Partnership for Global LGBTIQ+ Equality

Batoul works with BSR member companies across industries in human rights.

Prior to joining BSR, Batoul was a project officer at Thinkers & Doers, a French think tank, where she conducted interviews, collected data, and created visuals for reports. She also coordinated the think tank’s flagship conferences. Before this role, Batoul worked at the United Nations for the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and at Groupe SOS, where she was organized a high-level conference on social and inclusive economy.

Batoul holds a Bachelor of Private Law and a Master’s in Business Law from Université Paris II - Panthéon Assas and a Master’s in Comparative Law from Université Paris - Descartes. She also went on an academic exchange program at the University of Buenos Aires, where she studied international law and women’s rights.

Batoul is fluent in French and English and is proficient in Spanish and Arabic.

Richard works with tech companies—particularly those based in or with operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa—to build human rights considerations and practices into their products, services, and policies. He brings a strong understanding of international human rights law and standards and how to translate the corporate responsibility to respect human rights into practice for companies of different sizes and sectors. ​

​Prior to joining BSR, Richard led the legal and policy team at Global Partners Digital, an international human rights organization focused on the impacts of digital technologies on human rights. He is also a trustee of the Kaleidoscope Trust, a UK-based charity that campaigns for the human rights of LGBTIQ+ people in countries where they are discriminated.

Richard holds a LLB in Law and European Law from the University of Nottingham and is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales.

Jillian supports companies in equity, inclusion, and justice. Through consulting and research, she works with BSR members seeking to create equitable workplaces with policies rooted in inclusion and justice.

Jillian is an award-winning public servant with ten years of expertise in intersectional diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and community education initiatives. She has specific expertise in global and domestic immigration, human diversity and cultural identity, DEI curriculum development, global and domestic trust-based grantmaking, and non-profit operations.

Prior to joining BSR, she was the Manager of Family and Community Inclusion within the Diversity & Inclusion-Global team at YMCA of the USA. In this role, she developed and expanded equity initiatives for underserved populations across 10,000 communities, specializing in operationalizing domestic and global equity policies and strengthening cross-sector partnership development. Additionally, she provided oversight and operations support to the YMCA’s national AmeriCorps VISTA Immigrant & Opportunity Youth Initiative and served on the national LGBTQ+ Steering Committee.

Jillian studied Leadership and Psychology at Grace Christian University.  

Rachel supports multiple teams at BSR with their regular administrative duties and identifying cross-functional team collaboration opportunities. She focuses on supporting business transformation;  financial services; human rights; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and technology.

Prior to joining BSR, Rachel worked for International Justice Mission as an Office Coordinator, filtering external stakeholder inquiries and facilitating internal team collaboration for maximum impact. Rachel spent time in India implementing ethical storytelling and marketing practices for small anti-trafficking organizations.

Rachel has a BBA in Marketing Management with a minor in Political Science from Texas Christian University.