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

Jose Arguedas, Gap Inc.
Mr. Arguedas is the CSR Manager – Europe of Gap Inc with over 8 years experience on ethical trade through his work in "multi-partite" collaboration projects, sustainable supply chain development and standards compliance auditing. Since he started working for Gap Inc in 2001, Mr. Arguedas has effectively worked with business partners and local stakeholders to improve the company's supply chain social responsibility performance, leading the Vendor Compliance auditing team in Central & South America and managing several training programs for both factory manager and workers. Most recently, Mr. Arguedas has taken on new responsibilities as CSR Manager in Europe where he is successfully supporting Gap Inc.'s Global Responsibility Department's objectives and overall agenda, representing the company in different initiatives, such as ETI and BCI, driving for better results in the ethical trade field. Mr. Arguedas has a B.A. in International Relations from the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala and took part in the SA8000 Auditor Training program in 2005. He is also the recipient of Gap Inc.'s "Exceed Award" for 2006.

Lorenz Berzau, Business Social Compliance Initiative
Mr. Berzau is the BSCI Managing Director Strategy & Stakeholder Relations at the Foreign Trade Association. He received his Baccalaureate 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 2002, 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 2004, Mr. Berzau moved to the BSCI Executive Offices in Brussels.

Dorianne Beyer, National Child Labor Committee
Ms. 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. In that role she has codified all age-sensitive US laws, drafted model legislation and testified in front of Congress. Ms. Beyer has been a national and international labor standards lawyer, author, trainer and speaker for the past 25 years. Most recently, Ms. Beyer was appointed to a three-year term on the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) newly convened Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products. Additionally, 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. Ms. Beyer 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 serves as a founding member of the Advisory Board of Social Accountability International and is a member of Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Agricultural Network International Standards Committee.

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.

Ivano Corraini, Confederate CGIL
Mr. Corraini is currently the Secretary General of CGIL and is nominated to lead the National Legal Office of CGIL. CGIL is the main Italian union with over 5.7 million members. He is also the president of the FILCAMS-CGIL Study Centre. FILCAMS-CGIL is the fourth largest union with approximately 357,000 members. Mr. Corraini is in charge of organizing workers and collective bargaining through national labor contracts with national level companies belonging to the same sectors. He represents FILCAMS-CGIL to employer associations, national institutions, and the Italian government. Mr. Corraini has negotiated fifteen national labor contracts, including the Commercial Tertiary contract, the consumer cooperatives contract, the tourism contract, the private security contract, cleaning services contract and house working contract.

Dan Henkle, Gap Inc. (chair)
Mr. Henkle is Gap Inc.’s Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility. In this capacity, he heads a team of over 90 employees worldwide, responsible for the company’s social responsibility efforts improving working conditions in garment factories. Mr. Henkle oversees both the department’s factory monitoring function and external engagement efforts that together contribute to the company’s commitment to higher labor standards. He joined the company in 1992 and served as the Vice President of Human Resources for the Gap division and as Vice President of Global Compliance before taking on his current role. Prior to joining Gap Inc., Mr. Henkle worked in the human resources function for Oracle Corporation. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and general management from Purdue University, and his MBA with an emphasis in organizational behavior from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Henkle currently serves as Chair of the SA8000 Advisory Board.

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.

DKS Moorthy, DNV
Mr. D.K.S.Moorthy is the Head, Sustainability & Business Excellence ( SBE ) Group of Det Norske Veritas, Region India. A Graduate Mechanical Engineer from University of Madras, India, Mr.Moorthy has 37 years of work experience, spread over in the areas of Construction Project Management, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Third Party Inspection and Management System Certification activities. He started his Industrial career in 1971 with Larsen & Toubro as a Construction Engineer and later joined Engineers India Ltd as Consultant. He has been with Det Norske Veritas for the past 26 years and has been responsible for DNV’s business in the Eastern & Southern Districts of India, covering more than 1000 clients. Prior to taking up the assignment as Head of SBE, Mr.Moorthy was the Technical Manager & Management Representative for DNV, Region India, overseeing their total certification covering about 7000 clients, 200 auditors and responsible for maintaining the various accreditations like RvA, UKAS, NABCB and SAAS. Mr. Moorthy is a Registered Lead Auditor for SA-8000 and, as a Tutor, has delivered courses in SA8000. He is also a Lead Auditor for Quality Management System (ISO 9001), Environmental Management System (ISO 14001), Occupational Health & Safety Management (OHSAS-18001) and Food Safety (HACCP).

