Susan Dowse has over 25 years' experience working on human environment and socio-economic performance issues related to energy, infrastructure and development. Susan has lead socio-economic impact assessments and monitoring programs, developed and implemented strategic stakeholder engagement programs, conducted Indigenous consultation and negotiations, led project Indigenous monitoring programming, participated in capacity development programs, conducted policy analysis, and completed international gender assessments for a wide range of projects. She has also done community-based project reviews.
Susan has project experience in oil and gas (conventional and unconventional), pipelines, power generation and transmission, mining, transportation and water. She has worked in Canada, England, China, Thailand, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Peru, Ecuador, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, the Falkland Islands.
Susan previously held positions as director, government and regulatory affairs and manager, community and Aboriginal affairs at a major power/energy company, as well as human environment specialist at a large environmental and engineering firm. Susan has a Master of Science (Regional and Urban Planning Studies) from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science; Anthropology) from the University of British Columbia.
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Susan is an associate member of Plexus Energy - an independent global network of leading industry and academic experts providing strategic consulting support on social and environmental management.
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Susan Dowse, M.Sc.
Founder
Managing Director