Mike Steyn Email & Phone Number

Mike is a Founding Director of Steyn Reddy Associates (SRA). He is a well-known global expert in stakeholder engagement; social impact, risk and opportunity assessment; and mitigation planning and implementation, with a particular focus on land acquisition, land access & resettlement. He has over 25 years of experience working on over 50 natural resource, infrastructure and other projects, both as a consultant and in a variety of senior corporate roles, in over 35 countries. He has helped private and public sector clients develop corporate and project level policies, standards and strategies, and planned, managed, engaged and negotiated on, implemented, carried out due diligence on, reviewed, monitored, audited and provided capacity building training in relation to numerous social and land access & resettlement projects across the globe. Mike’s work is focused on developing practical best practice solutions appropriate to each client and project locality, based on fully understanding local context, extensive stakeholder engagement and teamwork at all project stages. Mike brings to each project a thorough understanding of the diverse components that need to be woven together to ensure a successful project outcome for projects, communities, governments and lenders.He is thoroughly familiar with the policies and standards of international lending institutions. He is co-author of ‘Land Access and Resettlement: A Guide to Best Practice’ (Greenleaf, 2015), SRA’s Insights Series on the Land Access & Resettlement Process (2017) and ‘How miners can better manage community resettlement as demand for metals rises’ (Northern Miner and Mining.com, 2023), as well as author of SRA’s Tailings Storage Facility & Resettlement Insight Series.

Listed skills include Stakeholder Engagement, Community Development, Capacity Building, Social Impact Assessment, and 34 others.