Mike Patrick, TNT Express
Mr. Patrick is the Divisional Head Office Director for TNT Express based in the UK and Amsterdam. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the global strategies for corporate social responsibility. Mike joined TNT Express in 2002 in the health, safety and environmental department in Amsterdam, The Netherlands 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.

Marina Piloni, SGS Italia
Ms. Marina Piloni is the Sustainability Service Development Director at SGS Italia, a branch of the global certification body. Ms. Piloni’s experience at SGS Italia has been extensive – she has been an SA8000 Global Product Manager, a CSR product developer and a marketing developer. Additionally, Ms. Piloni has been trained in the SA8000 Auditor Training Course, the SA8000 Advance Training course, the BSI Lead Auditor Training Course, and the SRA SGS Service Training, based on GRI and AA1000, for Sustainability Assurance Statement. Prior to working at SGS, she worked in marketing and sales, and consultation, committing to best practices. Ms. Piloni attended a post-diploma course from ISTEDA/Bruxelles University in Congressional Tourism.

Rossella Ravagli, Gucci
Ms. Ravagli is the Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility Manager at Gucci in Firenze, Italy. She is fully responsible for the development of the Corporate Social Responsibility programs and topics including marketing, training activities, and support and coordination of the SA8000 standard. Ms. Ravagli has spent over ten years working on corporate social responsibility standards and has been responsible for development, training, and marketing activities and commercial aspects within CSR. Prior to working with Gucci, she was the Program Manager for SA8000 at Bureau Veritas, a qualified SA8000 lead auditor and tutor for SA8000 training course. Ms. Ravagli has worked directly with Social Accountability International in many aspects, and has been a qualified trainer for the SA8000 standard (since January 1999) and the ISO9000 standard (July 1997-April 2003). Additionally, she is a CEPAS (IRCA Equivalent) certified trainer (July 1998-December 2004).Ms. Ravagli has published many interviews and articles about social accountability, SA 8000 and human rights. Ms. Ravagli received her Degree in Quality Assurance and Human and Resource developments, as well as her Masters in Statistic and Economic Sciences from Bologna University.

Alan Spaulding, UFCW
Mr. Spaulding is the Director of Global Strategies for the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union. In this position, he oversees the development of strategies to promote the rights of UFCW members and non-union workers in the UFCW’s key jurisdictions, as well as assist unions in other countries in their campaigns. Prior to becoming the Director of Global Strategies, Mr. Spaulding was the Executive Assistant to the UFCW International Affairs Director and UFCW Organizing Director. He began his career as an intern with the Retail Clerks International Union and the Food and Allied Service Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. Mr. Spaulding received his degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is a member of the world executive committee of the global union federation Union Network International (UNI) and of the board of directors of US/LEAP. Mr. Spaulding is also a member of the SA8000 Advisory Board.

Achille Tonani, RINA SpA
Mr. Achille Tonani is currently the Head of Sustainability, Governance and Innovation at RINA SpA, a certification company offering business activities including certification, verification, assistance, and consultancy services to economic and institutional operators. Mr. Tonani has been with RINA SpA in various positions, including SA8000 Lead Auditor, ISO 9001 Auditor, Product Manager for SA8000, Developer for Corporate Governance and Responsibility. In these fields, he was responsible for developing new projects related to social accountability, corporate governance, anti-bribery, and health & safety. He acted as a consultant for the Ministry of Work and took part as speaker in several national conferences. Mr. Tonani is currently a member of the Social Accountability International SA8000 Advisory Board and is a consultant to the Italian government for CSR projects. He has a degree in International Law and is an expert in the application of OECD principles, with specific knowledge of anti-bribery procedures.

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.