Catherine is a Senior Consultant, who joined Ergon in 2016. She has led a variety of projects for multinational companies and international organisations during her time at Ergon, specializing in human and labour rights issues in agricultural supply chains. Her expertise lie in supporting clients with:

• Human rights due diligence, policies and strategies as well as benchmarking
• Human rights impact assessments – especially in agricultural supply chains with expertise in strengthening responsible sourcing practices
• Internal and external stakeholder engagement, including in-country rightsholder engagement
• Policy and research on a range of technical issues, such as child labour mitigation and remediation strategies

Catherine has worked across a range of emerging and developing economies, with particular expertise in Latin America, specifically Brazil.

Catherine previously worked in due diligence and risk consultancy, primarily advising financial sector clients on reputational and regulatory challenges globally – with a focus on Latin America and Lusophone Africa. Catherine holds a BA in International Development and Portuguese and an MAR (Master of Arts by Research), both from the University of Leeds, where her research focused on land rights issues. She speaks Portuguese and Spanish, in addition to her native English.