Speaker Biographies

Marcela Manubens

Vice-President of Human Rights Programs, Phillips-Van Heusen

Ms. Manubens, Vice-President of Human Rights Programs for Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation has created and directed the company’s human rights and working conditions programs worldwide. Since 1996, Ms Manubens has participated in the
AIP –now Fair Labor Association, a tripartite initiative to eliminate sweatshops. She is a member of the Monitoring Subcommittee.

Ms. Manubens had taught “Human Rights and Multinational Corporations in a Global Economy,” at Columbia University. She has been a lecturer and guest speaker at various national and international conferences, and has conducted Human Rights and Compliance awareness sessions in various countries.

Ms. Manubens has extensive working experience in multinationals in the areas of operations, finance, auditing, CSR and ethics.

Ms. Manubens holds an MBA from the University of Bridgeport where she was a Fulbright and Halsey International Scholarship recipient, a CPA, and a Masters equivalent in economics and finance from Universidad de Belgrano, Argentina.

Ms. Manubens was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and moved to the United States in 1984 to pursue further academic challenges. Ms. Manubens is bilingual in English and Spanish, and has working knowledge of Portuguese and Italian, and basic French.

Ms. Manubens lives in New York City with her family.