Claudio Formisano

Claudio leads BSR’s practice on addressing modern slavery, human trafficking, and forced labor. He develops guidance for companies seeking to prevent and mitigate human trafficking and forced labor risks and advances policies to scale impact through BSR’s collaborative initiatives like Tech Against Trafficking, the Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking, and Building Responsibly. He has almost two decades of experience in managing multidisciplinary programs on criminal justice, human rights, and security in multilateral settings. At the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), he established and led the Secretariat of the UN Inter-Agency Coordination Group Against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT). As a senior advisor to the Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), he oversaw country needs assessments in North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Claudio holds a MA in Advanced International Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria, and an Executive Certificate from Harvard JFK School of Government in building and leading diverse organizations. He speaks English, French, and Italian. Specialties: #Humanrights #Bizhumanrights #ProgrammeManagement, #Collaboration #DonorRelations, #FundRaising, #Partnerships #Communications.