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Forum “plenary & high-level” speakers (*in alphabetical order – updated 13.11)
Aishah Bidin
Aishah is Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia and
Professor of Corporate and Insolvency Law at the National University of
Malaysia. She is also a member of the Companies Commission of Malaysia
and an Executive Council Member of International Centre for Law and Legal
Studies.
Adriano Campolina
Adriano is Chief Executive of ActionAid International and has been working
on the civil society leading human rights based development programmes
and campaigns for the past 22 years. He is an agronomist with masters on
agriculture, development and society.
Espen Barth Eide
Espen is Managing Director at the World Economic Forum and an Under-
Secretary General of the UN and the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on
Cyprus, chairing negotiations aimed at reunifying the country. He is also a
former Foreign Minister and Defence Minister of Norway.
Arancha González
Arancha is Executive Director of the International Trade Centre. Before that,
she served as Chief of Staff to the World Trade Organization Director-
General Pascal Lamy from 2005 to 2013 where she helped launch the
WTO’s Aid for Trade initiative. She began her career in the private sector
advising companies on trade, competition and state-aid.
Mark Hodge
Mark is Executive Director of the Global Business Initiative on Human
Rights, which advances respect for human rights in a business context
through cross-industry peer learning and informing the international policy
agenda. GBI is led by a core group of 19 global corporations from different
industries.
Lise Kingo
Lise was appointed Executive Director of the UN Global Compact in
September. Prior to this, she was Chief of Staff, Executive Vice-President
and member of the Executive Management at Novo Nordisk A/S for 12
years. Lise also served at NovoZymes A/S for 12 years.
Erol Kiresepi
Erol is Chairman and CEO of Santa Farma Pharmaceuticals, which is based in
Turkey and has served the healthcare industry since 1944. He is President of
Pharmaceutical Sector Committee of the Istanbul Chamber of Industry and
Vice President of the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations
Linda Kromjong
Linda is Secretary-General of the International Organisation of Employers
with overall responsibility for the management of the IOE Secretariat in its
advocacy on behalf of the global employer and business community. Prior
to this, Linda was Vice-President, Labor Relations International & Human
Rights for Deutsche Post DHL.
Lee Sung-ho
Sung-ho is Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea.
He was a professional judge for 30 years serving in the following positions:
Judge at the Seoul High Court, Research Judge at the Supreme Court, Chief
at Cheonan Branch of Daejeon District Court, and First Chief Judge at the
Seoul High Court and the Patent Court of Korea.
Shauna Leven
Shauna is Director of Anti-Corruption Campaigns at Global Witness. Prior to
this, she was Executive Director of the René Cassin Foundation and a Legal
Advisor to the Liberian Government and she worked in litigation at
McGuireWoods LLP in New York. Shauna holds a Juris Doctor from Emory
University School of Law in Atlanta.
Rafael Marques de Morais
Rafael is an Angolan investigative journalist and the winner of the 2015
Index on Censorship award. In 2009, he founded the watchdog website
“Maka,” dedicated to exposing corruption and human rights abuses in his
country. He is the author of the 2011 book “Blood Diamonds: Corruption
and Torture in Angola.”
Dan McDougall
Dan is an award-winning Foreign Correspondent and Creative Director of
Miran, which specialises in content creation for some of the world’s biggest
firms. He is an investigative journalist and has reported from over 110
countries and conflict zones. Dan also lectures on Sustainability at
Cambridge University.
Mthunzi Mdwaba
Mthunzi is Founder and CEO of TZoro IBC, an investment, commodity
trading and consulting company based in South Africa. He is chair of the CSR
and the Business Human Rights Policy Working Group of the International
Organisation of Employers. He is also an ILO governing body member and a
B20 (Business 20) representative for South Africa.
Michael Meehan
Michael is Chief Executive of Global Reporting Initiative, which helps
businesses, governments and others to understand and communicate the
impact of business on critical sustainability issues such as climate change,
human rights, and corruption etc. Michael was voted one of the "Top CEOs
to Follow" by BusinessWeek magazine.
Mark Nordstrom
Mark is Senior Counsel for Labor and Employment Law at General Electric
Co. He is responsible for the legal aspects of GE’s human resource policies
and practices and human rights practices. Mark is Chairman of the Pro
Bono Partnership, on the Board of the American Employment Law Council,
and is a member of the UN Global Compact Human Rights Working Group.
