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Our Experts
Our team consists of global experts across multiple focus areas and industries, bringing a depth of experience in developing sustainable business strategies and solutions.
Lindsey works at the intersection of technology and human rights, helping both tech and non-tech companies identify and address human rights impacts associated with the development and use of technology and effectively incorporate business and human rights practices. Her focus areas include content governance, end-use risks of tech products and services, and the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies.
Prior to joining BSR, Lindsey worked with digital rights organization Access Now to drive the conversation on the human rights implications of AI. As part of this, she wrote the foundational report Human Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Lindsey previously worked at Internews, implementing a large portfolio of internet freedom projects across Latin America, which focused on equipping journalists and human rights defenders with digital security skills and defending the free and open internet. Lindsey has worked and lived across Latin America and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
Lindsey holds a Master’s in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a BA in Political Science and International Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Recent Insights From Lindsey Andersen
- Human Rights Across the Generative AI Value Chain / February 25, 2025 / Reports
- Effective Engagement with Technology Companies / May 23, 2024 / Reports
- A Business Guide to Responsible and Sustainable AI / March 27, 2024 / Insights+
- A Human Rights Assessment of the Generative AI Value Chain / February 9, 2024 / BSR Insights+
- A Human Rights Impact Assessment of the Tech Coalition’s Lantern Program / November 7, 2023 / BSR Insights+
Ameer leads BSR’s climate work in the US and works closely with BSR’s Technology sector companies.
Ameer helps BSR members develop strategies to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and enhance business resilience through climate risk assessment using climate scenario analysis and planning. He also works with BSR member companies on developing resilient and sustainable value chains.
Ameer was previously working with BSR’s Financial Services sector companies and led the Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions, a BSR carbon markets collaborative initiative now known as the Beyond Alliance.
Prior to joining BSR, Ameer was the chief financial economist at Climate Advisers Trust and Orbitas, where he conducted research on climate scenario analysis and financial research for the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector and engaged institutional investors on deforestation risks in investment portfolios. Ameer also brings over a decade of capital markets experience at financial institutions like ABN Amro, Citi, and Barclays Bank.
Ameer holds a MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and a BA in Economics and Government from College of William and Mary
Recent Insights From Ameer Azim
- Decarbonization Lever Library: Mapped Sectoral Transition Pathways / November 4, 2025 / Reports
- Integrating Nature within Climate Scenarios / September 30, 2025 / Reports
- From Climate Science to Corporate Strategy / September 19, 2025 / Reports
- BSR Climate Scenarios 2025 / May 15, 2025 / Reports
- Charting the Course: Navigating the Climate Transition Plan Landscape / February 20, 2025 / Reports
Hannah works with companies that develop and deploy technology to integrate human rights-based approaches into their policies, products, and strategies. She specializes in conducting human rights due diligence on emerging technologies, such as generative AI, affective tech, facial recognition, and surveillance, and in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to children in digital environments.
She has worked extensively with companies to prepare for and comply with human rights-related regulatory requirements in alignment with the OECD Guidelines and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This includes conducting and reviewing risk assessments under the EU Digital Services Act and the UK's Online Safety Act, as well as preparing for forthcoming obligations under the EU AI Act, CSDDD, and CSRD.
Prior to joining BSR, Hannah worked at the Skoll Foundation and spent several years working in anti-human trafficking.
Hannah holds a Master’s in NGOs and Development with a specialization in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Political Science and French from the University of Michigan.
Recent Insights From Hannah Darnton
- Harnessing AI in Sustainability: Emerging Use Cases / September 17, 2025 / Reports
- Human Rights Across the Generative AI Value Chain / February 25, 2025 / Reports
- Child Rights Impact Assessments in Relation to the Digital Environment / January 30, 2025 / Reports
- The Human Rights Impacts of AI / June 4, 2024 / Audio
- The EU AI Act: 11 Recommendations for Business / May 21, 2024 / BSR Insights+
Kelly helps technology companies achieve their sustainability goals, with a focus on supporting high-growth companies in embedding resilient and inclusive practices that both support business strategy while addressing societal and environmental impacts. Through BSR’s Business Transformation advisory service offerings, Kelly works with members to prioritize material sustainability issues, develop issue-specific strategies, set ambitious yet realistic goals, and communicate sustainability initiatives to key stakeholders.
Prior to BSR, Kelly spent more than six years consulting on energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy for California’s utilities and public-sector clients. She has also served as a Board Member for the US National Committee for UN Women, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and Spark, a non-profit that seeks to advance gender equality by engaging the next generation in accessible forms of philanthropy.
Kelly holds a MA in International Relations from San Francisco State University and a BA in Global Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Recent Insights From Kelly Gallo
- A Business Guide to Responsible and Sustainable AI / March 27, 2024 / Insights+
- Sustainable from the Start: Embedding ESG into High-Growth Business Strategy / August 30, 2021 / BSR Insights+
- Business Prepares for Its Curtain Call at the Global Climate Action Summit / September 4, 2018 / BSR Insights+
- Global Climate Action Summit Update—Will We See You There? / July 16, 2018 / BSR Insights+
- The Global Climate Action Summit: How Business Can Turn Up Climate Ambition / June 7, 2018 / BSR Insights+
Scarlet George
Manager, Relationship Leads, BSR
San Francisco
Scarlet is part of BSR’s Business Transformation team with a focus on the technology sector. She primarily works with technology companies to provide BSR’s consulting service offerings related to materiality, strategy, corporate governance, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability reporting with some focus on Inclusive Business.
