Joanna Oyediran is a seasoned leader with over twenty years of experience in global human rights advocacy, policy development, and organisational leadership. Joanna has led human rights monitoring teams in conflict zones, managed multimillion-dollar grant programs and spearheaded strategic initiatives for organisations like the Open Society Foundation, the UN and Amnesty International. She has led diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, investigative research and strategic programme development across Eastern Africa and the Middle East. A barrister by training, she combines a deep commitment to human rights, governance, and social justice with detail orientation to create workable solutions. She joined the RVI board in September 2024.