Alaka Lugonzo

Senior Civil Society Advisor - Transition Minerals Global Witness

Alaka is a seasoned programme management professional with over eleven years demonstrable experiences on the intersections of community and stakeholder engagement, law, policy, advocacy, gender, business and human rights, and environmental justice aspects of the energy and extractives sector (Oil, Gas, and Mining, Just Transition and Climate Justice). Alaka’s expertise over the years has included managing projects, strategic thinking, influencing, securing resources for programmes, piloting innovations by identifying, working with, and building key strategic partnerships with development organizations, donors, governments, oil, gas and mining companies, civil society organizations, coalitions, and networks in Kenya and the African Region. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and hold a Master of Laws Degree (LLM) in Energy Law and Policy from the University of Dundee in Scotland and an Executive Certificate on Oil, Gas and Mining Governance from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. She is currently the Senior Civil Society Advisor working for the Transition Minerals Campaign at Global Witness.