Chris Jochnick

Biography

Chris Jochnick is a global land rights expert and social entrepreneur with decades of experience in international development. Chris joined Landesa as CEO in August 2015 after leading Oxfam America’s work on corporate engagement. He is the co-founder and former director of two pioneering non-profit organizations: Center for Economic and Social Rights and the Ecuador-based Centros De Derechos Economicos y Sociales and spent seven years working in Latin America, devoting much of that time to addressing threats to Indigenous Peoples’ land rights. Prior to Oxfam, Chris worked as a corporate attorney on corporate governance and social responsibility. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and former fellow of the MacArthur Foundation and Echoing Green. Chris is Chair of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and on the Steering Committee of the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice. He is a member of the advisory council of the International Land and Forest Tenure Facil