Biko Nagara
Textile Exchange | Assurance Director
About Speaker
Biko Nagara is Assurance Director at Textile Exchange. The assurance team is responsible for developing policies and procedures, delivering training, monitoring and overseeing a global network of certification bodies. He has over 15 years’ experience in international standards and certification systems. His previous work includes roles leading the development and implementation of global programs in sectors ranging from manufacturing to agriculture and seafood. A change management leader, he was responsible for implementing code compliance with the ISEAL Alliance codes of good practice for standards development, assurance and monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). His work also has focused on labor rights and living wages in particular, having co-founded and served on the management committee of the Global Living Wage Coalition.