Katie Redford
Katie is the Co-Founder and Director of EarthRights International, a non-
profit group of lawyers, activists and teachers with expertise in human
rights and environmental advocacy. She is a human rights lawyer with
expertise in environmental justice and corporate accountability and a
member of the US Supreme Court Bar and the Massachusetts Bar.
Caroline Rees
Caroline is President of Shift, a leading center of expertise on the UN
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. From 2007 to 2011 she
worked as a lead advisor to the former Special Representative of the UN
Secretary-General for Business and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie.
Caroline previously spent 14 years at the UK Foreign Office.
Tone Skogen
Tone is State Secretary at Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She
previously worked at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, including as
acting Director General from 2013. Tone has also worked in the Ministry of
Trade and Industry and as an energy advisor at the Norwegian Mission to
the EU in Brussels.
Debbie Stothard
Debbie is Secretary-General of FIDH (International Federation for Human
Rights). She is an active promoter of human rights in Burma and the Asean
region through her additional work as Coordinator and Founder at Altsean-
Burma (Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma).
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Victoria is UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She
is an indigenous leader from the Kankanaey Igorot people of the Cordillera
Region in the Philippines. She has worked as a social development
consultant, an indigenous activist, a civic leader, a human rights expert and
an advocate of women's rights in the Philippines.
Steve Waygood
Steve is Chief Responsible Investment Officer of Aviva Investors. His team is
responsible for integrating ESG issues across all asset classes and regions of
the c£250bn of assets under management. Steve founded the Sustainable
Stock Exchange initiative as well as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Coalition. He helped write the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.
Chair of the 2015 Forum
Diana Chávez
Diana is Executive Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Support
Center of the UN Global Compact. She has worked on foreign investment for
the Mexican government and for the UN Development Program. Diana was
named one of the 100 most influential people in Latin America by FIIAPP. She
is a board member of the Canadian Government’s CSR Advisory Committee
and the Ibero-American Secretariat Global Forum on Sustainability.
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Margaret Jungk (Chair)
Margaret is the current chair of the UN Working Group on Business and
Human Rights. She has Ph.D. in political science, specializing in international
human rights law (University of Cambridge) and was the founder and director
of the Human Rights and Business Department at the Danish Institute for
Human Rights.
Michael Addo
Michael is Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter (UK) where he
researches and teaches international law, human rights and human rights &
business policy at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is a
lawyer by training and an advocate at the Ghana Bar.
Dante Pesce
Dante joined the Working Group in 2015. He is the founder and Executive
Director of the VINCULAR Center for Social Responsibility and Sustainable
Development at the Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile. The Centre
works across Latin America in outreach, capacity building and advisory
services related to sustainability and responsible business practices.
Puvan Selvanathan
Puvan is Head of the International Trade Centre office to the UN. Before that
he was a Special Advisor to the UN Global Compact and led the creation of its
Food & Agriculture Business Principles. He is also a member of the
Stakeholder Council of the ISEAL Alliance, the global association for
sustainability standards.
Pavel Sulyandziga
Pavel is a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and
advisor to the president of RAIPON (“Russian Association of Indigenous
Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East”). From 2005 to 2010 he was a
member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. He is a member
of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Forum speakers in parallel sessions (both UN and external-led)
NB: The list, in alphabetical order, will be updated on an ongoing basis as information about confirmed speakers is received.
