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| name = Nick Grono
| name = Nick Grono
| image =
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| birth_date = 22 July 1966
| birth_date = 22 July 1966
| birth_place = [[Lübeck]], West Germany
| birth_place = [[Lübeck]], West Germany
| occupation = Human Rights Campaigner
| occupation = Human Rights Campaigner
| known_for = [[Freedom Fund]], [[Walk Free Foundation]], [[International Crisis Group]]
| known_for = [[Freedom Fund]], [[Walk Free Foundation]], [[International Crisis Group]]
| title = CEO, [[Freedom Fund]]
| title = CEO, [[Freedom Fund]]
| term_in_office = since December 2013
| term_in_office = since December 2013
}}
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'''Nick Grono''' (born 22 July 1966) is an Australian human rights campaigner who heads the [[Freedom Fund]] – the world’s first private donor fund dedicated to ending slavery.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://freedomfund.org/about/staff/|title=Our Staff {{!}} The Freedom Fund|work=Freedom Fund|access-date=2017-07-12|language=en-GB}}</ref> He is also the co-chair of the Jo Cox Foundation,<ref name="Who are we">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jocoxfoundation.org/who-are-we|title=Who are we|website=The Jo Cox Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-12}}</ref> and a board member of [[Girls Not Brides]], the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage.<ref name="Brides">{{Cite news|url=http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/about-girls-not-brides/governance/|title=Governance - Girls Not Brides|last=Brides|first=Girls Not|work=Girls Not Brides|access-date=2017-07-12|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Nick Grono''' (born 22 July 1966) is an Australian human rights campaigner who heads the [[Freedom Fund]] – the world’s first private donor fund dedicated to ending slavery.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://freedomfund.org/about/staff/ |title=Our Staff {{!}} The Freedom Fund|work=Freedom Fund|access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref> He is also the co-chair of the Jo Cox Foundation,<ref name="Who are we">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jocoxfoundation.org/who-are-we |title=Who are we |publisher=The Jo Cox Foundation |access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref> and a board member of [[Girls Not Brides]], the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage.<ref name="Brides">{{Cite news |url=http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/about-girls-not-brides/governance/ |title=Governance – Girls Not Brides |last=Brides |first=Girls Not |work=Girls Not Brides |access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref>


Grono, who trained as a lawyer, served as Chief of Staff to the [[Australian Attorney-General]]. He went on to take a senior position at the [[International Crisis Group]], the world’s leading conflict resolution [[NGO]]. As CEO of the [[Walk Free Foundation]], he helped launch the first ever [[Global Slavery Index]].
Grono, who trained as a lawyer, served as Chief of Staff to the [[Australian Attorney-General]]. He went on to take a senior position at the [[International Crisis Group]], the world’s leading conflict resolution [[NGO]]. As CEO of the [[Walk Free Foundation]], he helped launch the first ever [[Global Slavery Index]].
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== Early years ==
== Early years ==


Grono spent a number of years growing up on the square-rigged sailing ship “[[Eye of the Wind]]” (built 1911). With his father as captain, Grono sailed from England to Australia from October 1976 to December 1977, accompanied by his mother, younger brother and 25 other crew members.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eye of the Wind: History|url=http://www.eyeofthewind.net/en/ship/history|accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> The trip took them to the [[West Indies]], the [[Panama Canal]], the [[Galápagos Islands|Galapagos]], [[Easter Island]], [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn]], [[Tahiti]] and [[Vanuatu]], and many others. He and his family repeated the voyage in 1981/1982, this time also taking part in the filming of “[[Nate and Hayes]]” in Fiji with actor [[Tommy Lee Jones]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nate and Hayes|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085994/|date=1983}}</ref>
Grono spent a number of years growing up on the square-rigged sailing ship “[[Eye of the Wind]]” (built 1911). With his father as captain, Grono sailed from England to Australia from October 1976 to December 1977, accompanied by his mother, younger brother and 25 other crew members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eye of the Wind: History |url=http://www.eyeofthewind.net/en/ship/history |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> The trip took them to the [[West Indies]], the [[Panama Canal]], the [[Galápagos Islands|Galapagos]], [[Easter Island]], [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn]], [[Tahiti]] and [[Vanuatu]], and many others. He and his family repeated the voyage in 1981/1982, this time also taking part in the filming of “[[Nate and Hayes]]” in Fiji with actor [[Tommy Lee Jones]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nate and Hayes |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085994/ |year=1983}}</ref>


