Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope

Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope has over 25 years’ experience in human rights, ESG and responsible business practices. She advises clients on developing robust ESG governance and management frameworks and specialises in human rights, including the application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to business practice. This includes working with directors and executives on human rights risk management policies and strategies, identifying and managing human rights risks (including modern slavery) within organisational operations and supply chains, conducting heightened human rights due diligence in high-risk jurisdictions, including conflict zones. She also leads human rights-related investigations and advises on establishing comprehensive reporting and governance systems and processes.

Phoebe also helps organisations integrate enterprise-wide ESG risk management and capitalise on ESG opportunities, with a focus on building value through strong implementation practices.

Phoebe holds several leadership and advisory roles, including serving as a Director of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association, Honorary Enterprise Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Business and Economics School and Director of CARE Australia. She is past Chair and continuing member of the Advisory Committee of the Australian Human Rights Institute, an Ambassador for Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia, and a member of the Australian Sustainable Finance Institutes Taxonomy Technical Advisory Group on Minimum Social Safeguards. She is also a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Previously, Phoebe was Director of International Humanitarian Law at Australian Red Cross and a founding Director of the Humanitarian Advisory Group, a social enterprise committed to delivering excellence in the humanitarian sector. She has made representations at the United Nations and worked extensively with the UN, government, businesses, academia, the media and the public to promote respect for human rights and develop excellence in humanitarian practice.