Federico Addiechi Head of Sustainability Fédération Internationale de Football
Association (FIFA)
Omoyemi Akerele Founder Style House Files & Lagos Fashion Design Week
Kalpona Akter Executive Director Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity
Arnold Alamon Professor Mindanao Interfaith Institute on Lumad Studies; Philippines
José Alcorta Technical Group Manager in the Energy, Health, Data Applications, Services and Management department
ISO
An Nan Field representative The Cambodian Arbitration Council; Workers’ Rights Consortium
Beate Andrees Chief, ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch
ILO
Johan H. Andresen Chair, Council on Ethics Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global
Lorena Terrezas Arnez
Red Pazinde, Bolivia
Greg Asbed Co-Founder Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Roichatul Aswidah Commissioner Indonesian National Human Rights Commission
Bo Bo Aung Myanmar Campaigns Coordinator EarthRights International
Than Aung Secretary Thilawa SEZ Management Committee
Samantha Balaton-Chrimes
Deakin Uni
Tulika Bansal Adviser, Human Rights and Development Danish Institute for Human Rights
Gina Barbieri Principal Ombudsman Compliance Advisor Ombudsman
Inmaculada Barcia Consultant
Association for Women's Rights In Development (AWID)
Dost Bardouille-Crema
Director CDA Collaborative Learning Projects
Joanne Bauer Professor and senior researcher Columbia University
Harriet Berg Minister-Counsellor Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
Elena Berger Child Rights Program Manager Bank Information Center
Lars-Åke Bergqvist Sustainable Business Expert H&M
Wendy Betts Director eyeWitness app, International Bar Association
Hanh Tran Bich General Director of Berjaya - Ho Tay Joint Venture
ActionAid International Vietnam
Farnam Bidgoli Manager Sustainalytics
Aishah Bidin Commissioner Malaysia NHRI
Sara Blackwell Legal & Policy Coordinator, Frameworks Programs
International Corporate Accountability Roundtable
David Bledsoe Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships Landesa
Phil Bloomer Executive Director Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Elena Bombis Manager, Supply Chain Sustainability UN Global Compact
Luisa Book Sustainability Business Expert - Human Rights
H&M
Caio Borges Lawyer, Business and Human Rights Program
Conectas
Paul Bowden Partner Freshfields Bruckaus Deringer LLP
Vicky Bowman Director Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business
Tania Braga Committee Head of Sustainability, Accessibility and Legacy
Rio 2016 Olympic Committee
Karen Bravo Professor of Law Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Ryan Brightwell Researcher and Editor BankTrack
Robin Brooks Corporate Finance Lawyer Norton Rose Fulbright
Dan Bross Alfred Brownell
Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship and Executive Director of the Microsoft Technology and Human Rights Center President and Founder
Microsoft Association of Environmental Lawyers of Liberia
Alan Bryden Assistant Director and Head of Public-Private Partnerships Division
Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Karin Buhmann Associate Professor Copenhagen Business School & Member of Danish National Contact Point
Isabella Bunn Chair, Advisory Council American Bar Association's Center for Human Rights
Sharan Burrow Secretary General International Trade Union Confederation
Carlos Busquets Director of Public Policy and Stakeholder Engagement
The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
Segundo Tarquino Cajamarca Mariles
Community lawyer and human rights defender
Independent
Doug Cassel Notre Dame Presidential Fellow, Professor of Law
University of Notre Dame
Larry Catá Backer Professor of Law and International Affairs
Pennsylvania State University Penn State Law
Laura Chapman Rubbo
Director, International Labor Standards The Walt Disney Company
Jernej Letnar Černič Lecturer School for European and Government Studies, European Faculty of Law
Flaviana Charles LHRC
Frédéric Chenais Political Advisor Swiss Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aurelio Chino Dahua Apu (President) FEDIQUEP Indigenous organization
Anuarite Ketu Chikwanine
Project Manager Dynamique Femme et Mines, DRC
Christine Chow Associate Director - Engagement Hermes Equity Ownership Services
Simone Cipriani Head & Founder, Ethical Fashion Initiative
International Trade Centre
Roper Cleland Senior Programme Officer International Alert
Josie Cohen Senior Land Campaigner Global Witness
Ben Cokelet Executive Director Project on Organizing, Development, Education and Research (PODER)
Michael Congiu Littler
Sandra Cossart Head of Globalisation and Human Rights program
Sherpa
Linsi Crain Policy, Government & Public Affairs Senior Advisor
Chevron
Joshua Curtis Free University Berlin
