angata is a consultancy led by Ben Chapman, a field-based sustainability, social performance, and resettlement manager with hands-on implementation experience in mining, oil & gas and resource projects.
Select Projects —
Madagascar, Ambatovy mining & processing
Director of Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability for a large team of staff and contractors. Managed social aspects related to mine site, 220 km slurry pipeline, processing plant, tailings management facility, port, railway and resettlement villages during construction, commissioning and operations phases.
- Stakeholder engagement
- Grievance management
- Economic and physical resettlement
- Community health & safety
- Cultural heritage management
- Strategic social investments
- Environmental engineering
Vietnam, Nghi Son Refinery & Petrochemical
Site Manager, Social Performance for a team of national and expatriate staff contracted to support construction of a major refinery and port. Supported government-led resettlement to ensure adherence to international standards.
- Stakeholder engagement
- Grievance management
- Impact mitigation
- Economic and physical resettlement
- Livelihood restoration
- Community health & safety
Uganda, Tilenga oil
Resettlement Project Manager to acquire land for a central processing facility and worker camps for a major oil project. Managed national teams specialized in surveying and land acquisition, compensation, community relations, cultural heritage, livelihoods and data management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Grievance management
- Impact mitigation
- Land acquisition and compensation
- Economic and physical resettlement
- Livelihood restoration
- Cultural heritage management