Amelia Briel

Amelia Briel is the Sustainability Section Manager at Knight Piésold South Africa and is based in the Johannesburg office. She has 22 years of experience in environmental management and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) in the mining, renewable energy, and water infrastructure projects, and water infrastructure industries. She is a registered Professional Natural Scientist (Environmental Science).

She previously worked for a government agency responsible for regulatory approvals and was involved in mining authorisations, environmental impact assessments, closure applications and performance audits.

She specialises in large-scale environmental and social impact assessments, stakeholder consultation, feasibility studies, and environmental monitoring and compliance. Amelia has experience in various African countries in terms of delivering regulatory approvals in line with local requirements and in delivering projects to international best practice standards.