Gary Shaw
Modern Slavery Specialist
Combining years of frontline experience investigating real cases of modern slavery and facilitating genuine impact across business, investment, non-profit and government sectors, Gary is adept at collaboratively designing innovative action that is an authentic expression of your identity, values and brand. His expertise is inspiring people and empowering organisations to meaningfully respond to modern slavery.
Sustainable business, protecting people,
facilitating trade, enhancing value
Speaking
The best speakers are also the best listeners who without judgement and with genuine curiosity seek first to understand, connect and be of benefit to their audience. Similarly the best speakers do not simply share ideas which can easily be pigeon-holed but rather by using story, lived experience and authentic vulnerability, connect with the heart as well as the head.
Training
Modern Slavery is not a risk to be addressed or a problem to be solved by raising an ethical bar. We may feel more virtuous in the short term but we will not address real challenges or risks at their source.
Consulting
A meaningful and effective strategy is never imposed but created from the inside out, reflecting the identity, values and essence of a company and its culture. Such a strategy becomes the lifeblood of an organisation, placing its business within a larger vision of purpose and meaning.
Robin Pickerill, CEO
Gary invited business leaders who want to remain profitable and continue to add value to the marketplace to question previously taken for granted definitions of success and consider a more beneficial mindset, business model, and future. Heartfelt, thought provoking and brought tears to even the most worldly wise. Very practical with suggestions for how we could all play our part. Everyone was moved, more aware, ready to tackle the issue and reconsider what success means for modern business. I encourage anyone who has the opportunity to engage with Gary. He presents in such a way that to hear him once is just not enough!
Robert Fry, GM
Gary exemplifies what a driver of meaningful corporate ESG should look like. His experience gives him a unique and deeply qualified expertise which is oddly rare within ESG talent pools. Gary will challenge the status quo and inevitably invite the teams he works with to deep reflection. This organisational 'inner work' will manifest in transparency, industry leadership, and new paradigms of corporate value addition. If your organisation is ready to take ESG to the next level, I can't recommend Gary enough. Your organisation will quickly benefit from his involvement as will those who are most vulnerable in your supply chain.
Chris O'Riley, CEO
Gary has truly unique life experience which brings incredible insight into what can and will make a difference. Coupled with his corporate experience, he understands the various trade-offs and dynamics that can occur in implementing pragmatic, world leading solutions. His visionary approach and understanding of the need for fundamental mindset shifts, both as individuals and as organisations, gets to a truth most haven’t even considered. An incredible individual and presenter with stories that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and bring tears to your eyes.
