Experience

AIM-Progress

• Belgium
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Feb 2022 - Present



Herring Consultancy Ltd

• London, United Kingdom

• Director

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  Herring Consultancy Ltd works on responsible sourcing in global supply chains, helping companies to tackle the complex and interconnected issues of human rights, labour rights and climate change. Projects to date include: - Food Network for Ethical Trade – Developing and implementing a Network designed to drive a common approach to ethical trade with a group of British retailers, food companies and brands - Human rights strategy development – Developing human rights strategies for a number of UK-based multinational grocery and general merchandise retailers with multi-stakeholder input - Human rights due diligence guidance - Developing practical guidance for business on implementing human rights due diligence in line with the UN Guiding Principles in Business and Human Rights - Modern slavery and human rights training development and delivery – Developing and delivering training for food and clothing businesses and their supply chains on meeting the requirements of the Section 54 of the UK’s Modern Slavery Act - Ethical strategy development – Strategic ethical trade support for food and non-food retailers, suppliers and importers in the UK and US - Research and report writing – Undertaking research and writing reports, briefings and guidance for multinational companies on behalf of ethical trade initiatives and consultancy firms - Stronger Together – Training development and delivery - bespoke and general courses - Ethical Trading Initiative - Training development and delivery - bespoke and general courses



Food Network for Ethical Trade

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Senior Consultant Support

  • May 2017 - Jan 2022

  The Food Network for Ethical Trade (FNET) has been established to improve human rights in global food supply chains through a common approach to managing ethical trade. It aims to support suppliers and retailers to identify, manage and respond to global food supply chain ethical trade risks, to improve the food industry’s understanding of ethical trade, to identify and facilitate collaboration opportunities, to promote trust and to build a forum for sharing issues and best practice. I am lucky enough to support the Network and its fabulous members as the Network grows and develops.



Riz Boardshorts

• London, United Kingdom

• Sustainability Advisor

  • Aug 2014 - Apr 2021

  Sustainability strategy – designing and implementing the company's sustainability strategy with a specific focus on the use of recycled and ocean plastics Operational management – managing the company's physical sale outlets and overseeing online sales activities and promotions. Streamlining and improving production processes and operations. Sustainability strategy – designing and implementing the company's sustainability strategy with a specific focus on the use of recycled and ocean plastics Operational management – managing the company's physical sale outlets and overseeing online sales activities and promotions. Streamlining and improving production processes and operations.



Sainsbury's

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ethical Trade Manager

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2014

  Strategic development and delivery – designing and delivering Sainsbury's ethical trade strategy for over 2,500 Food and non-Food suppliers as part of the company's 20 by 20 sustainability plan working with commercial, technical and CSR staff, global suppliers, NGOs and trade unions Supplier audit and assessment programme – establishing and maintaining Sainsbury's labour rights supplier monitoring programme of 700 global suppliers and over 1,700 production sites and farms. Managing the collation, analysis and reporting on improvements and ongoing challenges to internal and external stakeholders External stakeholder engagement – managing Sainsbury's relationship with key external organisations including: UK government, the International Labour Organisation, the Ethical Trading Initiative, SEDEX, Oxfam, WWF, the TUC, Fairtrade International and the Equality and Human Rights Commission Project management – developing and managing over £3m worth of global, multi-stakeholder projects designed to tackle key labour rights issues including: modern day slavery, excessive working hours, living wages, agency workers and small farmer sustainability Critical issue management – establishing a process for, and delivering consistent support to, critical supply chain labour issues including whistleblowers. Regular liaison with Sainsbury's media and legal teams Training and coaching – developing and implementing Sainsbury's ethical trade training strategy for 250 staff and over 600 suppliers globally through training, webinars and conferences Supplier visits and in-country support – creating and delivering Sainsbury's ethical trade visit process to UK and global suppliers. In-country office support in South Africa, Spain and Kenya. One month project in Hong Kong and China to train and support technical staff on ethical trade issues Line Management – managing a team of 3 staff, placement students and consultants.



