Who We Are: Our Staff
The Institute for Human Rights and Business was created in January 2009 after a year of global consultations. The senior staff of the Institute includes experienced individuals in the field of business and human rights:
John Morrison (Executive Director)
John Morrison has extensive experience working with leading companies on issues of corporate responsibility and human rights. He worked previously with The Body Shop International plc and led the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights from 2003 to 2009. He has also worked for a number of civil society and governmental organisations on issues of migration, human trafficking and forced labour.
john.morrison@institutehrb.org
Frances House (Director of Strategy)
Frances brings longstanding experience of working in the business and human rights field through her previous roles as Regional Director (SE Asia and China) and subsequently Policy Director with the International Business Leaders Forum, and as an active member of the Amnesty International Business Group.
frances.house@institutehrb.org
Salil Tripathi (Director of Policy)
Salil Tripathi has been engaged with some of the major international initiatives concerning business and human rights of the past decade. During his time at Amnesty International (1999-2005) Salil led the organization’s engagement with the Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights (launched 2000), the Global Compact (launched 1999-2000), and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (launched 2002).
salil.tripathi@institutehrb.org
Scott Jerbi (Director of Communications)
In addition to his current role with the Institute of Human Rights and Business, Scott Jerbi is Senior Adviser to Mary Robinson at Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Realizing Rights has been a key stakeholder in the establishment of the Institute for Human Rights and Business and will continue to support it in its formative stage. Scott worked previously in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
scott.jerbi@institutehrb.org
Kelly Scott (Programmes Co-ordinator)
Kelly recently completed a LLM in International Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Kelly also holds an MA International Studies and Diplomacy, completed at SOAS in 2006 and has held internships at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Burma Campaign UK.
Prior to this, Kelly completed a BSc International Relations (Major), Political Science (Minor) at the University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
kelly.scott@institutehrb.org
