Namit Agarwal is the Social Transformation Lead working at the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). He aims to influence the world's most influential companies to respect the rights and entitlements of people in the workspace, supply chains and communities. He works towards holding companies accountable through WBA’s Social Benchmark, the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark and the Gender Benchmark. Namit brings in experience of influencing public policy, companies and investors on issues of transparency, accountability, human rights and gender. Prior to WBA, Namit has worked with Oxfam India, CARE India and Samhita Social Ventures in the areas of advocacy, campaigning, program design and communication. He strongly believes in evidence-based advocacy and multi-stakeholder dialogue.Namit is a Board Member of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. He is a member of the India's National Human Rights Commission core group on Business, Environment and Human Rights, and an Advisory Committee member of Fair Finance Asia. He is an MBA from ICFAI University and Commerce graduate from Calcutta University.