Mónica Ospina

Founder & Director

Monica is an ESG-Sustainability expert with recognized experience in designing and implementing ESG strategies that support operational productivity while building trusting relationships with communities impacted by mineral exploration and mining operations. Her innovative approach to transforming conflict into development and human and social capital into value for investors has contributed to ensuring operational readiness, improving the perception of mining and the well-being of communities across regions.  

Monica is the Coordinator for the ESG Module of the Mining Management Program at the Faculty of Mining Engineering at University of Toronto, Canada, and guest lecturer in Social Risk and Stakeholder Engagement at the Colorado School of Mines.   

She contributed to the IFC-World Bank’s Guide for the Early Stakeholder Engagement (published in 2015). She participated in discussion groups for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the RIO+ 20 World Convention on Sustainable Development in 2012.   

In 2020, CIM awarded Monica a Distinguished Lecturer (Canadian Institute of Mining).   

In 2022, she was recognized as WIM100 – Inspirational Women in Mining.   

Monica holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Universidad del Rosario, Colombia, Master’s Degree in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Westminster, UK, and has completed postgraduate programs in Sustainability Management from Harvard University, U.S., and International Business Strategy, from the London School of Economics, UK.