Nicola Woodroffe

Nicola Woodroffe is a senior legal analyst at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) with several years of experience advising government and non-government stakeholders in resource-rich countries on extractive sector policy. She has worked in Africa, Asia and Latin America. She provides technical assistance, capacity development and analysis on legislative, policy and institutional reform, as well as contract allocation and monitoring. Prior to joining NRGI, Nicola worked as a consultant at the World Bank, where she focused on governance and management of extractive industries in central and southeast Africa. She also worked as an associate at the international law firm Hogan Lovells LLP, advising on corporate and securities law, as well as mining and agricultural concession agreements. She has worked in the trial chambers of the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, as well as the Supreme Court of Rwanda. She holds a juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School and bachelor’s degree in economics and peace and conflict studies from Swarthmore College.