David Plumb

David Plumb is a Senior Associate at the Consensus Building Institute. David designs and facilitates stakeholder engagement strategies in complex natural resource disputes. He has worked in a wide range of environments where community, government and corporate interests have collided, including Nigeria’s Niger Delta, Angola, Mexico, Guatemala and Argentina. David also designs and delivers trainings in stakeholder engagement, consensus building, negotiation and conflict resolution. He facilitates difficult conversations and meetings for a variety of organizations.

Prior to joining CBI, David was director of the Sustainable Business Practice at Search for Common Ground, a world leader in conflict resolution. The practice assisted corporations and their stakeholders to find common ground and create sustainable relationships. Currently based in Washington D.C., David has spent half of the past decade living and working in developing countries. He is a former financial journalist and correspondent. A Fulbright Scholar, David holds a BA in Politics and Latin American Studies from Princeton University.