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What is Global Child Forum?

Global Child Forum is a leading advocate for children’s rights and business, dedicated to innovative thinking, knowledge-sharing, and networking.

Located in the heart of Stockholm, Sweden, we provide an independent platform for informed dialogue on children’s rights, with a special focus on encouraging business to be a driver of change.

Global Child Forum is located in the heart of Stockholm

In addition to our renowned Forum, we’re known for our world-class benchmarking reports, which assess the state of children’s rights and business, our best practice and risk assessment tools and services. Global Child Forum was founded by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden in 2009 to advance children’s rights in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Sean O’Shea

Head of Corporate Engagement

Sean works as our Head of Corporate Engagement. Prior to joining Global Child Forum, he worked at the Stockholm School of Economics as a Corporate Project Manager. Before moving to Stockholm in 2021, Sean worked as the Private Secretary to the Ambassador of Japan to the UK and earlier, as a Senior Parliamentary Assistant and Chief of Staff to several members of the UK Parliament. Sean has a degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Exeter. He joined Global Child Forum in September 2022.

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Matthew Goodwin

Head of Sustainable Investing

Matthew is pioneering a new role at Global Child Forum as Head of Sustainable Investing, responsible for building Global Child Forum’s relationship with the financial services sector and ensuring that our sustainability data on children’s rights is made available to investors, asset managers and asset owners, helping them integrate children’s rights into their operations and investment decision-making process. Prior to joining Global Child Forum, he spent eight years at Lloyds Banking Group in London. Matthew studied Law and French at Université Paul Cézanne, Aix Marseille III and The University of Sheffield.

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