Guido Battaglia

Current work

Guido fosters and manages strategic partnerships. He coordinates bilateral and multilateral processes to support institutional positioning and maximise the Centre’s reach and scale of impact through stakeholder engagement. As Head of Geneva Office, he acts as the Centre’s representative in Geneva, managing relationships with local and European partners, and supporting the Deputy CEO and operations team in the management of the office.

Previous experience

Guido has conducted research and managed projects working with companies, governments, international organisations and NGOs in the extractives, infrastructure, commodities trading and sport sectors. He is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Human Rights and Business, where he was formerly Head of Responsible Trade and developed due diligence guidance and implementation projects for the commodities trading sector.

Before joining IHRB, Guido was Director at the World Gold Council, where he managed the programme on responsible mining and socio-economic development. Prior to that he held manager positions at the World Economic Forum (WEF) - engaging stakeholders in two initiatives addressing responsible mineral resources management and infrastructure development in the African continent. At WEF he designed and facilitated high-level roundtables at the Annual Meeting in Davos and at other events worldwide. Guido also worked for the Law Firm DLA Piper and for the Italian Mission to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. An Italian and Swiss citizen, Guido was a visiting student at the University of Tuebingen. He holds a Bachelor and Master in International Law from the University of Milan and the certificate on Business Sustainability Management from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Management.