== Early career ==
== Early career ==


Grono received a law degree with first class honours from the [[University of Sydney]]. He also holds a Masters in Public Policy from [[Princeton University]].<ref name="Freedom Fund">{{cite web|title=Freedom Fund's website|url=http://www.freedomfund.org/who-we-are/#staff|accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>
Grono received a law degree with first class honours from the [[University of Sydney]]. He also holds a Masters in Public Policy from [[Princeton University]].<ref name="Freedom Fund">{{cite web |title=Freedom Fund's website |url=http://www.freedomfund.org/who-we-are/#staff |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>
He began his career as a lawyer in [[Perth]], Western Australia. He then worked at [[Goldman Sachs]] in London from 1992 to 1994 as a researcher. In 1994 he returned to Australia to work as a lawyer, eventually becoming the Chief of Staff and [[National Security Adviser]] to the [[Australian Attorney-General]] (from 1999 to 2001).<ref name="Nick Grono's blog">{{cite web|title=Nick Grono's blog|url=http://nickgrono.wordpress.com/about/|accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>
He began his career as a lawyer in [[Perth]], Western Australia. He then worked at [[Goldman Sachs]] in London from 1992 to 1994 as a researcher. In 1994 he returned to Australia to work as a lawyer, eventually becoming the Chief of Staff and [[National Security Adviser]] to the [[Australian Attorney-General]] (from 1999 to 2001).<ref name="Nick Grono's blog">{{cite web |title=Nick Grono's blog |url=http://nickgrono.wordpress.com/about/ |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>


== Activism Work ==
== Activism Work ==
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In 2003, Grono began working for the [[International Crisis Group]], the world’s leading conflict prevention NGO based in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]. He became the Deputy President and COO in 2008, responsible for the oversight and management of the organisation’s programmes and operations in nearly thirty countries around the world. As part of this role, he testified on conflict and human rights issues before the European, UK, Dutch, and Australian Parliaments.<ref name="Nick Grono's blog" />
In 2003, Grono began working for the [[International Crisis Group]], the world’s leading conflict prevention NGO based in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]. He became the Deputy President and COO in 2008, responsible for the oversight and management of the organisation’s programmes and operations in nearly thirty countries around the world. As part of this role, he testified on conflict and human rights issues before the European, UK, Dutch, and Australian Parliaments.<ref name="Nick Grono's blog" />


