Susannah McLaren

Head of Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability Cobalt Institute

Susannah is Head of Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability at the Cobalt Institute – the global association representing the cobalt value chain. She has over 20 years' in-house and advisory experience across numerous sectors and markets, including the extractives sector. Susannah sits on the Global Battery Alliance Board, the Drive+ Advisory Board and the Women in Mining UK (WIM UK) Policy Committee. She also represents the Cobalt Institute on several prominent platforms, including the OECD Multi Stakeholder Group, ICMM, Fair Cobalt Alliance, and Eurometaux.  
Susannah previously managed the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Responsible Gold Programme, which is an OECD-aligned standard mandatory for all Good Delivery Refiners. She also spent a period working for Shift - the leading centre of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights - where she advised progressive global companies on human rights. Prior to this, Susannah spent ten years employed with a global engineering contractor, latterly as the Global Head of Social Sustainability.