Nighat Dad Director Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan
Alberto Pedro D’Alotto
Ambassador Argentina
Rachel Davis Managing Director Shift
Hubert de Bremond d’Ars
Head of Protection, Maritime Security and VPSHR Coordinator
Total S.A
Marine de Carné CSR Ambassador Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Damiano de Felice Deputy Director Strategy Access to Medicine Foundation
Francesca de Meillac Social Performance and Human Rights Specialist
BG Group
Olivier De Schutter Former Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Surya Deva Associate Professor City University of Hong Kong
Mutuso Dhliwayo Executive Director Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association
Kate Donald Director, Human Rights in Sustainable Development Program
Center for Economic and Social Rights
Kathryn Dovey Manager - NCP Coordination OECD
Zachary Douglas, QC Barrister and Professor of International Law
Matrix Chambers, Graduate Institute Geneva
Eang Vuthy Executive Director Equitable Cambodia
Jane Ellis Director, Legal Projects Team International Bar Association
Deborah Enix-Ross Chair, Business and Human Rights Project
American Bar Association's Center for Human Rights
Jacqueline Etongue Mayer
Secretary General Cameroon NHRI
Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces
Ambassador Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations in Geneva
Jessica Evans Senior Researcher and Advocate for International Financial Institutions
Human Rights Watch
Tomaso Falchetta Legal Officer Privacy International
Bjorn Fasterling Professor of Law EDHEC Business School
Tricia Feeney Executive Director RAID, UK
Teresa Fogelberg Deputy Chief Executive Global Reporting Initiative
Michel Forst Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders
UN
Sarah Fox Special Representative for International Labor Affairs
United States Government
Bennett Freeman Board Secretary Global Network Initiative
Brian Ganson Professor Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement
Egidio Germanetti Communications Officer IFC, World Bank Group
Monique Gieskes Director Brand Protection & Corporate Social Investment
Vlisco Group
Camilla Goldbeck-Lowe
Corporate Responsibility Expert Ericsson AB
Daira Gómez Executive Director CEGESTI
Natalia Gonchar Head of Social Performance Sakhalin Energy
Alejandro Gonzales Human Rights Specialist PODER
Leilah Gordon-Bates Latin American Mining Monitoring Program, UK
Stéphane Graber Executive Director Swiss Trading and Shipping Association
Emily Greenspan Senior Policy Advisor Oxfam America
Enrique Guadarrama López
Second Commissioner CNDH
Carlos Gualtero Consejo Regional Indigena del Tolima, Columbia
Françoise Guichard Vice-president Ethics & Compliance; and President
Engie; EDH - Entreprises pour les droits de l’homme
John Gummer (Lord Deben)
Chairman Sancroft International
Andy Hall International Affairs Advisor Migrant Worker Rights Network (MWRN)
Dieter Haller Director General, Economic Affairs and Sustainable Development
Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Ragnihild Handagard Business and human rights consultant OHCHR
Susan Hayter Senior Specialist - Labour Relations ILO
Malin Helgesen Leading Counsel, Legal Statoil
Richard Hermer, QC Barrister Matrix Chambers
Lucía Hernández Project Coordinator,Public-Private Partnerships Division
Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Marta Hirsch-Ziembinska
Head of Complaints and Inquiries European Union Ombudsman
Mark Hodge Executive Director Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
Eniko Horvath Researcher Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Richard Howitt MEP and CSR European Parliament Rapporteur
European Union
Philip Hunter Program Director Verité
Hiroshi Ishida Executive Director Caux Round Table - Japan
Tomislav Ivančić Team leader, CSR European Commission
Nicola Jaegers Professor Netherlands Institute for Human Rights
Philip Jennings Secretary General UNI Global Union
Mary Johnson Founder Fair Play Human Rights Consulting
Seema Joshi Head of Business and Human Rights Amnesty International
Dwight Justice Labor Representative International Trade Union Confederation
Richard Karmel Partner and Global Head of Human Rights
Mazars
Anuarite Ketu Chikwanine
Project Manager Dynamique Femme et Mines, DRC
Christine Kaufmann Professor University of Zurich - Centre for Human Rights Studies
Sindiso Khumalo Founder and fashion designer Sindiso Khumalo
Raoul Kitungano Director of the NGOs and Networks Justice for All, DRC
Jan Klawitter Government Relations Manager Anglo-American
Joost Kooijmans Senior Advisor on Child Labor UNICEF
Tatiana Krylova Head of Enterprise Branch UNCTAD
Barbara Küppers Head Department Child Rights Terre des Hommes
Claire Larner Senior Program Manager International Council on Mining Metals (ICMM)
Michelle Lau Manager, Human Rights & Social Sustainability
UN Global Compact
Mauricio Lazala Deputy Director Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Sheldon Leader Professor Essex Business and Human Rights Project
Robert Lederer Executive Director Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
Volker Lehmann Senior Policy Analyst
Friedrich Ebert Stifung
Alejandra Leon Amaya
Representative Colombian Ministry of Labor
Allan Lerberg Jørgensen
Head of Human Rights and Development Danish Institute for Human Rights
Liang Xiaohui Chief Researcher and Deputy Director, Office for Social Responsibility,
China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC)
Rae Lindsay Partner Clifford Chance
Conor Linehan Partner; Vice-Chair, IBA President’s Task Force on Climate Justice and Human Rights, and Co-Chair, IBA Working Group on Adaptation
William Fry; International Bar Association
Ken Chee Chien Loo Secretary General The Garment Manufacturer’s Association, Cambodia
Josua Loots Project Manager & Researcher Centre for Human Rights, UP
Stephen Lowe Head of Business and Human Rights & Freedom of Expression
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Pablo Lumerman Chair Global Community of Practice of Dialogue Facilitators
Rebecca MacKinnon Director Ranking Digital Rights
Marcela Manubens Global Vice President for Social Impact Unilever
Ed Marcum Humaity United
Dahlberg Markstedt Malin
Manager, Child Rights & Business Department
Save the Children Sweden
Roger Martella Partner; Vice Chair of the IBA President’s Task Force on Climate Justice and Human Rights, and Vice Chair of the IBA’s Working Group on a Model Statute for Climate Change Remedies
Sidley Austen LLP; International Bar Association
Jena Martin Professor of Law University of West Virginia College of Law
Minerva Martínez Garza
President CEDHNL, Mexico
Robert McCorquodale Professor British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Katherine McDonnell Legal Fellow EarthRights International
Amol Mehra Director International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR)
Larry Memmott Economic Bureau United States State Department
Diana Mendieta Durán
Presidential Adviser on Human Rights Government of Colombia
Claire Methven O'Brien
Strategic Adviser, Human Rights and Development
Danish Institute for Human Rights
Bonita Meyersfeld Professor Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Ariel Meyerstein Vice President, Corporate Responsibility US Council for International Business
Peter Micek Global Policy & Legal Counsel Access Now
Anthony Miller Economic Affairs Office UNCTAD
Neha Misra Solidarity Center
Aunumpa Mohan Advisor Statoil ASA
Kindra Mohr Policy Direcotor Accountability Counsel
John Morrison Executive Director Institute for Human Rights and Business
Yuliya Neyman Land Governance and Legal Advisor USAid
Roel Nieuwenkamp Chair, Working Party for Responsible Business Conduct
OECD
Scott Jay Nova Executive Director Workers Rights Consortium, USA
Jerry Nwigwe Senior Programmes Manager LITE-Africa
Nomonde Nyembe Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Brynn O’Brien Business & Human Rights Technical Advisor
No Business in Abuse
Andrew Odete HIVOS International
Tricia Olsen Associate Professor University of Denver
Pedro Ortun Principal Advisor on Corporate Social Responsibility
European Commission
Sandeep Pattnaik Anti-Posco Solidarity National Campaign Committee (India)
Geneviève Paul Head of the Globalisation and Human Rights desk
FIDH
Jeremy Perelman Assistant Professor Sciences Po Law School Clinic, Paris
Rachel Phillips Rigby United States Government
Wendy Pineda Ortiz AIDESEP (Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest)
Arnaud Poitevin Researcher CNRS
Ron Popper Head of Corporate Responsibility ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd
Cheryl Queen VP Communications Compass Group
Komala Ramachandra South Asia Director Accountability Counsel
Bobby Ramakant Central News Service
Anita Ramasatry Professor of Law University of Washington School of Law
Dan Rees Director ILO-IFC Better Work Programme
Dominic Renfrey Programme Officer ESCR-Net
Miguel Rios Agricultural Enforcement Coordinator for the Southeast Region of the U.S. Wage and Hour Division
US Government Department of Labor
Sarah Roberts Executive Director Ethical Tea Partnership
Githa Roelans Head, Multinational Enterprises and Enterprise Engagement Unit
ILO
Manoela Roland Professor Homa - Human Rights and Business Centre
Mona Sabella Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man
Makbule Sahan Legal Officer International Trade Union Confederation
Prabindra Sakya Programme Coordinator AIPP
Makoto Saito Chair, CSR Project Team, JFBA; President Japan Federation of Bar Associations; SAITO Law Office Legal Profession Corp.
