Jeff was a technical advisor to the cocoa industry group that developed the Harkin Engel Protocol in 2001, and in that capacity worked closely with producer country governments, the ILO and other human rights organizations to investigate the fundamental aspects of child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. Jeff has significant experience in working in partnership with civil society organizations to implement sustainability programs in a number of cocoa producing origins. Jeff has served as the Co-President of the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and on various working groups within the World Cocoa Foundation. Jeff currently is Sucden’s representative on the European Cocoa Association’s Sustainability Working Group.

Ruslan Myatiev is a Turkmen journalist, founder and editor of turkmen.news – an independent media and human rights organization focused on Turkmenistan – one of the most closed and repressive regimes in the world. Turkmen.news publishes daily stories, analysis, and as a member of Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) conducts investigations on grand corruption. Besides, turkmen.news raises cases of human rights violations and brings them to the attention of various international organizations like the UN and the OSCE, as well as foreign governments.

Myatiev holds a Bachelor’s degree in journalism and a Master’s degree in political science with the focus on Central Asia. He lives in the Netherlands.

Dr. Faiza Zafar is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Rights Lab, where she works across various Rights Lab’s research programmes. Her current works is within the Measurement and Geographies Programme is measuring the prevalence of bonded labour in India. This includes a focus on key products that enter global supply chains and impact business risks. She is also working within the Law and Policy Programme on the UK national baseline assessment of the UNGPs. Her previous work with the Rights Lab was within its Business and Economies Programme and included procurement data analysis for Nottingham City Council and the assessment of supply chain governance in UK U&I sectors. Dr. Zafar holds a PhD from the University of Nottingham Business School focused on corporate transparency and accountability for modern slavery in the UK, and her research interests include social accounting, reporting and accountability.

Maria Pia is a child rights expert and advocate with 14 years of international and domestic experience. She has been working on the impact of the business sector on child rights since 2011, with various organisations, including the International Commission of Jurists, UNICEF, and Save the Children. More recently, she has led UNICEF’s advocacy on the EU corporate sustainability legislative initiatives (EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards) and she is now an independent consultant working on child rights and business.

Jeff Morgan is the Senior Advisor for Cocoa Sustainability for Sucden Cocoa, a division of Sucden, the international commodity trading business that focusses on supplying sugar, coffee and cocoa to major manufacturers worldwide. Jeff has more than 40 years’ experience working in the global cocoa sector. Prior to joining the Sucden Cocoa Sustainability team in August 2019, Jeff worked for a major manufacturer of globally known chocolate brands. In that capacity Jeff was instrumental in the development of a holistic cocoa sustainability program. In his career, Jeff has focused his efforts primarily on the social elements of sustainability – especially child labor and forced labor – although more recently, he and the sustainability team at Sucden have been working to develop approaches for increasing farmer incomes as well as monitoring for deforestation and understanding the carbon emission profiles of cocoa farms.

Jeff was a technical advisor to the cocoa industry group that developed the Harkin Engel Protocol in 2001, and in that capacity worked closely with producer country governments, the ILO and other human rights organizations to investigate the fundamental aspects of child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. Jeff has significant experience in working in partnership with civil society organizations to implement sustainability programs in a number of cocoa producing origins. Jeff has served as the Co-President of the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and on various working groups within the World Cocoa Foundation. Jeff currently is Sucden’s representative on the European Cocoa Association’s Sustainability Working Group.

Isabelle Adam is in charge of Corporate Relations at Touton Group. She works closely with Touton’s Management and Sustainability teams on partnerships and outreach.

Prior to joining Touton, Isabelle held the position of General Secretary for the European Cocoa Association. She also managed communications and advocacy programmes for a variety of non-profit and EU trade organisations, including the Eurogroup for Animal Welfare, the Bureau of International Recycling and the European Copper Institute.

Isabelle is currently co-President of the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI).

Donat BAGULA MUGANGU carries with him more than 30 years of experience as Civil servant at national and international level, lecturer and international consultant.

He is the Secretary General of Ministry for Employment and Labor in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and National Coordinator of 8.7 Alliance in DRC, as a Pathfinder Country.

Prior Donat was Secretary General of Ministry for Transports and Communications in DRC.

Previously, Mr. BAGULA was the Executive Secretary and CEO of Northern Corridor Authority (NCTTCA), an intergovernmental organization based in Kenya.

He holds an MBA (UK), an MSC in Applied Economics and Several Specialization’s Certificates and Publications. Currently he is a PhD. Student (UK).

Bukeni Waruzi has helped put a Congolese warlord behind bars at the International Criminal Court (ICC), has helped women trafficked into domestic servitude in the Middle East, and has served as a human rights champion with American, European and African organizations for more than 20 years.

