Description
Jose Arroyo manages corporate responsibility, human rights, and labor affairs policy at USCIB. His portfolio includes managing responsible sourcing, shaping due diligence policies, negotiating global labor conventions, and leading the committee’s work at the intersection of human rights, the environment, and a just transition.
Arroyo began his career in 2011 as a policy and financial auditor for the Government of Costa Rica and later transitioned to the Foreign Service. In 2013, he was appointed to serve as Consul of Costa Rica in New York, where he focused on implementing foreign policy, with an emphasis on sustainability, climate change, and immigration policies.
After leaving the Costa Rican Foreign Service, Arroyo worked as a consultant with UNEP, advising on economic growth under a decarbonization strategy, and later with a New York law firm, focusing on legal protection for refugees and asylum seekers in the U.S. He holds a B.A. and a postgraduate degree in Economics and brings expertise in international affairs and relationship building.
