Profile
Susan joined Resource Futures in 2023, after leading circular economy and resources policy teams in a Westminster-based NGO and a Scottish public sector organisation. She has experience working across the policy cycle, from generating ideas and evidence to shape future policy, through to conducting impact assessments and assessing the effectiveness of existing policies.
With a background in international research consultancy, based in Hong Kong and the UK, she has a track record of delivering research projects and programmes for clients in Asia, the US and Europe, including international organisations, multinational corporations and financial institutions, governments and NGOs.
Susan is also an adviser at her local Citizens Advice Bureau, and has an interest in how social and environmental policies interact. She enjoys working collaboratively and supporting the development of ambitious, well-evidenced policies.
Expertise
Susan has worked on the following topics:
- Reuse
- Extended producer responsibility
- Single-use plastics
- Critical raw materials
- Circular business models
- Waste management regulations
- Waste crime
- Greening the tax system
- Sustainable supply chains
Susan’s skills include:
- Mixed method research
- Stakeholder engagement
- Policy impact assessments
- Comparative policy analysis (qualitative and quantitative)
- Writing for policy impact
