Dr Deirdre Lewis
- SLR Consulting Europe
Biography
Dr Lewis is the Technical Director of Geology for SLR Consulting Europe, part of a global resources consultancy. She has more than 25 years of experience in development of natural resources, having managed exploration and feasibility projects internationally. Graduating from Natural Sciences in Trinity College Dublin in 1982, she went on to complete her doctoral studies in Geology in TCD in 1986. Deirdre has worked extensively on behalf of the EU, UN and World Bank on institutional strengthening projects across Africa in the minerals, social and environmental regulatory fields in Jamaica, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Mali and Burkina Faso among others. In recent years, she has developed a particular interest in public acceptance and the social implications of resource developments. Deirdre is an active member of the Geoscience Ireland network, a past President of the Institute of Geologists of Ireland (2011-2013) and is a member of the Geological and Geographical Sciences Committee of the Royal Irish Academy since 2014.