Andrea Saldarriaga LSE Investment & Human Rights Project Lead
IBA,CSR Committee and LSE Investment & Human Rights Project
Isabelle Salhorgne Vice President, Acquisitions Cessions and Financial
Total SA
María Isabel Jimenez Salinas
Indigenous Community Member Asamblea Popular del Pueblo Juchiteco - Oaxaca, Mexico
Michael Santoro Co-editor Business and Human Rights Journal
Martijn Scheltema Professor Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn
Viviane Schiavi Senior Policy Manager, Corporate Responsibility & Anti-corruption
International Chamber of Commerce
Jens Schlyter Special Advisor, Sustainable Business Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
Eryn Schornick Policy Advisor, Banks and Corruption Global Witness
Christopher Schuller Legal Adviser German Institute for Human Rights
Olivier De Schutter Professor, University of Louvain; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food
University of Louvain
Sara L. Seck Riccardo Serri
Senior Fellow, International Law Research Program, Centre for International Governance ; Associate Professor Deputy Head of Human Rights Strategy and Policy Implementation, European External Action Service
Faculty of Law, Western University European Union
Andrea Shemberg Project Lead Investment and Human Rights Project, Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy - Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE
Bernard Shen Assistant General Counsel Microsoft
Jessica Simor, QC Barrister Matrix Chambers, and member of Oslo Principles Expert Group on Climate Obligations
Maria Luisa Silva Director, Geneva Office UNDP
Emily Sims Senior Specialist and Manager, ILO Helpdesk
International Labour Organization
Gwynne Skinner Professor Willamette University
Benjamin Smith Senior Officer, Corporate Social Responsibility
International Labour Organization
Adam Smith-Anthony Senior Associate Omnia Strategy LLP
Sin Sokhomony Agriculture Policies Monitoring Project Coordinator
The NGO Forum on Cambodia
Lina Solano Ortiz Sociologist and Founder
Ecuadorian women's organisation Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama
Suzanne Spears Counsel Volterra Fietta
Haley St. Dennis Communications Manager Institute for Human Rights and Business
Jelena Stamenkova van Rumpt
Advisor, Responsible Investment PGGM
Rona Starr Director Supplier Workplace Accountability
McDonald's Corporation
Celine Steer International Organizations Coordinator Global Reporting Initiative
Grant Stevens Head of Sales Expolink Europe Ltd
Katharine Stewart Ethical Trade and Environmental Sustainability Director
Primark
Valentina Stoevska Senior Statistician, Department of Statistics
ILO
Robert Stumberg Georgetown University
Hisarhiro Sugiura Executive Director Games Operations Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee
Salli Swartz Board member ABA Center for Human Rights; Partner
Artus Wise
Sam Szoke-Burke Legal Researcher Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)
Sophio Tabatadze Ethics and Compliance Officer of Geocell Telia Sonera AB
Daisuke Takahashi Vice Chair, CSR Project Team, JFBA; Partner,
Japan Federation of Bar Associations; Shinwa Sohgoh Law Offices
Mark Taylor Research Director Fafo
Thomas Thomas CEO ASEAN CSR Network
Matthias Thorns Senior Adviser International Organisation of Employers
Jason Tower Quaker International Affairs Representative
Quaker United Nations Office
Salil Tripathi
Senior Adviser, Global Issues
Institute for Human Rights and Business
Elisabeth Tuerk Chief, International Investment Agreements Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise
UNCTAD
Basil Ugochukwu Post-doctoral fellow International Law Research Program, Centre for International Governance
Nelleke van Amstel Project Coordinator Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Auret van Heerden Labour Expert & President and Founder Equiception
Tara Van Ho Project Associate Essex Business and Human Rights Project
Mariette van Huijstee Sr. Researcher SOMO
Roderick van Schreven
Permanent Representative Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Paulo Vannuchi Commissioner Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Louis Vittor CAOI
Filippo Veglio Director of Social Impact World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Claude Voillat Economic Adviser International Committee of the Red Cross
Margreet Vrieling Head of Verification Fair Wear Foundation
Margaret Wachenfeld Director of Research and Legal Affairs Institute for Human Rights and Business
Simon Wake Principal advisor - Communities and Social Performance
Rio Tinto
Benjamin Ware Manager, Responsible Sourcing Nestlé
Angeline Welsh Senior Associate Allen & Overy LLP's Human Rights Working Group and Arbitration Group
Lene Wendland Adviser on business and human rights OHCHR
Tamara Wiher-Fernandez
Human Security Advisor Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Joseph Wilde Senior Researcher Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
Rachel Wilshaw Ethical Trade Manager, Private Sector team, Campaigns, Policy and Influencing Team
Oxfam GB
Brent Wilton Global Director, Workplace Rights and Human Rights
Coca-Cola Company
Aye Khaing Win Community representative Myanmar Independent
Mark Work Blueprint for Free Speech
Katryn Wright Programme Director - Outreach & Capacity Building
GBI
Takashi Yanai President Myanmar Japan Thilawa Development Limited (MJTD)
Jennifer Zerk Independent expert Jennifer Zerk Consulting / Consultant to OHCHR
Verónica Zubía Advisor, Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government of Chile