Joint Executive DirectorReprieve
Maya Foa is the Joint Executive Director of the legal non-profit, Reprieve, an organisation dedicated to fighting extreme human rights abuses through a combination of strategic litigation, advocacy and policy work. Maya leads of a team of 45 lawyers, investigators and campaigners who work globally to end the use of the death penalty, torture, arbitrary detention and extrajudicial killings. Maya has worked on hundreds of cases and campaigns, was described by CBS news as the "woman behind the shortage of execution drugs" in the United States, has been listed by Richard Branson as one of his most inspiring people, and is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including being nominated as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (YGL) in 2018.