Based in New York since October 2019. From 2009-September 2019 based in London at the premier international think tank on human rights and business. Responsible for research, policy and advocacy. Member, External Sustainability Advisory Panel for Exxon Corp. Also engaged as adviser to the International Finance Corp on human rights; member of advisory panel on stakeholder engagement at GE Corp; member of the Human Rights Working Group and the Expert Group on investments in high-risk zones at the UN Global Compact; also member of the advisory network of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.

Honorary position; elected for second (and final) three-year term (in 2018) to lead the organisation's work to protect writers and journalists at risk worldwide.

Voluntary, honorary position at CHRI's London office.

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Was member of a five-person team that offered non-binding advice to the company on sustainability, environment, and human rights issues.

Advising major corporations which are GBI members on business and human rights issues.

Was member of the company's corporate citizenship panel, offering non-binding advice on human rights issues.

Adviser to the international initiative to promote better corporate practices for human rights protection.

Policy advocacy and research. Piloted Conflict Sensitive Business Practices - a guidance for the extractive sector - at two projects in Colombia: in La Guajira and Medeo Magdalena regions. Spoke at UN events in Zurich, Geneva, Bogota and Johannesburg. Member of several advisory groups, including Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, London; International Commission of Jurists, Geneva (complicity project); steering committee, Voluntary Principles; human rights working group, UN Global Compact; Development Diamonds Initiative.

Adviser to the ICJ's project to develop a common framework and understanding for complicity of corporations in cases involving international law.

Member of the multistakeholder initiative's various committees, including reporting group, steering group, and governance group.

Researcher. Prepared reports on Nigeria, Bosnia, Russian Federation. Wrote policy papers on sanctions, complicity, privatisation, corruption. Represented AI at Global Compact, World Economic Forum, Voluntary Principles, Kimberley Process.