About Us - Structure - History - Related Bodies - Financial Support - Employment

Lorenz Berzau, Business Social Compliance Initiative
Mr. Berzau is the BSCI Project Coordinator of the Foreign Trade Association. He received his Baccalaureat from the European School and attended Law School in Germany, focusing on Economics and Public Law. While in the military service, Mr. Berzau worked in the Public Relations office of the General Army Headquarters. As part of his studies, he subsequently had training positions in the Civil Court of Charlottenburg in Berlin, at the law firm Pünder, Volhard, Weber and Axster in Brussels, and at the European Commission DG I, Unit for Textiles and Clothing. He also served as a judicial service trainee at the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture in Bonn. In 2000, Mr. Berzau joined the Foreign Trade Association of the German Retail Trade (AVE) in Cologne, Germany, where he was responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility issues and coordinator of the AVE Sector Model Social Responsibility. When the AVE Sector Model was subsequently merged into the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) in Brussels in 2000, Mr. Berzau was named Project Coordinator.

Dorianne Beyer, National Child Labor Committee
Dorianne Beyer, Esq. (L.L.M., J.D., B.A.) is the General Counsel of the National Child Labor Committee, which has been in the leadership of establishing, implementing and promoting safe, healthy and developmentally sound U.S. child labor laws and policies since 1904. Ms. Beyer has been a national and international labor standards lawyer, author, trainer and speaker for the past 25 years. She has applied her labor policy experience as a public consultant to such governmental agencies as the U.S. Departments of Labor, State and Agriculture, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the U.S. Army, as well as to the United Nations, the Child Labor Coalition, Burger King Intl., universities, corporations, blue ribbon panels, policy makers, the NGO community and the media.
She is also a founding principal of Labor & Monitoring Consultants, LLC, which provides a wide range of labor standards and practices assistance to companies, governments, trade associations, unions and NGOs worldwide. Ms. Beyer currently serves as a member of the Accreditation Review Panel for SAAS.

Francis Boigelot, Bureau Veritas Certification
Mr. Boigelot is the Global Technical Manager of Bureau Veritas based in London. In this role since 2005, Mr. Boigelot oversees the global accreditations with UKAS, RvA, ANAB and SAAS for global systems management and sector schemes. He is responsible for setting up global rules for management systems of certification. Mr. Boigelot oversees a team of 2 technical consultants and manages a team of 8 technical managers across the network. Prior to this role, Mr. Boigelot was the Group Quality Manager for BV from 2000 to 2005, the project manager for QMS from 1997-2000, and an internal QMS auditor from 1997 to 2000. Additionally, Mr. Boigelot managed the government contracts activity with the sales and marketing department between 1990 and 1996 and was the quality manager, preparing internal audits and ISO 9000 certifications.

John Brookes, AIG
Mr. Brookes is presently the Assistant Vice President for quality management at AIG Consultants. As the AVP for quality management, Mr. Brookes maintains the management and quality processes for global insurance engineering services. This encompasses ISO 9001 compliance systems, managing and integrating business improvement initiatives into the business. Prior to joining AIG, Mr. Brookes was owner of Management Accountability Systems from 2002 to 2005, providing quality, environmental and social accountability consulting, auditing and training. Between 1991 and 2001, Mr. Brookes was the senior vice president of business development for SGS International Certification Services. In this role, Mr. Brookes was a founding member of the SAI Advisory Board, the program manager for social accountability, an SA8000 lead auditor and trainer, and assisted SAI in performing social accountability reporting evaluations. Mr. Brookes also participated in the development of the certification program for SGS for SA8000. Prior to joining SGS, he was a quality consultant and lead auditor for ISO 9001 and was a registered auditor with IRCA. Mr. Brookes currently serves as a member of the Accreditation Review Panel for SAAS.

Chuck Goncalves, Gap Inc.
Mr. Goncalves is Gap Inc.’s Director of Global Compliance for the Americas region. He started at Gap Inc. over 7 years ago as a Vendor Compliance Officer and has played a critical role in the formation of the company's Global Compliance team, particularly in the Americas. Mr. Goncalves now leads a team of 9 people responsible for compliance monitoring and capacity-building in the US, Canada, Mexico, Central America and South America. He has extensive experience with a wide range of compliance issues and is also very experienced with multi-stakeholder collaboration. Mr. Goncalves possesses a bachelor’s degree in Business administration with a minor in management. He is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.

