OUR TEAM

Advisors

The Global Advisor Network brings together senior practitioners with deep regional knowledge and specialized expertise. Advisors work directly with clients and collaborate in small teams assembled for the needs of each assignment. 

The Global Advisor Network allows NSG to take on more complex and cross-disciplinary assignments by drawing on senior practitioners as needed. Teams are assembled based on context and fit.  Senior practitioners work directly with clients. 

NSG coordinates contracting, compliance, and quality assurance while maintaining advisor independence. 

Dani Dirks

Digital Systems | AI | Data & Workflow Design

The design and modernization of systems that support ESG, CSP, and stakeholder data across multi-site operations define her work. Brings expertise in digital workflows, AI-assisted tools, and user-centered system design, with a focus on building platforms that connect fragmented operational processes. Often engaged where organizations need to make complex data usable, integrated, and decision-relevant.

Daniel Gear

Energy Transition | Offshore Wind | Supply Chain & Industrial Strategy

Senior energy sector leader working where industrial strategy, supply chain development, and energy transition connect. Brings experience across offshore wind, port infrastructure, and the socio-economic conditions needed for local economies to participate in major energy projects spanning commercial delivery, major project PMO, and full P&L responsibility. Sits on port authority and industry boards, and co-founded an engineering alliance to support SMEs in accessing offshore wind contracts.

Etienne Lamy

Indigenous Relations | Agreements | Regional Economic Development

Brings deep experience in mining, Indigenous relations, and regional development across Canadian and international contexts. Provides expertise in partnership frameworks, agreements, and the social dimensions of major projects, operations, and closure. Frequently engaged where Indigenous partnerships, regional strategies, or culturally grounded approaches are required.

Grace Russell

Biodiversity | Environmental & Social Assessment | GIS & Data

Integrated environmental and social assessment, grounded in ecological science, defines her work. Brings a science-based approach to biodiversity, GIS, and lender-aligned frameworks. Links ecological dynamics with community and development considerations. Most relevant where environmental and social analysis need to be brought together in a coherent way.

JD Holt

ESG | Operations | Due Diligence & Performance Systems

More than three decades of experience linking operational systems with ESG, HSE, and organizational performance inform his work. Connects technical operations with social and environmental expectations, particularly in due diligence, audit, and compliance contexts. Often engaged in situations where internal systems need to align with external standards and scrutiny.

Jean Craciun

Market Research | Marketing | Qualitative Research | Business Analysis

Jean Craciun is a sociologist and seasoned entrepreneur with more than 40 years of experience in market research and strategic consulting. Known for her deep understanding of human behavior, she has helped organizations across industries translate consumer insights into actionable business strategies. Her expertise spans entrepreneurship, market research, marketing, qualitative research, and business analysis. Jean’s career reflects a lifelong commitment to understanding what drives people, and how those insights can power innovation, leadership, and growth.

Kathy Mayo

Alaska Context | Indigenous Communities | Local Governance

Deep lived experience and long-standing relationships across Alaska and Indigenous communities, including infrastructure development contexts. Provides grounded insight into local governance, cultural context, regional opportunities, and community expectations. Frequently engaged where place-based understanding is critical to engagement, planning, or partnership development.

Lisa Dean

Communities & Social Performance | Livelihoods | Closure & Transition

More than three decades of experience across the nonprofit, extractives, and advisory sectors shape her work. Provides senior-level guidance on stakeholder engagement, social baseline development, livelihood systems, and non-technical risk. Most often engaged where decisions require credible social analysis, synthesis, and judgment, particularly in permitting, transition, and closure contexts.

Lydia Ruddy

Strategic Engagement | Policy & Institutional Interface

Over two decades of experience across the west coast of the United States and Southeast Asia shape her approach. Advises investors and project developers on navigating political, regulatory, and institutional landscapes, translating complexity into actionable strategy that supports market entry, stakeholder alignment, and project execution. Combines deep regional networks with AI-driven risk analysis to identify viable opportunities, reduce execution risk, and align projects with real-world governance and permitting environments.

Nina Bowen

Governance | Institutional Systems | Policy & Reform

Governance, institutional analysis, and policy reform are central to her work in complex social and political environments. Brings experience across humanitarian, government, and multi-stakeholder systems, with a focus on linking strategy to implementation. Often engaged where institutional alignment, reform, or coordination is required.

Patty Graham

Human Rights | Land Access | Resettlement & FPIC

Works on the human rights dimensions of projects, including land access, resettlement, and FPIC-aligned processes. Brings experience in sensitive and legacy contexts, with a focus on integrating rights-based approaches into social performance systems. Frequently called on where grievances emerge or where rights considerations are central to project decisions.

Sharon Flynn

Sustainability | ESG | Social Performance | Risk

Experience across mining, construction, manufacturing, forestry, and non-profit sectors in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa shapes her work. Brings a strong grounding in communities and social performance, ESG, and risk management, including the integration of social and environmental considerations into business models, operations, and external engagement. Often involved where regulatory, reputational, and stakeholder risks intersect and require coordinated, practical responses.

Tariq Khalil

Energy Transition | Location Intelligence | Project Risk & Siting

Front-end investment decisions are the focus of his work. Helps developers understand how location-specific conditions shape risk, viability, and long-term performance. Brings experience in energy transition, infrastructure, and resource development, with a focus on identifying constraints early, before they become costly or irreversible. Typically brought in where early-stage decisions depend on getting location, context, and underlying assumptions right.

Tom Wills

Energy Systems | Infrastructure | Transition & Regional Contexts

Works across energy systems and infrastructure with a focus on how transition plays out in real operating environments. Brings experience grounded in project delivery, regional context, and the practical constraints that shape energy development. Typically involved where infrastructure, energy transition, and local conditions need to be understood together to support sound decisions.

Veronica Slajer

Regional Development | Indigenous Engagement | Alaska & Arctic Systems

Long-standing relationships across local, regional, state, federal, multilateral, and tribal institutions underpin her work. Brings deep trust and political-cultural insight to engagement, facilitation, and regional development processes where context and credibility matter. Often involved in efforts where Indigenous partnership models, community-centered planning, or complex multi-stakeholder dynamics require both.