Responding to the death yesterday of the influential business and human rights figure Sir Geoffrey Chandler CBE, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Sir Geoffrey was a towering figure within Amnesty. “He was a founding member of Amnesty International UK’s Business and Human Rights Group and was the driving force in the development of our work on business and human rights. “Sir Geoffrey knew better than most that businesses have a profound responsibility to uphold human rights and the human rights movement has been richer for his work. “He will be dearly missed.” Sir Geoffrey was the founder of Amnesty International UK’s Business and Human Rights Group in 1991 and remained its chair until 2001. After he stepped down he remained extremely influential and active, continuing to work with Amnesty in this field.