineering Industry Training Organisation before heading in 1998 to Switzerland to take up a position with the then Communications International, now part of UNI Global Union.  Neil Heads the Telecom Department which represents more than 2million workers in the ICT industry in over 150 countries and has extensive global experience with employment related issues in the ICT industry