George Jaksch, Chiquita Brands International
Mr. Jaksch was born in London and following studies of economics (Cambridge, UK) and agriculture (Seale-Hayne, UK), he for several years developed his own farming business in Colombia. He first joined Chiquita Brands in Colombia in 1979 as financial adviser to banana producers. After several years working for Geest in Colombia and Spain, he rejoined Chiquita in 1987and became operations manager of the Armuelles division on the Pacific coast of Panama. In 1989 Mr. Jaksch became director of quality control (Europe), based in the Netherlands, and soon afterwards was promoted to become responsible for quality assurance systems in Chiquita’s worldwide banana business, with residence in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 1999, Mr. Jaksch has returned to Europe, initially as director of the marketing and sales operation in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and more recently with increasing involvement in Chiquita’s corporate responsibility work and public affairs. A member of Chiquita’s corporate responsibility steering committee, he has actively and with conviction supported the evolution of the concept. As a lead auditor, he has conducted the SA8000 audits in Chiquita’s Honduran, Guatemalan and Costa Rican divisions, together with independent observers from human rights NGO’s and trade unions. Mr. Jaksch is a member of the SA8000 Advisory Board.

Eileen Kaufman, Social Accountability International
Ms. Kaufman serves as Executive Director of Social Accountability International. She has held this position since SAI was incorporated in 1997. Prior to joining SAI, she was Director of Strategic Planning at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, a strategic planner at the NYC Department of Design and Construction, and a financial planner at the NYC Water Board. At SAI’s inception, she worked at the Council on Economic Priorities, co-authoring Paper Profits, an analysis of paper mill pollution and its control. Ms. Kaufman is a graduate of Wellesley College, where she earned a B.A. in Economics. Ms. Kaufman also holds an M.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.

Alice Tepper Marlin Social Accountability International
Ms. Tepper Marlin serves as President & CEO of Social Accountability International. She has held this position since 1997, upon the founding of SAI. She is currently also Adjunct Professor of Markets and Ethics at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Ms. Tepper Marlin has received numerous awards (e.g. Adweek and Mademoiselle Woman of the Year, Japan Society Fellow, Ashoka, Right Livelihood Award, Wellesley college Alumna of the Year), been profiled in various newspapers and magazines around the world (e.g. New York Times, People, Time, Le Monde) and has also been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs (e.g. Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN). In 1969, Ms. Tepper Marlin founded the Council on Economic Priorities (CEP) and served for three decades as President & CEO. At CEP, she wrote and/or edited dozens of books, including Shopping for a Better World (Ballantine Books). Earlier, she served as a Securities Analyst and Labor Economist at Burnham & Co., and as the editor of the tax journal of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation in the Netherlands.

Geoff Martin-Henry, TNT Express
Mr. Martin-Henry, Director Corporate Sustainability, began working for TNT in Australia as a debtors clerk and spent the next 14 years working his way up the financial ladder through various TNT Divisions, ending up as a Financial Controller for their Security division. At that stage, Mr. Martin-Henry transferred to the Express Courier division in Windsor, UK where he worked for 2 years in IT development before moving to Amsterdam to form a new global head office for the Express Division. Mr. Martin-Henry spent the next 14 years in the Head Office working in various roles including Commercial and Product Development before taking over the Corporate Sustainability role for the Express Division. Prior to working for TNT, Mr. Martin-Henry spent 6 years working for the Australian Government and 4 years organising camping tours around Europe. He graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Economics degree and has worked for TNT for 30 years. Mr. Martin-Henry is a member of the SA8000 Advisory Board.

Mike Patrick, TNT Express
Mike Patrick is the Director of Health, Safety & Environment for TNT Express. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the global strategies for corporate social responsibility. Mr. Patrick joined TNT Express health and safety department in Amsterdam and has held various positions over the last five years within the divisional head office. Prior to this position, Mr. Patrick was Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and has been responsible for Environment, ISO and OHSAS Standards, Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship programs globally. As Mr. Patrick has global responsibility, he and his team travel extensively to support the business units and countries in achieving the corporate social responsibility strategy and standards. He is a qualified engineer and has worked in manufacturing, enforcement, training, human resources, risk management and operations in the public and private sectors. He is a chartered member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health.

Mort Winston, The College of New Jersey
Dr. Winston is currently Professor at The College of New Jersey and has served as Department Chair and Director of the Center for Instructional Enhancement. His areas of specialization include human rights theory, applied ethics, cognitive science, and philosophy of technology. Dr. Winston’s most recent books are "On Chomsky" and "Society, Ethics, and Technology". He has contributed numerous articles and chapters on topics related to human rights, biomedical ethics, and applied ethics. Dr. Winston has held a visiting faculty fellowship at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and received a Fulbright Scholarship to South Africa. He has lectured extensively on human rights topics and was awarded a second Fulbright Scholarship to Thailand. In addition to his academic career, Dr. Winston has pursued a parallel career as a human rights activist with Amnesty International. From 1985-1991 he served as Director of the South Africa Coordination Group of Amnesty International USA, served as a member of AIUSA's national Board of Directors from 1991-1997, and as Chair of the Board from 1995-1997. He is currently Chair of AI’s Standing Committee on Organization and Development and was founding Chair of the Business and Economic Relations Group of Amnesty International USA. He is also currently Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of AIUSA. Dr. Winston is a member of the SA8000 Advisory Board.