World standards day: Message from Sergio Mujica, ISO Secretary-General

Sergio Mujica has been ISO Secretary-General since 2017.

ISO is a leading international organization in standardization with a membership of about 175 national standards bodies. ISO standards support global trade, drive inclusive and equitable economic growth, advance innovation and promote health and safety to achieve a sustainable future.

Under Sergio’s leadership, ISO approved a new Strategy 2030, which is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with a vision of “making lives easier, safer and better”.

Combining his experience as Deputy Secretary-General at the World Customs Organization in Brussels, and several leadership positions in the government of Chile, Sergio has unique global perspectives of international trade and sustainability.

He is an advocate for International Standards as ways of reducing barriers and fully realizing the role of international trade in growing economies.

Sergio is committed to integrity, transparency and the highest ethics across every part of ISO, as well as to gender equality. As an International Gender Champion, he is a member of a leadership network that brings together female and male decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.

Sergio obtained his law degree at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and completed his master’s in international law at the American University in Washington D.C.

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