Comic Relief

• Fundraising
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Trade & Enterprise Manager

  • May 2007 - Aug 2010

  Strategic and operational planning – leading the International Grants team’s participatory strategic and operational planning process and developing, implementing and monitoring performance against strategic plans for CR’s Trade and Climate Change initiatives Grant-making and management – ongoing grant-making and grant management of a £15m Trade programme and £1m Climate Change pilot, supporting 25 live grant relationships across 18 African countries with 17 NGO and private-sector partners Corporate Engagement – developing and implementing Comic Relief’s policies on ethical trade; researching and evaluating risks related to new corporate partners as part of Comic Reliefs Risk Evaluation Group and nurturing ethical partnerships with companies including TK Maxx and Mars Fund management – developing and managing the Sainsbury’s Fair Development Fund, a £1m fund for producers in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and the Hunter Foundation Fund, a £2m fund for economic regeneration in Rwanda and Malawi Donor relations – establishing and developing joint funding partnerships with donors including DfID, ICCO and Irish Aid and corporate partners including TK Maxx Social investment – developing and implementing Comic Relief’s social investment pilot with a budget of £5m over 2 years Line Management – managing a team of up to 5 staff and consultants to deliver against departmental and organisational objectives. .



Marie Stopes International

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programmes Support Manager

  • Jan 2006 - Apr 2007

  Strategic planning – undertaking strategic planning with senior management and programme teams in order to produce five year expansion plans, determine funding priorities and identify new areas for business Operations management – ongoing programme management to ensure the efficient running of 45 MSI clinics, 35 outreach teams and two Contraceptive Social Marketing programmes retailing over 20 million condoms and other family planning products per year in Uganda and Tanzania Financial management – conducting monthly and quarterly performance reviews with programme teams to identify and address key performance issues. Facilitating and supporting the introduction of systems and processes to improve financial performance and internal controls Business planning – reviewing MSI’s overseas business planning processes and developing a best practice business planning process which is currently being piloted with four MSI partners Organisational development – line managing a team of seven individuals, including the programme director, of MSI’s Uganda programme. Providing organisational development technical support to three MSI programmes Resource development – writing successful concepts notes and proposals worth up to $4m to support programme development in Tanzania and Uganda Project management – grant managing contracts with DfID, the EC, MSI and a number of international private foundations of up to $5m in value. Developing and implementing a $5m proposal in Northern Uganda as part of the Comprehensive Reproductive Health in Crisis project Technical Assistance – coordinating the development of the MSI Global Partnership’s Business Advisory Team designed to provide overseas partners with cost-effective business consultancy services Training - Facilitating business planning and management training and advanced advocacy training to 50 local and international programme staff.



Various

• Independent Consultant - Social Enterprise Development, Microfinance, Organisation Development

  • Oct 2004 - Dec 2005

  World Economic Forum, various locations – researching and analysing the success of global information technology projects, establishing key performance indicators to measure economic, social and technological impact. Co-authoring a global bench-marking study entitled IT Access for Everyone (ITAFE) for the World Economic Forum (WEF), which was presented at Davos in January 2005 One World International, Kenya – supporting the set-up and running of a telecommunications franchise based in Nairobi, Kenya including building strategic partnerships with commercial partners and the government of Kenya One World International, South Africa, India and the UK – developing a global social franchise model, Mobile for Good, designed to improve disadvantaged communities’ access to employment, health and community information West Hampstead Women’s Centre, UK – managing the development of the organisation’s strategic plan and the implementation of a £600k fundraising strategy Dixons plc, UK – developing and managing the implementation of an organisational change strategy for the Information Services department as part of a £150m supply chain re-engineering programme, Recruiting and training a team of 20 staff, creating a communications and knowledge management strategy, implementing financial and HR systems and establishing a uniform process documentation methodology Women’s World Banking, USA – creating a training strategy, training materials and product toolkits to enable the expansion of a network of low income women as entrepreneurs and economic agents.



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategy Consultant

  • Apr 2001 - Oct 2004

  Organisational change and development - analysing the financial and organisational status of a major UK supermarket’s outsourced 1,500 employee IT workforce in the third year of a £3bn outsourcing contract. Managing a team of four Accenture staff and client senior executives to design and implement a new organisation structure and put into operation updated human performance systems Marketing and communications strategy development - working with client senior management at a major UK health and beauty retailer to produce a detailed customer and marketing strategy, including specific work on direct marketing techniques and communications. Project-managing a proposal to redesign the client’s customer loyalty programme Supply chain systems implementation - managing a team of eight consultants and clients to design, build and test cost-modelling, and transport planning systems, as part of a supply chain transformation programme for a major UK retailer. Designing and conducting application training for staff and senior executives; Corporate responsibility research - conducting and analysing research on ICT4D initiatives as part of the £1m IT Access For Everyone initiative set up by Accenture with the World Economic Forum. Designing strategic marketing materials for Enablis, an Accenture-sponsored initiative providing intensive business guidance and critical early-stage financing to entrepreneurs in South Africa.