Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, Author
Anand Giridharadas is a writer.He is the author of multiple books, including
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, published by Knopf in 2018. In the book, Anand argues that members of the global elite, though sometimes engaged in philanthropy, use their wealth and influence to preserve systems that concentrate wealth at the top at the expense of societal progress.He is an editor-at-large for...
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President, Shift
Caroline Rees is President and Co-Founder of Shift. Shift is a non-profit mission-driven organization that works across all continents and sectors to challenge assumptions, push boundaries, and redefine corporate practice, in order to build a world where business gets done with respect...
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Indigenous Peoples' Caucus
June L. Lorenzo, JD & PhD, Laguna Pueblo/Navajo (Diné), is an attorney and human rights advocate. She currently divides her time between serving as Chief Judge for the Pueblo of Zia (sovereign Indigenous nation), private practice in state and Indigenous courts, and human rights...
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Legal Advisor, International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
Ruwan Subasinghe is the Legal Director of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). He specialises in labour, human rights and international law. Ruwan represents the ITF at external bodies including the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Organization for...
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Executive Director / Co-Chair, Global Rights / African Coalition for Corporate Accountability
Coordinador Programa Globalización y Derechos / Deputy Secretary General for business and human rights Humanos | OC Coordinator of the Globalization and Human Rights Program, Observatorio Ciudadano (Citizens’ Rights Watch) / FIDH
Lawyer specialized in human rights and indigenous peoples. At the beginning of the 90s he participated in the Special Commission of Indigenous Peoples (Comisión Especial de Pueblos Indígenas – CEPI) working on the draft bill of the current Indigenous Act. He was Director of the...
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Chair, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
Andrea has been with GBI since 2011, and since January 2019 has served as Chair.She has worked in business and human rights for nearly 20 years, beginning as Legal Advisor at Amnesty International UK and the International Commission of Jurists focusing on business, human rights and...
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Executive Assistant to Group CEO; Senior Vice President, Global Partnership for Sustainability and Communications, C.P. Group (Thailand)
Senior Engagement Specialist, Active Ownership, Robeco
Ms. Essink is a Director at Robeco’s Active Ownership department. She has over 12 years of experience engaging companies on human rights related topics and encouraging them to operate with greater awareness and respect for human rights. She currently has a specific focus on the...
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Senior Policy Advisor / Chair, German Institute for Human Rights / Business and human rights working group of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions
Deniz Utlu is a Senior Policy Advisor at the German Institute for Human Rights in the field of business and human rights, currently chairing the business and human rights working group of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. His special areas of focus include...
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Business and Human Rights Specialist, UNDP
Harpreet Kaur is a business and human rights expert with over 15 years of experience in management, research, and advocacy. At UNDP as a Business and Human Rights Specialist, Harpreet leads a regional project aimed at promoting responsible business practices through regional partnerhsips...
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Chair, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Vice Chairperson, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Mr. Dante Pesce holds a Masters in Political Science from the Catholic University of Chile and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the VINCULAR Center for Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development at the Catholic...
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