Rachel Owens

I am simultaneously the Head of EU Office and Head of the Corporate Accountability team. I lead Global Witness' campaign on corporate governance relating to human rights, environmental and governance impacts through their operations, business relationships and value chains. This involves: 1. Strategy and strategic planning: - Setting 3 to 5 year strategic direction for campaigns, using a variety of sources and tactics to develop insight - Turning insight into plans, tactics, activities and anticipated impact - Working with team to ensure alignment to the broader organisation’s objectives, mission and purpose 2. External profile: - Accountable for ensuring campaign has a strong external profile - Applying a variety of channels to develop the campaign profile; represents the campaign externally - co-develop communication strategy for the campaign 3. Inclusive team leadership: - manages a team of 6 talented campaigners and investigators with line management over 4 senior campaigners - Work in partnership with other teams to meet internal duty of care and health and safety standards, processes and legal requirements 4. Campaign management: - Accountable for the oversight of team’s work. Including: - Sign off, risk management, monitoring and evaluation 5. Financial Sustainability - Working in partnership with the development team to identify prospects and secure funding and plan and implement fundraising strategies - Preparing and overseeing an annual budget including regular reforecasting, exercising good budgetary control and works with finance dept - Ensuring team meets all required finance deadlines (annual budget, reforecasting and expenses) - Monitoring budgetary risk More information on the campaign see here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/european-union-brussels-global-witness-eu/time-eu-act-and-introduce-mandatory-corporate-due-diligence-legislation-protect-people-and-planet/

I am a key member of the Global Witness global campaign leadership team. In 2017 I set up Global Witness' first EU office in Brussels and have led it since. My responsibilities include: - Heading up Global Witness' EU Office and representing the organisation in Brussels - Developing and delivering a strategy for Global Witness' EU work - Leading EU advocacy and policy work, working with a variety of different Global Witness campaigns - Building networks and relationships with key stakeholders - Lead EU office team of passionate and talented campaigners and communications staff - Co-develop and deliver Brussels communication strategy together with communications team - Responsible for EU office budget, working together with Global Witness teams on fundraising and budgeting.