He joined the [[Walk Free Foundation]] as its CEO in 2012. During his time as the CEO, the Walk Free movement<ref name="Walk Free Foundation website">{{cite web|title=Walk Free Foundation website|url=https://www.walkfree.org/|accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> gained over 5 million supporters. In 2013, the Foundation launched the first ever [[Global Slavery Index]].
He joined the [[Walk Free Foundation]] as its CEO in 2012. During his time as the CEO, the Walk Free movement<ref name="Walk Free Foundation website">{{cite web |title=Walk Free Foundation website |url=https://www.walkfree.org/ |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> gained over 5 million supporters. In 2013, the Foundation launched the first ever [[Global Slavery Index]].
Grono has written widely on international justice, conflict prevention, human rights, and modern slavery in the New York Times,<ref name="Nick Grono NY Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/opinion/26iht-edgrono.3295802.html|title=What comes first, peace or justice?|last1=Grono|first1=Nick|date=26 October 2006|work=|access-date=|publisher=NY Times}}</ref> The Guardian,<ref name="Nick Grono The Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/02/carrying-bricks-picking-potatoes-work-syrian-refugee-children-lebanon|title=Carrying bricks, picking potatoes: all in a day's work for Syrian children in Lebanon|last1=Grono|first1=Nick|date=2 February 2016|work=|access-date=|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref> Foreign Policy,<ref name="Nick Grono FP">{{cite news|last1=Grono|first1=Nick|title=Afghanistan's Injustice System|url=http://southasia.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/01/afghanistans_injustice_system|publisher=Foreign Policy|date=1 February 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801093232/http://southasia.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/01/afghanistans_injustice_system|archivedate=1 August 2014|df=}}</ref> Huffington Post <ref name="Nick Grono HP">{{cite news|last1=Grono|first1=Nick|title=Slavery at Sea|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-grono/slavery-at-sea_b_5509166.html|publisher=The Huffington Post|date=19 June 2014}}</ref> and elsewhere. In December 2015, Grono was an expert witness before the UN Security Council at its hearing on Trafficking in Persons in Situations of Conflict.<ref>https://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12165.doc.htm</ref><ref>http://freedomfund.org/blog/remarks-by-ceo-nick-grono-to-the-un-security-council-debate-on-trafficking-in-persons-in-situations-of-conflict-isil-and-beyond/</ref>
Grono has written widely on international justice, conflict prevention, human rights, and modern slavery in the New York Times,<ref name="Nick Grono NY Times">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/opinion/26iht-edgrono.3295802.html |title=What comes first, peace or justice? |last1=Grono |first1=Nick |date=26 October 2006 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> The Guardian,<ref name="Nick Grono The Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/02/carrying-bricks-picking-potatoes-work-syrian-refugee-children-lebanon |title=Carrying bricks, picking potatoes: all in a day's work for Syrian children in Lebanon |last1=Grono |first1=Nick |date=2 February 2016 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Foreign Policy,<ref name="Nick Grono FP">{{cite news |last1=Grono |first1=Nick |title=Afghanistan's Injustice System |url=http://southasia.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/01/afghanistans_injustice_system |work=Foreign Policy |date=1 February 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801093232/http://southasia.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/01/afghanistans_injustice_system |archivedate=1 August 2014 |df=}}</ref> Huffington Post<ref name="Nick Grono HP">{{cite news |last1=Grono |first1=Nick |title=Slavery at Sea |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-grono/slavery-at-sea_b_5509166.html |work=HuffPost |date=19 June 2014}}</ref> and elsewhere. In December 2015, Grono was an expert witness before the UN Security Council at its hearing on Trafficking in Persons in Situations of Conflict.<ref>https://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12165.doc.htm</ref><ref>http://freedomfund.org/blog/remarks-by-ceo-nick-grono-to-the-un-security-council-debate-on-trafficking-in-persons-in-situations-of-conflict-isil-and-beyond/</ref>


Grono has been co-chair of the Jo Cox Foundation since late 2016,<ref name="Who are we"/> and a board member of [[Girls Not Brides]], the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, since 2015.<ref name="Brides"/>
Grono has been co-chair of the Jo Cox Foundation since late 2016,<ref name="Who are we" /> and a board member of [[Girls Not Brides]], the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, since 2015.<ref name="Brides" />


