Alexa Hough - Better Work

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Present in 13 countries across three continents, Better Work brings together governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, global brands, factory owners and workers to improve working conditions in the garment industry and make the sector more competitive.
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Better Work engages with the garment industry at the factory, national and international levels. We engage with factories through assessment, advisory and training visits, and we use our data and evidence to inform national and international policy discussions.
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Better Work began in Cambodia over 20 years ago. Since then, we have expanded to 13 country programmes, with opportunities for further expansion - to new countries and new industries - on the horizon.
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Better Work collects data from factory assessment and advisory visits, and we work with reputable, independent academic researchers who report findings on the efficacy of our work and trends in the broader industry.
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Alexa Hough

Finance, HR and Programming Project Manager

Geneva, Switzerland

Alexa Hough joined Better Work Global in August 2015 and is currently working as the Finance and HR Project Manager. Her career has spanned several finance related jobs in several countries. She qualified as a chartered accountant (ACA) with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK in 2000 and then, in 2002, went to work first as a volunteer and then with an NGO in The Gambia, West Africa. In 2005, she joined the Office of Finance and Administration at UNDP HQ in New York. From there, Alexa moved to UNDP Ha Noi to work on Delivering as One UN issues, specifically working with donors to support the development of the One Plan Fund, and then working closely with the Resident Coordinator’s office on its allocation of funds to UN organisations in Viet Nam. Alexa moved to Bangkok in 2012, where she joined the ILO as Finance and Administration Officer for the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, before transferring to the Better Work Programme in August 2015. Alexa has a MSc in Financial Economics from SOAS in London and a BA in Accounting and Financial Analysis from the University of Newcastle in the UK.