Andrea Shemberg is Chair of the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights and advisor on business and human rights with over 20 years of experience in the field. Andrea was Legal Advisor at Amnesty International UK and the International Commission of Jurists before becoming Legal Advisor to John Ruggie, the-then UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Business and Human Rights (SRSG). In that capacity, Andrea led the SRSG’s work on investment contracts and treaties, advised him on international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law issues and participated in the drafting of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Andrea established and led the Investment & Human Rights Project at the London School of Economics until 2016. She is a US-trained lawyer with management-side law firm experience in labour and employment law. She teaches business and human rights and guest lectures at graduate and law schools. Andrea lives in Bologna, Italy and was one of the founders of Architetti di Stradain Bologna, Italy, a non-profit organisation working to integrate human rights thinking in urban planning and design.