PAULA WILLIAMS

Dr. Paula Williams serves as an Associate Director for advisory services at Article One, where she leads consulting projects focused on human rights, supply chain due diligence, and sustainability. With extensive industry experience, Paula offers a comprehensive and practical understanding of core ESG themes across diverse sectors and geographies.

Before joining Article One, Paula managed Intel’s global human rights program, overseeing strategy, policy, governance, and communications for the multinational enterprise’s extensive manufacturing footprint and complex value chain. Her efforts ensured alignment with emerging legislative trends and stakeholder expectations, while driving key initiatives such as Intel’s human rights impact assessment and CSRD double materiality evaluation. Her expertise extends to ESG disclosures and regulatory compliance.

Paula’s professional interests span supply chain responsibility, labor rights, regulatory alignment, responsible AI, and the responsible development of technology. Her background includes roles in sustainability policy, government affairs, and community engagement, alongside earlier experience as a project and process engineer.

Paula is a creative problem solver who leverages her experience to develop pragmatic, sustainable solutions to complex issues, she holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Queen’s University Belfast and a Bachelor of Science from University College Dublin.