Benedicta Uris

Benedicta has over 20 years’ experience working in occupational health, safety and environmental roles, including stakeholder engagement and community development. She started her career in the field in Shell Upstream and subsequently moved to Shell Downstream in HSEC roles covering the Africa region and eventually the Global Supply & Distribution business as EHS Planning and Strategy lead, based in the UK. Moving to the mining industry, she held similar roles in Rio Tinto, and most recently was the Director ESG at the Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb smelter. She is currently a candidate for the MSc Sustainable Development (University of Sussex).