Kate Geary is Co-Director of Recourse. Previously, Kate led Oxfam’s advocacy on land rights, working in support of communities affected by land grabs and campaigning for policy change; and was also a policy adviser for Oxfam on climate change and the private sector. Before joining Oxfam in 2004, Kate worked for a number of environmental and human rights organisations – including TERRA in Southeast Asia – and was Coordinator of the Ilisu Dam Campaign coalition, including Friends of the Earth, the Kurdish Human Rights Project and The Corner House. She has published and co-authored a number of reports including The Suffering of Others: the human cost of the International Finance Corporation’s lending through financial intermediaries, Our Land, Our Lives, The New Forests Company and its Uganda Plantations, Now or Never. Climate Change: Time to get down to business; The Forecast for Tomorrow: The UK’s climate for change and Dams Inc: The record of twelve European dam-building companies; and for several years edited Watershed magazine in Thailand. She has a degree in Modern Languages from Oxford University.
