Bob Nanva

Bob Nanva is an Australian trade unionist and politician who is currently serving as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.

He previously served as National Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union and as General Secretary of NSW Labor.

Education
Nanva holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Macquarie University.

National Secretary of the RTBU
In 2011, he was appointed National Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU). He also served on the board of the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council. Following criminal charges being laid against CFMEU officials John Setka and John Reardon, Nanva said that Australia's industrial relations conflict had "become an exercise in mutually-assured destruction". In 2015, Nanva criticised the inaugural speech of Labor MP Chris Minns, which called for reduced union influence within the party. In 2016, he was also elected as Vice President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). In 2017, Nanva criticised the resignation of Fair Work Commission vice-president Graeme Watson, calling for new limits on the employment activities of commissioners who resigned from the organisation. In 2019, Nanva resigned as RTBU National Secretary and ceased to be Vice President of the ACTU.

Labor Party
Nanva is a member of the Mulock Nepean Branch of the NSW Labor Party and served as a local councillor on Burwood City Council. He has been a policy advisor to both State and Federal Labor Governments. In 2019, he was appointed as General-Secretary of NSW Labor and served on the party's Administrative Committee and National Executive.

Nanva was endorsed as a Labor candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Council in the 2023 election and was elected.