Tam Nguyen

Biography

Tam Nguyen has twenty years of progressive, diversified experience in sustainability, corporate diplomacy, strategy and management, and intrapreneurship. He’s the global head of sustainability for Bechtel Corporation, an international engineering and construction company, and president of bechtel.org, its social enterprise. He formulated Bechtel’s sustainability strategy and directs implementation across the enterprise. He also leads various internal start-ups and initiatives, stakeholder and policy planning on climate change, human rights, and economic inclusion; and supports new business development. Tam is a member of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation Advisory Council, vice-chair of the corporate responsibility committee and the Sustainable Development Goals task force of the U.S. Council for International Business, and a board member of Chevron’s Niger Delta Partnership Initiative – a social enterprise he helped create.