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Nick Grono is an Australian human rights campaigner. He has been the CEO of the Freedom Fund since its founding in 2014. The Freedom Fund is a collaborative fund dedicated to ending modern slavery and human trafficking around the world.

He has twenty years of leadership experience of US and international nonprofits, and another decade before that working in corporate law, government, and investment banking.

Nick’s past roles include CEO of the Walk Free Foundation, Deputy President of the International Crisis Group, and Chief of Staff and National Security Adviser to the Australian Attorney-General. He has served on many nonprofit boards and currently is a member of the advisory council of Global Witness. He writes and speaks regularly on no ...more

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	How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Explaining Darfur: Lectures on the Ongoing Genocide by Agnes van Ardenne, Mohamed Salih, Nick Grono (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Explaining Darfur : Lectures on the Ongoing Genocide by Juan Mendez, Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, Mohamed Salih 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The personal side of leadership

I gave a farewell speech of sorts last week at the exuberant event that Freedom Fund’s ever-generous board chair, Molly Gochman, hosted for us during UNGA week in NY.

It’s very much a time of reflection for me. It can’t help but be - given I’m stepping down as CEO in 10 weeks after almost 13 years in the role - and friends and acquaintances are regularly asking me how I’m feeling.

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Salt: The TikTok sensation and New York Times bestseller that tells a global history like no other.

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How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer

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