Nick Grono

Biography

In 2014, Nick was appointed as the inaugural CEO of the Freedom Fund, an ambitious effort to mobilise the knowledge, capital and will needed to end modern slavery. To date, the Fund has worked with some 140 frontline partners around the world to directly liberate over 30,000 people from modern slavery and positively impact the lives of more than 1.4 million.

Nick serves on the advisory councils of Global Witness and the McCain Institute. Prior to the Freedom Fund, he was the inaugural CEO of the Walk Free Foundation and Deputy President and COO of the International Crisis Group. Nick is a lawyer by background and served as Chief of Staff and National Security Adviser to the Australian Attorney-General from 1999-2001. He has a law degree with first class honours from the University of Sydney and a Master’s in Public Policy from Princeton University. He is currently writing a book on nonprofit leadership, due to be published in early 2024.