UN Global Compact Expert Network

This advisory group serves to drive ambition and ensure relevance of our programmatic portfolio as we support business in advancing sustainability and contributing to the UN goals

Expert Network Co-Chairs

The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, each drawn from landmark UN Declarations and Conventions provide the initiative with its unique, principles-based and normative framework for business action. The Expert Network is Co-Chaired by the UN Agencies and Programmes with responsibility for the relevant declarations and conventions in order to ensure the full alignment and integration of the Ten Principles into our programmatic activities.

Lene Wendland
Chief, Human Rights and Economic and Social Issues Section and former Adviser on Business and Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Githa Roelans
Head, Multinational Enterprises and Enterprise Engagement Unit, Enterprises Department, International Labour Organization

Merlyn Van Voore
Senior Adviser: Climate Change, United Nations Environment

Giovanni Gallo
Chief, Implementation Support Section, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Expert Network Members

Hosted by the UN Global Compact Office, the Expert Network is comprised of representatives from business, civil society, trade unions, the UN, Government and Global Compact Local Networks who have strong understanding of the broader sustainability agenda. Throughout the year, Members are invited to share perspectives on emerging trends and gaps in corporate sustainability and to provide strategic and substantive input to programmatic prioritization and agenda-setting discussions within the UN Global Compact.

expert network

Business

Stephanie Richardson Global Sustainability Strategy Manager, Accenture	Sandra Dante Vice President, Social Accountability and Prospective, Total S.A.	Netithorn Praditsarn Senior Vice President, Global Partnership Office C.P. Group
Betina Del Valle Azugna Sustainability Manager, Grupo Sancor Seguros	Alice Durand-Reville Corporate Public Affairs Director, Danone	Helen Medina Senior Manager for Multilateral Affairs , Nestlé
Filippo Giuseppe Bettini Chief Sustainability & Risk Governance Officer, Pirelli & C. S.p.A.	Emmanuel Lulin Senior Vice President & Chief Ethics Officer, L'Oréal S.A.	Sami Lundgren Vice President, Environment & Responsibility, UPM-Kymmene Corporation
Dr. Màrcia Balisciano Director, Corporate Responsibility, RELX Group	Marcela Manubens Global Vice President for Integrated Social Sustainability, Unilever	Marina Migliorato Head of Sustainability Innovation& Stakeholder Engagement, Enel Group
Scott N. Mitchell President & CEO, Sumitomo Chemical America	Indalecio Perez Social Sustainability Director, Inditex S.A.	Thorsten Pinkepank Director Sustainability Relations, BASF
Ru Qiao Deputy Director, Securities Affairs Office, Board Secretariat, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation - Sinopec	Carlos Sallé Alonso Director of Energy Policy & Climate Change, IBERDROLA S.A.	Luigi Sampaolo Vice President of Projects and Sustainability Strategic Relations, Eni S.p.A
Karsten Schroeder Manager, Corporate Responsibility, Daimler AG	Jorge Soto Sustainable Development Director, Braskem	Claus Stig Pedersen Head of Corporate Sustainability and EMEA Public Affairs, Novozymes A/S
Matthias Thorns Director of Stakeholder Engagement, International Organization of Employers	Dominic Vergine Head of Sustainability, ARM	Bérangère Magarinos-Ruchat Head of Sustainability, Firmenich
Wincy Cheng Sustainability Director, Knoll Printing and Packaging	Vance A. Merolla Worldwide Director, Global Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive Company	Noémie Bauer Head, Sustainability, Pernod Ricard

Civil Society, Labour, Other

Pietro Bertazzi Global Director – Policy Engagement, CDP	Kaori Shigiya Senior Specialist, Sustainable Development Goals, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)	John Elkington Chairman & Chief Pollinator, Volans Ltd.
Laura Gitman Senior Vice President, Business for Social Responsibility	Cate Lamb Director, Water Security, Carbon Disclosure Project	Mark Lancelott Director, Business Design, PA Consulting Group
Shawn MacDonald CEO, Verite	Eliot Metzger Senior Associate, World Resources Institute	Jason Morrison President, Pacific Institute
Peter Paul van de Wijs Chief External Affairs Officer, GRI	Anita Ramasastry Professor of Law, Director of Sustainable International Development Graduate Program, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights	Caroline Rees President, Shift
Paul Reig Manager, Corporate Water Stewardship, World Resources Institute	David Schilling Senior Program Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility	Aditi Sen Senior Climate Advisor, Oxfam America
Ulysses Smith President & Chief Executive Officer, Telos Governance Advisers	Irit Tamir Director, Private Sector Department, Oxfam America	Diane-Laure Arjaliès Assistant Professor , Ivey Business School - Western University
Cathrine Bloch Poulsen-Hansen Programme Manager and Senior Adviser to the Corporate Engagement Programme, Danish Institute for Human Rights	Delphine Gibassier Associate Professor of Accounting for Sustainable Development, Audencia Business School	Geoff Kendall Co-Founder & CEO, Future-Fit Foundation
Bennett Freeman Principal, Bennett Freeman Associates LLC	Daniel Neale Director of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB), World Benchmarking Alliance	Katja Bechtel Lead, Partnering Against Corruption Initiative, World Economic Forum
Cristianne Close Global Practice Leader, Markets, World Wide Fund for Nature

UN System

Marcos Athias Neto Director of Private Sector, United Nations Development Programme	Michelle Gyles-McDonnough Director, Sustainable Development Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations	Henriette Kolb Head of Gender Secretariat, International Finance Corporation
Albena Melin Head, Multilateral Engagements, International Finance Corporation	Anthony Miller Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	Shirin Pakfar Friborg Head, Partnership Development, Private Partnerships and Philanthropy, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Massimiliano Riva Specialist, Sustainable & Innovative Science, United Nations Development Programme	Karen M. Smith Business Partnership Advisor, United Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	Daniele Violetti Director, Finance Technology and Capacity Building, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat
Robert Skinner Executive Director, United Nations Office for Partnerships	Henk-Jan Brinkman Chief of Peacebuilding Stratehy and Partnerships Branch, United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office

Local Networks and Governments

Benafsha Charlick-Delgado Senior Programme Manager, Global Compact Network UK	Marcel Engel Executive Director, Global Compact Network Germany	Y.W. Junardy President, Global Compact Network Indonesia
Uddesh Kohli Member, Governing Council, Global Compact Network India	Vali Marszalek Executive Director, Global Compact Network Croatia	Dr. Achieng Ojwang Executive Director, Global Compact Network South Africa