Nienke Berger has been working in the field of sustainability management for over ten years, including several years at a multi-metal producer.

Since the beginning of 2023, she has been the Human Rights Officer of Hamburger Hochbahn AG and works as a sustainability specialist with a focus on sustainable procurement.

Since 2022 Emil has worked as a CSR Consultant in the City of Copenhagen, implementing the City Council's decision to promote the City's suppliers' compliance with human rights and fundamental rights at work in the global value chain. This work includes dialogue and counselling of suppliers regarding procedures for Human Rights Due Diligence processes combined with onsite follow-ups and engagement with local stakeholders and/or online investigations.

Before joining the City of Copenhagen, Emil worked as an international program consultant in the Danish Trade Union Development Agency, where he managed the organization's support to local trade unions in Latin America and Asia. In this capacity he developed and supervised capacity building projects and strategies to strengthen local unions, enhance social dialogue and expand their membership base. He holds a master's degree in development studies and international politics.

After graduating from Kings College and the London School of Economics, Alyson began her career in the retail procurement sector, and then as an NHS Graduate trainee and has continued as an NHS procurement professional ever since at trust and local level, and as an advocate of collaborative procurement at all levels.

Alyson set up the NHS collaborative procurement hub, NHS Commercial Solutions, in July 2007. It is now in its 17th year of operation and has saved over £300m for the NHS providing end to end services across the full procurement cycle. Alyson has a strong commitment to building and developing strategic partnerships designed to improve patient care.

Alyson has a particular interest in place-based initiatives and how procurement can support the delivery of social value using resource with sustainability and social value expertise. In her role as Chair of both a NHS Hub Sustainability and Social Value Group and a European Sustainability and Social Value Group she is involved in the development of exciting and innovative initiatives promoting the SSV agenda.

Anna Cavazzini is member of the European Parliament, chair of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) and works in the International Trade Committee (INTA). She is fighting for a sustainable EU single market and fair globalization.

Previously she was engaged in the implementation of the SDGs as a cabinet member of the president of the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations Conference and she worked as human rights advisor for the German NGO "Brot für die Welt".

Björn has more than 15 years experience addressing public procurement and labour rights in global supply chains.  He cofounded the US national advocacy network SweatFree Communities, which has been instrumental in dozens of state and local campaign successes aimed at using taxpayer money to protect workers' rights in global supply chains.  He helped set up a US national network of public sector buyers, the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, to encourage public sector buyers to address labour rights in global supply chains collaboratively. Björn also served as Senior Policy Analyst with the Washington DC based International Labor Rights Forum, authoring several reports on labour rights and safety in Bangladeshi apparel factories.   He is trained in cultural anthropology with a Ph. D. from the Johns Hopkins University.

Gemma has worked within the international trade union movement for 17 years. Now at UNISON, the UK's largest trade union (1.3 million members delivering public services, including the NHS, local authorities and education) she has responsibility for business and human rights. This includes advocating for binding regulation to ensure that businesses and other organisations take preventative action not to damage people and the planet and supporting public sector organisations to learn how to procure responsibly. Further, she assists UNISON to 'Walk its Talk' within its own operations and supply chains including through its affiliation to Electronics Watch. Previous roles included being responsible for the Trade Union Congress's funding and institutional relationship with the UK Department for International Development, as an independent projects trainer and evaluator and as the Ethical Trading Initiative's trade union caucus coordinator.

Mike was born during the late 60s in South Australia and, in a decision that he has never quite forgiven his parents for, moved to the UK in the early 70s and settled near Carlisle in Cumbria.

After graduating in Geography from Coventry University, he worked as an assistant IT buyer for Hertfordshire County Supplies where he completed his CIPS qualification before taking up the role of senior IT buyer for a leading PC and Notebook system-builder in 1996. The experience there stood him in good stead as he progressed to a position as a procurement manager in international break-fix company Fujitsu ICL in the late 90s before coming back full circle into the public sector when joining LUPC in 2001. Mike served on the Board of Trustees at Electronics Watch between 2015-2022 and he continues to act as agreement lead on ICT and AV, amongst others.

Judith is General Secretary of IndustriAll Europe, representing 7 million manufacturing, mining and energy workers from 39 European countries. She was formerly a Labour Member of the European Parliament for the North East of England (2014-20). Before entering Parliament, she was active for 15 years within the Labour and trade union movement, notably she held the position of Confederal Secretary at the European Trade Union Confederation from 2011 to 2014. Before that, she worked at Unite the Union, the European Metalworkers Federation and UNI Europa.

Rochelle is a labour rights defender and development worker who has been actively supporting initiatives of electronics workers in the Philippines. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication and earned her diploma in Urban and Regional Planning. Rochelle has 15 years of experience in non-profit organizations, including her years with the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER), and most recently, as the Regional Coordinator (based in Asia) of the GoodElectronics Network.

Mags is responsible for helping LUPC to develop and implement policy and strategy, conduct research and training in responsible procurement. She ensures responsible procurement is embedded within framework agreements used by our members and measures and supports suppliers to meet human rights and environmental criteria set against global and local benchmarks.

Mags joined LUPC as Responsible Procurement Lead in May 2023 after moving from South Africa, where she ran a sustainability consulting practice for over 15 years.  She has worked with global brands and retailers, consulted and trained for the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and participated in research programmes with  Durham and Manchester Universities.

Mags has a wide range of experience across the private sector in retail, clothing, textiles & footwear, mining, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), services and manufacturing, civil society and the public sector.

Shigeru Tanaka is Executive Director at Pacific Asia Resource Center (PARC) a Japanese non-profit thinktank based in Tokyo. Shigeru has experience monitoring mineral mines and working with local communities in Brazil, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, and The Philppines with special knowledge in transition minerals. His factfinding have led to his expert opinion being accepted by the Appeals Court of Imbabura in Ecuador, regarding an environmental permit for the Llurimagua Copper Mine Project.