MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- General Secretary, IndustriALL Global Union
Job Titles:
- Head of Operations, Accountability and Monitoring
Bea Ruoff has a background in economics and business administration. Prior to joining ACT she lectured economics and strategic management at Berlin School of Economics and Law, and published focusing on international trade, industrial relations, and global production networks. In these fields she developed and managed research projects.
Bea Ruoff has a background in Economics and Business Administration. Prior to joining ACT she was a teacher and researcher with a focus on labour market development and inequality, wage setting and global production networks and has designed and managed multi-stakeholder research projects at the Berlin School of Economics and Law.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Director, Textile and Garment Industry, IndustriALL Global Union
Job Titles:
- Head of Programmes
- Interim Head of Programmes
David Cichon has a background in sociology and political science with a research focus on industrial relations in global value chains. He completed his doctoral thesis on wage setting in Cambodia's garment and footwear industry.
Job Titles:
- Grievance Mechanism Coordinator
David O'Connell has a background in political science, social science and labour policies. David is a doctoral candidate at the University of Kassel, exploring questions of employee ownership, microeconomics, and labour strategy.
Job Titles:
- International Communications Manager
James has a background in communication strategy and public policy with a particular focus on wages and the global garment industry. An avid storyteller, James has supported civil society, government and private sector groups to use communication strategies to secure better outcomes for workers and communities.
Job Titles:
- Country Programme Manager
Based in Southeast Asia for the past decade, Joana has conducted extensive research on human rights challenges in the Global South. Her doctoral thesis on labour rights in the Cambodian garment sector discussed interpretations around the concept of ‘rights' through the lens of existing laws, workers and employers.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Area Lead, Global Sustainability, H & M Group
Job Titles:
- Corporate Responsibility Manager, Pentland Brands
Michelle Lowe brings over 25 years of executive and administrative experience. Michelle supports the Secretariat with administrative operations as well as supporting ACT members engagement.
Mira brings extensive industrial relations and international Collective Bargaining experience to the Secretariat. Prior to joining ACT Mira Neumaier was Vice-President at the Civil Aviation Section of the European Transport Workers Federation, International Transport Workers Federation and served as Head of the National Civil Aviation and Maritime Section of a general services union. Mira has a background in economics, labor law and sociology.
Job Titles:
- Head of Access to Remedy and Due Diligence Manager Country Programmes
- Senior Programme Manager
Tandiwe Gross joined the team in June 2018. She has a background in political science, law and labour policies, and has worked for the ILO in the field of online capacity building and technical advice on due diligence. More recently she served in the ILO Liaison Office in Myanmar.