Satya Das

Satya Brata Das is a leading opinion maker on the Canadian stage. An eminent policy advisor, Das built his first career as an award-winning journalist, an author, and a noted policy analyst. As Founder and Principal Cambridge Strategies Inc., Das advises at the most senior levels of federal, provincial and municipal governance. Das brings an expert understanding of the challenges and implications of the ownership and stewardship of the world’s single largest hydrocarbon resource, the Alberta Oil Sands, their potential for assuring continental energy security, and their role in building a clean-energy future for humankind. Das read Economics, Political Science, English and French at the University of Alberta and subsequently held a Nuffield Fellowship at the University of Cambridge. He is fluently trilingual in Oriya, English and French; and has a working knowledge of Hindi, Spanish, Bangla and Bahasa Indonesia. His books include “Dispatches from a Borderless World”; the best-seller “The Best Country: Why Canada Will Lead the Future”; and “Green Oil: Clean Energy for the 21st Century?”