Catherine A. Brosnan
Holds a Master of Natural Resource Management specialising in strategic environmental and social planning for new and operating projects in sensitive environments, particularly in relation to all aspects of the development and approval of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments and stakeholder negotiations. She has over 13 years of domestic and international experience in the oil, gas and mining industry. Most notably, Catherine served as the ARCO Senior Environmental, Health and Safety Manager for the Latin America Region working many projects at all asset phases in the sensitive Amazon region before transferring to Senior Environmental Manager for the large scale BP Tangguh LNG Project in West Papua, Indonesia. In her latest role she set new standards with respect to the development and integration of a broad range of environmental and social issues in the early stages of project development in sensitive environments including a biodiversity action plan, a Diversified Growth Strategy, public consultations, workforce management plans, stakeholder negotiations; relocation and resettlement plans, environmental and social policy statements, national employee mentoring programs, internal and external compliance systems – meeting corporate and project financing requirements. Her past experience also includes acquisition and divestiture due diligence assessments, permit applications, advice and counsel on environmental compliance issues, contract negotiation and consultant management, development and implementation of waste management systems, line and management training development and implementation.