Phil Hyldgaard — A21 & The New Abolitionists
Justice Matters with Tim Buxton
English - August 30, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBNon-Profit Business justice nonprofit video podcast leaders belonging freedom compassion charity activism global Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Phil currently serves as the Chief Operations Officer of A21, a Nonprofit organization unashamedly committed to ending slavery everywhere, forever.
Back in 2008, he launched the first operational office of A21, located in Greece. Six years later, Phil became the Executive Director where he developed their operational strategy helping it to expand its operations to 12 countries. During this time, Phil was the recipient the Trafficking in Persons Hero award by the US State Department
He was central to A21's response to the global refugee crisis that was impacting Greece, Iraq, Syria and other surrounding countries and in recognition of their incredible work A21 was awarded the Mother Theresa Award in 2017.
It was during A21's partnership with the The Refuge Initiative the I co-founded in Northern Iraq back in 2014 that I got to know Phil and the A21 leadership. During the five trips that Phil made to Iraq to oversee our partnership we became great mates and a someone that I deeply respect and am so grateful for.
Now based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Phil has since stepped into the Global COO role and is responsible for global operations and program development.
To Learn more about A21 visit www.A21.org. You can also follow Phil on Twitter @philhyld & Instagram @philiphyldgaard.
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