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Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• As lead brand performance checking, I:
• align Fair Wear's validated assessment system (brand performance check) with the in 2023 OECD guidelines.
• train and lead a team of performance checkers to ensure quality and consistency in conducting the performance checks for member companies.
• assess human rights due diligence efforts of member companies via the yearly performance check.As business and human rights advisor, I:
• advise member companies in conducting thorough human rights due dilligence, helping them prepare for upcoming legislation, CSRD.
• identify members companies’ needs regarding learning and innovation and use this to develop an annual innovation strategy and planning.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• As lead China, I:
• lead Fair Wear's team in China, coordinating activities in China such as factory audits and training, organising supplier seminars and handling worker' complaints.
• initiate and coordinate the development of a new transformative factory training to facilitate dialogue between management and employees. The training is rolled out in Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia.
• explore options to continue Fair Wears activities in China in a context where labour issues are increasingly viewed as sensitive. We found a way to continue our work.As business and human rights advisor for a diverse.
• advise member companies in conducting thorough human rights due dilligence.
• identify members companies’ needs regarding learning and innovation and use this to develop an annual innovation strategy and planning.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Build up a constructive rapport with brands and business initiatives.
• Liaise with Dutch brands, encouraging them to sign the Bangladesh Safety Accord and start work on living wage.
• Engage in political processes to drive sustainability of the garment sector.
• Actively participate in the Dutch Plan of Action (hosted by SER), particularly in the working group on wages.
• Project management; managing different projects on time and within budget.
• Public relations.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

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Utrecht Area, Netherlands

• Set forced labour practices (sumangali) in South Indian spinning mills on the agenda by teaming up with Ethical Trading Initiative, informing Dutch business associations and lobbying politicians.
• Co-organise a round table on ‘sumangali’ in India, attended by international brands, local trade unions, and spinning mills.
• Set ambitions for the Dutch multi-stakeholder initiative on natural stone.
• Dialogue with multinationals and certification labels on sustainability issues in tea, bilaterally and in multi-stakeholder settings.

Maastricht Area, Netherlands

Teacher Interfacultary course ' Globalization and Inequality'Teach 2nd and 3d year students

• Chain analysis of tuna
• Development of chain report on tuna
• Communication with companies about activities Fairfood

Mooc At Coursera, Chinese Politics, Passed With Distinction

The course offers a conceptual framework for understanding China that highlights the intersection of politics and economics. Including.

Wset Level 2, International Wine Course, Passed With Distinction

Mooc At Coursera - Advanced Track With Distinction, Organizational Analysis, A+

Exploring multiple theories of organizational behavior and applying them to actual cases of organizational change. Including writing.

Msc, International Development Studies, Cum Laude

Research for thesis on intercultural education in Bolivia, Supported by the Dutch embassy in La Paz, Bolivia Thesis: ‘The Decline of the.

Ma, Culture And Arts, Cum Laude

Specialisation in International Development Cooperation Thesis: ‘Decentralisation and its Discontents; Educational reforms in Chile and.