Julia Olofsson is the Global Director Human Rights and Social Impact at Ingka Group (IKEA) where she is responsible for setting up and facilitating the strategic direction of human rights and social impact work across the company. Her areas of responsibility covers topics such as human rights in wider value chains, refugee inclusion, rightsholder engagement, and social impact in local communities.
She began her IKEA career in 2011 and has during the years held different roles such as senior advisor on sustainability and public affairs, human rights & child rights leader as well as project manager for decent work in supply chains in South-East Asia. Julia has also worked as a senior child rights and business officer at UNICEF Sweden where she led the development and implementation of the child rights and business agenda in the organisation. She served as Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Human Rights 2020-22.
She has a BA in International Relations from University of British Columbia, Canada and MA in International Security from University of Warwick, UK and is based in Malmö, Sweden.
