Gerry Reddy

Gerry is a Founding Director of Steyn Reddy Associates (SRA). He is a global expert in land access, resettlement, livelihood restoration, social impact assessment and urban and regional development, having successfully planned, managed, implemented and reviewed a variety of projects worldwide. He has worked with natural resource, engineering and energy companies, lending institutions, government, the United Nations, and international NGOs. His work has covered planning, implementation and review of projects in the mining, energy, infrastructure, conservation, and post-disaster / conflict sectors, and focuses on creating win-win outcomes for communities and project proponents, based on practical application of international best practice tailored to the local context. His expertise is in project management, land access and resettlement, land management, stakeholder engagement and community negotiations, social impact assessment, livelihood restoration, and participatory community planning and development. He has also undertaken social due diligence reviews, training of corporate personnel, and benchmarking of projects worldwide. Gerry is thoroughly familiar with the policies and standards of international lending institutions and plans and presents training courses on social and resettlement management for corporations, institutions and professional events. He is co-author of Land Access and Resettlement: A Guide to Best Practice, published by Routledge, as well as Home: A Story of Community Resettlement - How it Works and What to Ask. Gerry's tertiary education includes a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning and Diploma in Environmental Resource Management. He recently completed an MSc in Climate Change Management, which included a thesis on Resettlement and Climate Change.