Daniel Litvin

Founder Resource Resolutions

Daniel Litvin is Founder of Resource Resolutions, a new venture dedicated to the resolution of conflict and societal division over natural resources. Daniel is also Senior Advisor to the Executive Committee of ERM, the world’s largest sustainability consulting firm, and Visiting Senior Fellow at the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. Previously, Daniel founded and ran Critical Resource, which he grew to be a leading provider of advice to natural resource and energy firms and their investors on sustainability, 'license to operate' and geo-political risks. Critical Resource was acquired by ERM in 2020. Prior to Critical Resource, Daniel was an advisor to McKinsey and Rio Tinto leadership on sustainability issues, a senior research fellow at Chatham House on energy geopolitics, and - at the start of his career - resources and environment correspondent at 'The Economist'. He is author of the book, ‘Empires of Profit’ - a history of the political challenges facing big corporations, from the East India Company onwards. Daniel holds an MSc in anthropology and development from LSE, and a BA in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University.