Prior to joining BSR, Scarlet worked for Oxford Insights, where she worked with private, public, and third sector clients on a range of topics, including mainstreaming sustainability. She created two frameworks for monitoring and evaluating progress in gender equality and social inclusion practices and policies in procurement that several governments have used. Scarlet also represented Oxford Insights at speaking engagements, including presenting at two UNESCO conferences and participating in the UN Global Pulse initiative on big data and AI.
Scarlet holds a BA in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kent and a MA in Middle East and Islam and International Affairs from the American University of Paris.
Recent Insights From Scarlet George
- A Business Guide to Responsible and Sustainable AI / March 27, 2024 / Insights+
Anna leads BSR’s work on emerging issues, including our publication The Fast Forward, as part of the Sustainable Futures Lab.
Before joining BSR, she worked for Forum for the Future, first as editor of its sustainable solutions magazine Green Futures and then as founding curator of the Futures Centre, a horizon-scanning and sensemaking platform. She went on to lead her own foresight and innovation agency, Flux Compass, working with business and global bodies, such as Swire Group, Kering, UNICEF, and UNDP, as well as youth groups and educational institutions.
Publications include a paper in the Journal of Futures Studies (2020) on using futures to build dialogue in conflict and two books with Springer, The Innovation-Friendly Organization (2017) and The Brand Strategist’s Guide to Desire (2014).
Anna holds a BA in English and French from Oxford University and a MA in Gender Studies from SOAS, London University, and is a certified life coach.
Recent Insights From Anna Iles
- A Business Guide to Responsible and Sustainable AI / March 27, 2024 / Insights+
- Why 2024 Could Be a Pivotal Year for Sustainability in the UK / March 26, 2024 / BSR Insights+
- Five Ways Companies Can Help Smallholders and SMEs Prepare for Upcoming Regulations / March 19, 2024 / BSR Insights+
- How Businesses Can Address the Water Scarcity Crisis / December 14, 2023 / BSR Insights+
- Nine Ways to Mitigate Risk of Child Labor Across the Supply Chain / October 4, 2023 / BSR Insights+
Jacob leads BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab, a new practice using strategic foresight techniques to help businesses engage with emerging issues that are reshaping the global landscape.
Before joining BSR, Jacob was the lead futurist in the New York office of Forum for the Future, where he used scenario planning and other futures techniques to develop sustainability strategy and drive innovation for leading businesses, foundations, and multistakeholder groups. Prior to that he worked at Adaptive Edge, a boutique strategic foresight consultancy, on collaborative scenario planning. Jacob began his career doing human rights research and advocacy at Human Rights First and the Center for Economic and Social Rights. He speaks English and French.
Jacob holds an M.B.A. in Sustainability from Presidio Graduate School and a B.A. in History from the University of Chicago.
Recent Insights From Jacob Park
- How Foresight Can Enhance Strategic Resilience in a Time of Turbulence / July 10, 2025 / BSR Insights+
- Between Two Worlds: Sustainable Business in the Turbulent Transition / September 19, 2024 / Reports
- Navigating US Election Uncertainty: A Call to Action for Sustainable Business / July 16, 2024 / Insights+
- Applying a Future Lens to AI / June 4, 2024 / Audio
- Beyond 2025: Setting Credible Sustainability Goals for Long-Term Impact / April 16, 2024 / BSR Insights+
Lale works with BSR member companies across industries to incorporate human rights into business operations and strategy. She focuses on the intersection of human rights and technology, and she leads the Tech Against Trafficking collaborative initiative.
Prior to BSR, Lale worked with the Partnership on AI to help build its AI for Social Good strategy. Previously, she held several different marketing roles at Microsoft, where she played a key role in establishing the company's cloud business across Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa.
Lale holds a MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where she focused on responsible business and social sector leadership. She received a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.
Recent Insights From Lale Tekişalp
- From Innovation to Impact: Key Takeaways from the 2025 Tech Against Trafficking Summit / November 19, 2025 / BSR Insights+
- Harnessing AI in Sustainability: Emerging Use Cases / September 17, 2025 / Reports
- Protecting Children in the Digital Environment: The Role of Impact Assessments / February 26, 2025 / BSR Insights+
- Child Rights Impact Assessments in Relation to the Digital Environment / January 30, 2025 / Reports
- A Launchpad for Action: Key Tech and Human Trafficking Priorities in 2025 / December 19, 2024 / BSR Insights+
Richard works with tech companies—particularly those based in or with operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa—to build human rights considerations and practices into their products, services, and policies. He brings a strong understanding of international human rights law and standards and how to translate the corporate responsibility to respect human rights into practice for companies of different sizes and sectors.
Prior to joining BSR, Richard led the legal and policy team at Global Partners Digital, an international human rights organization focused on the impacts of digital technologies on human rights. He is also a trustee of the Kaleidoscope Trust, a UK-based charity that campaigns for the human rights of LGBTIQ+ people in countries where they are discriminated.
Richard holds a LLB in Law and European Law from the University of Nottingham and is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales.
Recent Insights From Richard Wingfield
- The CSDDD: Implications for the Tech Sector / October 7, 2025 / BSR Insights+
- Harnessing AI in Sustainability: Emerging Use Cases / September 17, 2025 / Reports
- Four Tips for Authentic Business Leadership During Pride 2025 / June 5, 2025 / BSR Insights+
- The EU AI Act: Where Do We Stand in 2025? / May 6, 2025 / BSR Insights+
- Regulating AI / June 4, 2024 / Audio
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