Marian Ngo

President & Managing Partner

Marian Ngo is a solutions-driven negotiator and strategic implementer specializing in innovative and effective major project delivery and policy development.

Adaptable to constantly changing environments, she focuses on problem-solving by ensuring that objectives and strategy drive tactics and not the other way around. If the status quo does not allow for needs to be addressed, she works with all parties to develop a path forward that does.

Marian was the 2nd employee at Woodfibre LNG, where she led on various files for over six years, most notably government relations – at all levels. With Indigenous governments, she was part of the core team that successfully obtained an environmental certificate from Squamish Nation, the first Indigenous environmental certificate of its kind in Canadian history. This milestone also had a significant influence on the federal government’s proposed changes to environmental assessment. In addition, Marian was instrumental in obtaining an impact benefit agreement with Squamish Nation and a Term Sheet with Tsleil Waututh Nation.

Maintaining constant discussions with Ministers and government officials regarding the provincial Climate Action Plan and incentivizing investments in British Columbia, Marian’s efforts led to conceptualizing and eventually creating the electric drive rate for LNG projects. These changes were lauded by environmental organizations, businesses, and communities alike and solved many initial impasses in financing several projects. She worked on various files with the federal government, from macro-industry employment and training matters to a solution to taxation around fabricated industrial steel components (FISC).

Building upon the precedence of the Squamish Nation process, Marian most recently helped to establish the Salish Sea Indigenous Guardians Association, an Indigenous-led organization focused on data-driven solutions in support of meaningful Indigenous participation and informed decisions on regulatory assessments and policy development. Most recently, she helped to establish an inaugural referral office for a BC municipality and developed processes for risk mitigation for the delivery of projects.

Before LNG, Marian worked in Ottawa in several leadership roles with the federal government. Initially moving to Ottawa to work for the Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Marian was part of the core team that built a successful stakeholder engagement plan that put multicultural issues at the forefront of political discussions. During her time in government, she also served as press secretary to what was then called Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), strategic communications staff for the Office of the Prime Minister and Stakeholder Relations at Status of Women Canada.

Marian has a degree in Political Science from Simon Fraser University. She was selected as one of Business in Vancouver’s 40 Under 40 for 2023 and currently serves on the Bard on the Beach board.