Michael Brown

Michael Brown is Director of the Consensus Building Institute’s Canada Practice, Professor of Practice in Natural Resource Conflict Mediation at McGill University, and former Senior Mediation Expert in Natural Resource and Land Conflicts for the United Nations Standby Mediation Team. He works on conflict prevention, mediation and stakeholder engagement regarding natural resources, land, environmental issues, and matters involving local or indigenous communities. Michael focuses on projects and disputes, institutional capacity, systems design, and policy. He has lived and worked internationally for many years, and held numerous leadership and senior advisory positions with the United Nations and other international organizations. Michael joined CBI in 2017, and works on international and Canadian projects. He speaks English, Spanish and French.