Riana Cermak

Riana Cermak is a Senior Advisor with Pillar Two, where she provides expert practical and commercial advice to support with the implementation of corporate respect for human rights. She has worked with some of the world’s largest listed companies and governments to enhance respect for human rights and to embed climate and sustainability initiatives globally.

Riana worked as a corporate lawyer at King & Wood Mallesons in Australia before moving to London to work with Pillar Two on business and human rights, and as a Manager with the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, where she led the member peer learning program and legal and policy initiatives. Most recently, Riana has worked at Boston Consulting Group in the Climate and Sustainability and Private Equity practice areas.

Riana holds a Bachelor of Civil Law (LLM) with Distinction from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of International Relations from Flinders University. She has published academic research on corporate responsibility and directors’ duties to respect human rights in offshore subsidiaries and supply chains.