== The [[Freedom Fund]] ==
== The [[Freedom Fund]] ==


In 2013, the [[Walk Free Foundation]] joined with [http://humanityunited.org/ Humanity United] and the [[Legatum|Legatum Foundation]] to establish the [[Freedom Fund]],<ref name="Legatum website">{{cite web|title=Legatum|url=http://www.legatum.org/article/Nick-Grono-Appointed-as-Inaugural-CEO-of-the-100-Million-Freedom-Fund|date=9 December 2013}}</ref> the world’s first philanthropic fund dedicated to identifying and investing in the most effective frontline efforts to end [[Contemporary slavery|modern slavery]].<ref name="Freedom Fund" />
In 2013, the [[Walk Free Foundation]] joined with [http://humanityunited.org/ Humanity United] and the [[Legatum]] Foundation to establish the [[Freedom Fund]],<ref name="Legatum website">{{cite web |title=Legatum |url=http://www.legatum.org/article/Nick-Grono-Appointed-as-Inaugural-CEO-of-the-100-Million-Freedom-Fund |date=9 December 2013}}</ref> the world’s first philanthropic fund dedicated to identifying and investing in the most effective frontline efforts to end [[Contemporary slavery|modern slavery]].<ref name="Freedom Fund" />
The Freedom Fund was announced by President [[Bill Clinton]] at the [[Clinton Global Initiative]] in September 2013, who declared, “This is a huge deal and we should all support this.”<ref>{{cite web|title=Clinton Foundation|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/press-releases/president-clinton-former-secretary-clinton-and-chelsea-clinton-conclude-2013-cgi|accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>
The Freedom Fund was announced by President [[Bill Clinton]] at the [[Clinton Global Initiative]] in September 2013, who declared, “This is a huge deal and we should all support this.”<ref>{{cite web |title=Clinton Foundation |url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/press-releases/president-clinton-former-secretary-clinton-and-chelsea-clinton-conclude-2013-cgi |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>
The Fund focuses its work on areas where slavery is prevalent using a “hotspot” funding model. It identifies effective local anti-slavery initiatives and invests to improve their effectiveness and impact.<ref>{{cite web|title=International Human Rights Funders Group: Founder Directory|url=https://ihrfg.org/funder-directory/freedom-fund|accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>
The Fund focuses its work on areas where slavery is prevalent using a “hotspot” funding model. It identifies effective local anti-slavery initiatives and invests to improve their effectiveness and impact.<ref>{{cite web |title=International Human Rights Funders Group: Founder Directory |url=https://ihrfg.org/funder-directory/freedom-fund |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>
Global initiatives, which coordinate efforts and resources around industries where slavery is common, are also used. The Fund also strives to strengthen the global movement of activists, experts and donors by providing the platform, knowledge and tools for them to connect and work together more effectively.
Global initiatives, which coordinate efforts and resources around industries where slavery is common, are also used. The Fund also strives to strengthen the global movement of activists, experts and donors by providing the platform, knowledge and tools for them to connect and work together more effectively.


The Fund has worked with some 100 frontline partners around the world to directly liberate 16,047 people from slavery and return over 36,231 at risk children back to school. Overall, its programs have positively impacted the lives of over 390,663 of those most vulnerable to exploitation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://freedomfund.org/impact/overview/|title=Our Impact {{!}} The Freedom Fund|work=Freedom Fund|access-date=2017-07-12|language=en-GB}}</ref>
The Fund has worked with some 100 frontline partners around the world to directly liberate 16,047 people from slavery and return over 36,231 at risk children back to school. Overall, its programs have positively impacted the lives of over 390,663 of those most vulnerable to exploitation.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://freedomfund.org/impact/overview/ |title=Our Impact {{!}} The Freedom Fund|work=Freedom Fund|access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref>


In the years before the Walk Free Foundation Nick was with [[International Crisis Group]] (ICG) working at its central office in [[Brussels]].<ref>[https://globalinitiative.net/experts/nick-grono/ Nicholas Grono]</ref>
In the years before the Walk Free Foundation Nick was with [[International Crisis Group]] (ICG) working at its central office in [[Brussels]].<ref>[https://globalinitiative.net/experts/nick-grono/ Nicholas Grono]</ref>

Revision as of 13:13, 30 March 2019

Nick Grono
Nick Grono
Born22 July 1966
Lübeck, West Germany
OccupationHuman Rights Campaigner
Known forFreedom Fund, Walk Free Foundation, International Crisis Group
TitleCEO, Freedom Fund

Nick Grono (born 22 July 1966) is an Australian human rights campaigner who heads the Freedom Fund – the world’s first private donor fund dedicated to ending slavery.[1] He is also the co-chair of the Jo Cox Foundation,[2] and a board member of Girls Not Brides, the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage.[3]

Grono, who trained as a lawyer, served as Chief of Staff to the Australian Attorney-General. He went on to take a senior position at the International Crisis Group, the world’s leading conflict resolution NGO. As CEO of the Walk Free Foundation, he helped launch the first ever Global Slavery Index.

Grono has been CEO of Freedom Fund since January 2014.[4]

Early years

Grono spent a number of years growing up on the square-rigged sailing ship “Eye of the Wind” (built 1911). With his father as captain, Grono sailed from England to Australia from October 1976 to December 1977, accompanied by his mother, younger brother and 25 other crew members.[5] The trip took them to the West Indies, the Panama Canal, the Galapagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn, Tahiti and Vanuatu, and many others. He and his family repeated the voyage in 1981/1982, this time also taking part in the filming of “Nate and Hayes” in Fiji with actor Tommy Lee Jones.[6]

Early career

Grono received a law degree with first class honours from the University of Sydney. He also holds a Masters in Public Policy from Princeton University.[7] He began his career as a lawyer in Perth, Western Australia. He then worked at Goldman Sachs in London from 1992 to 1994 as a researcher. In 1994 he returned to Australia to work as a lawyer, eventually becoming the Chief of Staff and National Security Adviser to the Australian Attorney-General (from 1999 to 2001).[8]

Activism Work

In 2003, Grono began working for the International Crisis Group, the world’s leading conflict prevention NGO based in Brussels, Belgium. He became the Deputy President and COO in 2008, responsible for the oversight and management of the organisation’s programmes and operations in nearly thirty countries around the world. As part of this role, he testified on conflict and human rights issues before the European, UK, Dutch, and Australian Parliaments.[8]

He joined the Walk Free Foundation as its CEO in 2012. During his time as the CEO, the Walk Free movement[9] gained over 5 million supporters. In 2013, the Foundation launched the first ever Global Slavery Index. Grono has written widely on international justice, conflict prevention, human rights, and modern slavery in the New York Times,[10] The Guardian,[11] Foreign Policy,[12] Huffington Post[13] and elsewhere. In December 2015, Grono was an expert witness before the UN Security Council at its hearing on Trafficking in Persons in Situations of Conflict.[14][15]

Grono has been co-chair of the Jo Cox Foundation since late 2016,[2] and a board member of Girls Not Brides, the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, since 2015.[3]

The Freedom Fund

In 2013, the Walk Free Foundation joined with Humanity United and the Legatum Foundation to establish the Freedom Fund,[16] the world’s first philanthropic fund dedicated to identifying and investing in the most effective frontline efforts to end modern slavery.[7] The Freedom Fund was announced by President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative in September 2013, who declared, “This is a huge deal and we should all support this.”[17] The Fund focuses its work on areas where slavery is prevalent using a “hotspot” funding model. It identifies effective local anti-slavery initiatives and invests to improve their effectiveness and impact.[18] Global initiatives, which coordinate efforts and resources around industries where slavery is common, are also used. The Fund also strives to strengthen the global movement of activists, experts and donors by providing the platform, knowledge and tools for them to connect and work together more effectively.

The Fund has worked with some 100 frontline partners around the world to directly liberate 16,047 people from slavery and return over 36,231 at risk children back to school. Overall, its programs have positively impacted the lives of over 390,663 of those most vulnerable to exploitation.[19]

In the years before the Walk Free Foundation Nick was with International Crisis Group (ICG) working at its central office in Brussels.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Our Staff | The Freedom Fund". Freedom Fund. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Who are we". The Jo Cox Foundation. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b Brides, Girls Not. "Governance – Girls Not Brides". Girls Not Brides. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  4. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-grono/
  5. ^ "Eye of the Wind: History". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Nate and Hayes". 1983.
  7. ^ a b "Freedom Fund's website". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Nick Grono's blog". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Walk Free Foundation website". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  10. ^ Grono, Nick (26 October 2006). "What comes first, peace or justice?". The New York Times.
  11. ^ Grono, Nick (2 February 2016). "Carrying bricks, picking potatoes: all in a day's work for Syrian children in Lebanon". The Guardian.
  12. ^ Grono, Nick (1 February 2012). "Afghanistan's Injustice System". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Grono, Nick (19 June 2014). "Slavery at Sea". HuffPost.
  14. ^ https://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12165.doc.htm
  15. ^ http://freedomfund.org/blog/remarks-by-ceo-nick-grono-to-the-un-security-council-debate-on-trafficking-in-persons-in-situations-of-conflict-isil-and-beyond/
  16. ^ "Legatum". 9 December 2013.
  17. ^ "Clinton Foundation". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  18. ^ "International Human Rights Funders Group: Founder Directory". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  19. ^ "Our Impact | The Freedom Fund". Freedom Fund. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  20. ^ Nicholas Grono
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