Becky Buell

Becky Buell is Senior Faculty and a Board member of the Presencing Institute. As Senior Faculty she has led on a range of global programs, primarily with governments and multilateral organizations. In 2021 she launched the UN SDG Leadership Labs, a program that has now supported 26 UN Country Teams to develop their collective leadership capabilities to meet the promise of the SDGs.  She has also served as Faculty for PI’s engagements in Latin America, including the launch of the Ecosystem Leadership Program for Latin America.

Becky has worked for over 25 years in the not-for-profit sector and 8 years leading a successful company. She has extensive international experience in strategy, organisational development and business planning, and is an experienced convenor of multi-sector dialogues. Until August 2018 Becky served as the Co-Founder and Director of Meteos, a think tank and strategy company that specialised in multi-sector dialogues between industry, investors and societal stakeholders in healthcare, energy and finance. She facilitated major dialogues on the changing market and societal expectations of the pharmaceutical sector (PharmaFutures, Groundwork and PharmaDiplomacy) and the energy sector (EnergyFutures). She worked extensively with international philanthropy and NGOs in strategy development and alliance-building, including work which led to the creation of the Finance Dialogue, and the Europe Beyond Coal network

Earlier in her career, Becky worked with Oxfam GB for over 15 years in senior management positions in Latin America and in the global Campaigns and Policy Division. She was the Regional Representative for Oxfam in Central America and Mexico from 1992-98 where she oversaw Oxfam’s work in support of post-war transition and the resettlement of refugees across the region. She holds an MA in Latin American Studies from Stanford University and a post-graduate certificate in Urban Planning from University College of London. She is a US-UK bi-national, living in Oxford, UK.

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