- Sherpa is personal representative of leader of member country at international Summit meeting such as G8, G20 or Nuclear Security Summit.
- They are mostly career diplomats or senior government officials appointed by leaders of their countries.
- The term has been derived from Nepalese Sherpa people, who serve as guides for mountaineers in Himalayas.
- The Sherpa is mainly engaged in planning, implementation and negotiation tasks through Summit.
- They coordinate agenda, seek consensus at highest political levels and participate in series of pre-Summit consultations to help negotiate their leaders’ positions.