Jacqui NMacDonald:
CLASS OF 1968
Roxborough High SchoolClass of 1968
Philadelphia, PA
Jacqui's Story
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JACQUI MACDONALD
MSc
Career Summary
Jacqui is a highly experienced and committed senior manager with a strong track record in building ethical and fair trade international businesses and developing dynamic partnerships. She is the co-author of Business and Poverty: Bridging the Gap. Currently acting as a consultant on fair and ethical trade issues with a range of clients including The Body Shop, The Ethical Trading Initiative, The Co-operative Group, UK, The Commonwealth Secretariat, ITC, Shell International, NGOs and fair trading organisations in N. America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Jacqui was an Associate of the Co-operative College in the UK, where she taught Responsible Retailing and an Associate Director of The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF). She is an Advisor for Verité, an US-based NGO operating in 66 countries to verify trade and export.
She was the Director of the DFID Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice until November 2002. The Resource Centre engaged business in responsible practices that contribute to poverty reduction in the countries they operate in.
As General Manager, Fair Trade, Jacqui held a key role in creating The Body Shop InternationalâÂÂs cornerstone fair and ethical trade strategies, as well as its Statement of Human Rights and Trading Charter. She Established and expanded the Community Trade programme to over 40 suppliers, 150 tonnes of ingredients and 15% of accessories and gifts sold annually, and built the ...Expand for more
programmeâÂÂs global reputation as a successful example of responsible corporate trade.
She brought expertise in operations, retail, and merchandising and marketing to Bridgehead, Oxfam CanadaâÂÂs trading arm. Developed policies, guidelines, trading relationships, products and people, on the strength of which the organisation grew during 1989-94 by 350%, wiping out a significant financial deficit with an accumulated surplus.
Her early career spent in retail and merchandising roles within leading Canadian and international retail chains.
Jacqui complements her MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice with many years of service in a variety of socially progressive organisations and businesses. Her positions have included the following: chair of Day Chocolate Company( UK Fair Trade); Director of VictoriaâÂÂs Values Based Business Network; director/trustee of Serrv International( US Fair Trade organization), Ten Thousand Villages Canada, New Academy of Business, the fair trade charity TWIN, the Advisory board of WEIGO( Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing) Global Markets Programme and the Co-operative Retail Responsible Retailing Advisory Panel; former board member of the Ethical Trading Initiative; Executive Committee of the International Fair Trade Association; member of IBLFâÂÂs International Partnership UnitâÂÂs Advisory Board; founding member of the UNAIDS Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS; vice-president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (Canada).
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