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Leadership Team and

member relations

Information Days – March 2012

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Contents

1. Leadership Team (LT) Members2. LT Responsibility and Accountability3. Tools and Services4. Communication & Cooperation5. Best Practice

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Simon HuntExecutive

Resourcing Officer

Renate Siemon Director of HR & Organizational Development

Ruediger Meyer CEO FLO-CERT

GmbH

Executive Management Team*

Andreas Kratz Director Standards and Strategy and

Policy Caroline Hickson Director Brand and Communications

Martin HillExecutive

CommercialOfficer

Tuulia SyvänenExecutiveOperating

Officer

*in absence of CEO that is currently being recruited

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Producer Network (PN) Assembly

(AFN, CLAC, NAP)

Governance Structure

Board of Directors 5 LI Reps

4 Producers 3 Independent

2 Traders

Labelling Initiative (LI) Assembly

General Annual Assembly (PNs + LIs + Marketing Organizations)

Finance Cttee

Nominations Cttee

Standards Cttee

Mark Supervision FLO – CERT Board

FLO Leadership Team

FLO staff

FLO-CERT GmbH

Liaison Officers and Regional Presence

Audit Cttee

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HR Cttee

Global Operations Team (GOT)

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LT is collectively accountable

to the board via the CEO* for:

• Implementation of global strategy and direction

• Ensure delivery of high quality services and effectiveness to create more benefits for producers

• Take leadership as appropriate to ensure harmonization across the system

• Creating a collaborative environment of mutual trust and respect in FLO and beyond

• Manage the well-being of the organization

• Maintain a great place to work for staff

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* Until new CEO is in place, executive management team is directly accountable to the board

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Our purpose

Provide leadership, tools and services to inspire and empower more people to achieve Fairtrade’s vision and

mission.

• Fairtrade International & FLO-CERT staff

• Producers & their organizations

• Members (Producer Networks & LIs)

• Fairtrade Marketing Organizations

• Licensees, Traders, Retailers, Consumers

• Funding partners

• NGOs, Governments, Institutions

• Members of the wider Fair Trade movement

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Our Tools + Services

OUR TOOLS

Standards setting and regular review

Producer certification advisory services

Harmony (global data access)

Global communication tools

Credible certification mark

Fundraising knowledge

Expertise on Global Accounts

Producer Finance Expertise

Core product implementation

OUR SERVICES

Capacity Building of producers: Provide support to existing and potential producers in the system

Regular review of existing standards and prices, establishing new ones as required (new products)

Provide additional financial access to producers

Harmonize fundraising efforts across the system

Secure credibility of the Brand through streamlined communication and mark protection

Provide M&E research to show impact

Global product supply: support to match the demand and supply needs in the system for core products

Manage global accounts to increase sales

Global Data access: Business analysis and market research

Manage access of Fairtrade to licensees of non- LI countries

Increase Awareness of Fairtrade in non LI markets through New market activities

Provide human resources solutions internally (and externally)

Provide Legal Support

…… many many more and currently

under review of 360 degree group

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Communication and Cooperation

• Member Calls every 6 weeks

• LI clustering (DACHIL, BENEFRA, Nordics) models to facilitate communication and accelerate processes and projects in within the FT system

• Representation of key stakeholders in steering committees and advisory committees

• FLO represented in the GOT

• Link members through overarching strategies in products and global accounts (e.g. GAM, GPM)

• LI and PN representation in Fairtrade International Board

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Best practice of collaboration • Global brand redesign

• Project Harmony

• Mark Supervision

• GAM Steering Committee

• Product Advisory Councils

• HR committee

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Q& A

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We stand for

EMPOWERMENTThis sits at the heart of our organization and the values that drive our decision-making and our actions.

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