Art Prapha

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT ART PRAPHA

Art Prapha is a Senior Program Manager, Corporate Accountability at the Freedom Fund. He oversees the corporate accountability global initiative to invest in cutting-edge accountability-based programs designed to shift corporate behaviour as a driver of forced labour across all sectors of the global economy. Previously, Art spent nearly a decade working at Oxfam America and Oxfam in Asia as Senior Advisor (Campaigns & Advocacy) and Private Sector Advisor. In his recent role, Art co-led Oxfam’s global Supermarket Campaign, Behind the Barcodes, to influence the world’s largest food retailers and companies to tackle inequality and human rights violations in their global supply chains. Art co-founded the CSO Coalition for Ethical and Sustainable Seafood to address the issues of modern slavery in the Thai seafood industry and serves as a trustee for THIRST, the international roundtable for sustainable tea. His policy expertise includes labour rights, gender justice, supply chain transparency and the adoption of human rights due diligence in corporate supply chains. Art is a New Zealand-trained Chartered Accountant. He holds a master’s degree in international development from the London School of Economics (LSE). Currently, Art is pursuing an Executive MBA at Judge Business School, Cambridge University, specialising in sustainability and strategy.