As executive director of Free the Slaves, he works closely with the board, the global team and headquarters to provide strategic leadership and set a vision for one of the world’s most widely-known and respected anti-modern slavery organizations.

Waruzi has documented human rights abuses, designed and implemented advocacy campaigns, made public presentations around the world, and trained hundreds of human rights advocates and activists in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

Eva Nullens is a Human Rights Officer at the Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of Belgium, specializing in Business & Human Rights. She has led the Belgian process of adopting the second National Action Plan on Business & Human Rights. She holds two Master degrees, one in Political Sciences (KU Leuven), and one in European and International Law (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). Prior to her role in the federal government services, she worked with several regional governmental authorities, where she gained extensive experience in equal opportunities policy.

Ivann Liberatore serves as the Deputy Representative to the International Labour Organization (ILO) and to the G7-G20 Labor & Employment tracks, representing France at the ILO Governing Body and in key G7 and G20 meetings. Beside his work for the government, he holds an Adjunct Position at the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po.
Prior to that, he was a researcher at the NYU Stern 

Center for Business and Human Rights, New York, where he conducted research on due diligence, corporate accountability, and child labor. He also worked for a short period of time in the Department of Peace Operations at the UN Headquarters in New York. He has experience in legal work and teaching.
He holds two master’s degrees: one in International Relations from New York University (NYU) and another in U.S. History and Foreign Policy from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is fluent in French, English, and Spanish.

Martin is currently Head of the Modern Slavery and Business and Human Rights Team in the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) which delivers FCDO’s policy and programme commitments to reduce modern slavery and business-related human rights abuses. He was previously Deputy Head of the Protecting Children Hub and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for FCDO’s strategic relationship with UNICEF and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Prior to joining FCDO, Martin worked in international sports development working on major sporting events including the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Earlier in his career he was Private Secretary to the Minister for Sport and Tourism.

Bukeni Waruzi has helped put a Congolese warlord behind bars at the International Criminal Court (ICC), has helped women trafficked into domestic servitude in the Middle East, and has served as a human rights champion with American, European and African organizations for more than 20 years.

As executive director of Free the Slaves, he works closely with the board, the global team and headquarters to provide strategic leadership and set a vision for one of the world’s most widely-known and respected anti-modern slavery organizations.

Waruzi has documented human rights abuses, designed and implemented advocacy campaigns, made public presentations around the world, and trained hundreds of human rights advocates and activists in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

Marie Helene BOUCHARD holds the pivotal role of Head of Global Engagement, Policy and Advocacy at Free the Slaves, a globally recognized organization headquartered in Washington, DC, dedicated to eradicating human trafficking,
forced labor, modern slavery, and child labor worldwide.

In her capacity, Marie spearheads the development and execution of comprehensive engagement strategies with governments and key institutions both nationally and internationally. Her responsibilities include raising awareness, mobilizing support, engaging key actors and influencing policies aimed at combating modern slavery. She plays a crucial role in coordinating government mobilization efforts, representing the organization in high-level policy discussions, and establishing strategic partnerships with governmental entities and strategic networks and advocacy partners.

Sian Lea, Business and Human Rights Manager, Anti-Slavery International: Sian has over 15 years of experience in human rights and social justice, managing programmes and teams of various sizes. She has worked with Anti-Slavery International for two and a half years, managing campaigns on business and human rights legislation and overseeing engagement with business. Previously, she was the Managing Director for Shiva Foundation, a corporate foundation tackling modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK. In this role, she worked closely with businesses, the hospitality sector in particular, to address risks of modern slavery, and local and national policymakers to advocate for meaningful change. Prior to joining Shiva Foundation, Sian managed humanitarian education projects with the British Red Cross and worked on capacity building and access-to-justice projects with Legal Support for Children and Women in Cambodia.

Since 2004, Suzanne Hoff is International Coordinator of La Strada International, the European NGO Platform against trafficking in human beings, comprising 32 anti-trafficking NGOs in 24 European countries (both EU and non-EU).

As International Coordinator, Suzanne Hoff manages a broad range of tasks including strategy planning, lobby & advocacy and monitoring European developments, next to coordination of joint European projects, campaigns, and research. She represents the platform in various international fora and platforms, think thanks and NGO advocacy groups.

The advocacy, campaigns and (research) projects she has contributed to over the last 20 years relate to many different aspects of human trafficking, but in particular these related to victims’ rights and their access to justice (compensation, safe reporting, non-punishment and access to residence). She also worked on monitoring and data collection and policy issues related to definitions and application of legislation, fair migration, decent work, business and human rights and addressing, demand.