Maria José Ramos

CSR Advisor

Based in Montreal, Maria is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) advisor, working with CBSR's members in Montreal and with the extractives industries in Toronto.

Maria has lived and worked in Colombia, France, Canada and Brazil, in both the non-for-profit and corporate sectors. Maria has a wealth of experience in international development, communication, human rights, stakeholder engagement and multi-sector partnerships in community development. Prior to joining CBSR, Maria was a consultant at Rio Tinto Alcan where she co-founded and launched the sustainability champions team as a platform for employees to become agents of change in the Rio Tinto Montreal office. Her initiative and engagement has also led her to co-found other sustainability ventures around social entrepreneurship. 

Maria speaks English, Spanish, French and Portuguese and holds a Bachelors of Arts from McGill University in International Development Studies and Psychology. She has also completed an online course offered by The Natural Step on community sustainability planning and a facilitation training course by Facilitation First.

Maria loves nature, people, horse-back riding and is always up for an adventurous trip.