Victoria Bowman

Institute for Human Rights and Business

Senior Adviser

Description

Vicky Bowman CMG is a Senior Adviser at the Institute of Human Rights and Business (IHRB), where she works particularly on the Commodities and Human Rights programme. She has been Director of Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) since 2013, although the centre closed its incountry presence in 2023. Vicky is the independent chair of the Global Network Initiative, a Board member of the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA) and is an Honorary Senior Fellow of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL). From 2011-2013 she led global mining company Rio Tinto's policy approach to transparency, human rights and resource nationalism/resource curse issues. Vicky was Director of Global & Economic Issues and G8 sous-Sherpa for the United Kingdom from 2008-2011 and Head of the Southern Africa Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK Government from 2006-2007. Vicky served as ambassador of the UK to Myanmar from 2002-2006 and earlier as Second Secretary, and speaks Burmese. She has also worked in Brussels as UK Spokeswoman, and for the European Commission in the cabinet of Chris Patten. She has an MA in Natural Sciences (Pathology) from University of Cambridge, holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Bradford, and is an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College.