COLIN ANDREW FORBES
PERSONAL DATA:
Date of birth: 17th February, 1962 in Montreal, Canada
Nationality: Kenyan
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
November 2009 to present – Tonkolili Iron Ore Project, Freetown, Sierra Leone:
African Minerals Ltd, Social & Community Manager
Responsibilities
 Build departmental team of 60 staff covering the full 200km project footprint to address social management requirements
during construction and operational phases.
 Deliver broad-based public consultation and disclosure program.
 Detailing a USD 30 million Phases I & II social management and resettlement budget.
 Presenting Project social strategy during numerous due diligence exercises carried out by financiers and Chinese
partner companies and institutions.
 Establish social programs department to focus on dissemination of project related information to affected communities.
This includes sensitisation on safety and project activities and development of small enterprises through synergies
established with NGOs, CBOs and relevant government departments.
 Introduction of project policies and controls including comprehensive documentation program to ensure proper record
keeping and accountability.
 Consult with affected households on resettlement planning including agreement on host resettlement site and
construction of replacement housing complicated by cultural complexities in relation to exploration phase influx into
nearby villages.
 Implement Community Development Action Plan as required by local legislation setting out Project criteria for delivery of
focused development across all project areas.
Achievements
 Initiate business incubators program to encourage local small and medium sized businesses to participate in provision of
goods and services to the Project and address livelihoods restoration for affected households.
 Rapid resettlement to meet demands of Phase I infrastructure construction schedule.
 Created departmental structure with resources and equipment to enable the various teams to deliver their respective
tasks efficiently.
 Drama programs using local cultural groups to disseminate Project information in local dialects.
 Practical solutions to complicated demographic issues during the relocation program allowing for reduced costs and
faster implementation.
 Finalising resettlement and community development documentation to meet legislative requirements for the mining lease
application.
December 2009 to May 2010 – WorleyParsons Europe, London, UK: Senior Social Impact Assessor
Responsibilities
 Lead Social Consultant managing ESHIA outputs including; Socio-Economic Baseline Study, Social Impact Assessment,
Resettlement Policy Framework, Stakeholder Engagement Plan and Community Development Action Plan.
 Manage study team distributed over four continents and embed social aspects into Project engineering design for Phase
I – Early Cash Flow Project and DFS based on the Equator Principles and international best practice.
 In-country duties to guide company in the formation of a Social & Community Dept. to address community liaison, safety,
sensitization, livelihood restoration and all levels of stakeholder engagement.
 Integrate social impact mitigation into contractors work programs and engineering design.
Achievements
 Completion of complex ESHIA study and submission to Sierra Leone Environment Protection Agency (SLEPA) and
conducting public disclosure thereafter.
 Implementation of crop assessment protocols to provide mitigation for impacts associated with Phase I.
 Initiating consultation program across 200km project footprint incorporating various stakeholders and local communities.
 Preparation of USD 45 million cost schedules for Definitive Feasibility Study incorporating social programs, resettlement
costs and livelihood restoration initiatives associated with approximately 1,700 directly affected households other nearby
communities.
September 2009 to November 2009 – Kibali Goldmines, Doko, Democratic Republic of Congo: Resettlement Project
Manager
Responsibilities
 Preparing RAP including managing household asset survey and associated GIS requirements for Project relocation
requirements involving approximately 1,400 households.
 Initiating comprehensive consultation program in challenging post-conflict conditions.
 Develop artisanal mining relocation strategy.
Achievements
 Establishing consultation committee to oversee social management and Resettlement Working Group to address
resettlement matters with directly affected communities.
 Defining mechanisms to undertake relocation of artisanal miners from mining lease area.
September 2008 to August 2009 - WorleyParsons Infrastructure & Environment, Bristol, UK: Senior Social Impact
Assessor
Projects
 Iran LNG Plant, Tombak, Iran. ESIA Review and Update, Project Manager – Duties involved conducting a review of the
project EIA, prepared by others, with the intention of identifying gaps and updating the assessment in terms of specified
deviations from the original engineering design and technologies.
 Pequiven Jose Sur Petrochemical Project, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela. ESIA Review, Project Manager – This project
was undertaken to review the ESIA prepared for the proponent and determine whether it achieved the requirements set
out in the IFC’s Policy and Performance Standards on Social & Environmental Sustainability (April, 2006).
 Egyptian Refinery Company, Cairo, Egypt. SIA Review and Preparation of SMP. This gap analysis to IFC standards led
to delivery of a comprehensive SMP including construction and operational action plans.
