As an Advisor with Shift, Mairead works hand-in-hand with companies and other strategic partners to build capacity to identify, prioritize and mitigate human rights risks. She blends her background in business, technology, CSR and human rights disclosure to help companies fulfil their responsibility to respect human rights. Prior to joining Shift, Mairead worked for 16 years with Microsoft in Europe, the second half of which as Corporate Affairs Manager for Central and Eastern Europe. In this role Mairead coordinated across Microsoft’s 28 Eastern European subsidiaries to engage with key stakeholders and bring a consistent policy and corporate social responsibility strategy to life.