Susannah Mclaren

Susannah leads the Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability strategy at the Cobalt Institute – the global industry association for cobalt. She brings over 20 years of cross-sector experience, including in the extractives and minerals sectors. Susannah serves as Vice Chair of the Global Battery Alliance Board and sits on several advisory bodies, including Drive+, the DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum, Women in Mining UK and the OECD Multi-Stakeholder Steering Group. Previously, Susannah held roles at Shift and the LBMA, gaining deep expertise in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and OECD due diligence. Her earlier career includes a decade with a global engineering firm as Head of Social Sustainability.