Responsibilities
 Tasked with building international team of social experts to provide enhanced services through an integrated
Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) program to oil & gas, mining, power and infrastructure
sectors.
 Social impact assessments, gap analysis, corporate social responsibility review and sustainability reporting.
 Resettlement Action Plans and project management.
 Project management involving budgetary controls and multi-disciplinary team co-ordination.
 Proposal development including budgets and project QA/QC.
Achievements
 Providing oversight and documentation required for several multi-million dollar investments in various countries to meet
international best practice during an economically challenging period.
 Preparation of several competitive proposals for ESHIA work packages up to £1.2 million.
 Development of corporate Global Social Capabilities brochure.
May 1999 to June 2008 – Kwale Heavy Mineral Sands Project – Tiomin Kenya Ltd, Ukunda, Kenya:
Manager - Health, Safety, Environment and Social Division (May 2005 – June 2008)
Responsibilities
 Team Leader with hands-on approach to managing all community-related issues including the project resettlement
program and long term social planning in and around the mine site and host resettlement sites.
 Establish and nurture close relationships with government agencies, affected communities, local NGO’s, religious
leaders and other stakeholders. Assisted farmers and government in creating workable representation on resettlement
committee.
 Train and promote local staff and businesses to maximise community benefits and sustainability.
 Supervise the research, development and statutory approvals of 29 project environmental documents (impact
assessments, management plans, action plans, monitoring programs and audits).
 Prepare departmental policies and procedures.
 Prepare and implement social and environmental budgets.
 Signatory to company bank accounts for 6 years.
Achievements
 Completion of USD 7 million Resettlement Action Plan including public review and supervising consultants.
 Implement compensation and relocation program involving 381 households (approximately 3,000 people).
 Executed a USD 800,000 project social infrastructure plan.
 Completion and approval of project environmental documents to World Bank standards and in line with the Equator
Principles.
 Participated in intensive due-diligence exercise leading to successful completion of USD 205 million project finance
package involving Standard Chartered Bank, WestLB, EFIC, AfDB, Caterpillar, FMO and Swedfund.
Acting General Manager (January 2002 to April 2005)
Responsibilities
 Overseeing company affairs such as employment, community liaison, PR (including print and broadcast media
interviews), licensing, administration, legal issues, and court proceedings during Project care and maintenance period.
 Reporting to corporate headquarters on all project matters, updating feasibility studies and other project statutory
requirements.
 Coordinating project negotiations, development and implementation with various Kenyan authorities at the local
 and government level such as National Environmental Management Authority, Commissioner of Mines and Geology,
Export Processing Zone Authority, Radiation Protection Board, Water Resources Management Authority, Investment
Promotion Centre, Kenya Roads Board, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Ministry of Water and Irrigation,
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Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy, Coast Development Authority, Kenya Chamber of Mines and County Council of
Kwale.
Ensuring local and national stakeholder understanding of complex mining and processing procedures including issues
relating to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in mineral sands mining and processing.
Achievements
 Obtaining Special Mining Lease and Fiscal Agreement from Government of Kenya.
 Issuing of the project Environmental Impact Assessment License and approval of the framework Environmental
Management Plan.
 Assisted with Project Feasibility Study Review carried out by SRK Consulting.
Technical Manager (May 1999 to December 2001)
Responsibilities
 Supervision of tendering, contracts, construction of pilot plant, on-site employment.
 Tasked with management of community affairs including regular consultation with project affected persons.
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Working with company lawyers on court matters.
Achievements
 Completed construction and commissioning of pilot plant to investigate suitable tailings management regimes.
 Successfully overcame legal impediments to project implementation.
 Establishing community employment strategy.
 Incorporation of squatter spatial and socio-economic information into general social database.
QUALIFICATIONS:
BSc in Geography, concentrating on mapping, climatology and social development.
EDUCATION:
1986 - Bachelor of Science in Geography, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1981 - St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
1980 - ‘A’ Levels, Hillcrest Secondary School, Nairobi, Kenya
1978 - ‘O’ Levels, Monkton Combe Senior School, Bath, England
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Second language: Swahili.
REFERENCES:
Available on request.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Address: 1 Barn Cottages, West Kington, Chippenham, Wilts, SN14 7JE,
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1249 783580; mobile +44 (0)793 4310431; Sierra Leone +232 (0)33 379018 or +232 (0)78 697114
Email: colinaforbes@gmail.com