Gustavo Ferroni is the Program Manager for the Amazon hotspot. He joined the Freedom Fund in September 2024. Gustavo is a specialist in human rights, corporate accountability, labour issues, agriculture and natural resource justice.
Previously, Gustavo has worked for ten years as a policy and program lead at Oxfam Brasil, where he helped set up the organization. He also worked as a policy and advocacy advisor for Oxfam. Gustavo has worked for INGOs such as CARE, The Nature Conservancy and Greenpeace, and for local Brazilian NGOs Ethos Institute and Vitae Civilis.
Gustavo has a background in international relations and journalism and currently focuses on issues related to business and human rights, agriculture, forced labour, development, inequality, democracy and colonialism.