Pauline Overeem specialises in the issue of corporate accountability in supply chains, with a focus on the electronics and textiles and garments sectors in Asia. Until 2016, she was the international coordinator of the GoodElectronics Network, a network of civil society organisations, unions, activists and academics concerned with human rights and sustainability issues in the global electronics supply chain.

Pauline has worked extensively on human rights, corporate accountability and development issues, in various organisations, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Oxfam Novib and the India Committee of the Netherlands.

Pauline studied Contemporary Asian History and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam.