Dorjdari is an economist and the country manager for the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. With 24 years of experience, he has worked extensively with various stakeholders in Mongolia, focusing primarily on mining governance, fiscal policy, and rural development issues. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with the government, civil society, and mining industry stakeholders to address challenges in Mongolia’s mining sector through policy research, analysis, capacity building, and facilitation of engagement in policy dialogues.

Before joining NRGI, Dorjdari spent a dozen years at Open Society Forum Mongolia. In this role, he led campaigns and programs aimed at promoting government budget transparency and accountability, along with improving extractives governance. Notably, he played a significant role in the adoption of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) by Mongolia. Dorjdari served as a member of the country’s EITI Board and the EITI Multi-Stakeholder National Council. He also worked internationally on the EITI Board, setting standards for transparency and governance and overseeing their implementation by member countries. He led civil society campaigns focused on improving governance of extractives, notably establishing a chapter of Publish What You Pay coalition in Mongolia and serving as a member of the global advisory committee of the coalition.

Dorjdari has provided advice to the government of Mongolia on mining contract transparency, as well as the analysis and negotiation of specific contracts with mining companies. His other focus areas include issues related to mining tax policy, mining revenue management including natural resource based sovereign funds, and anticorruption policies in the extractives sector. He served on the Civil Council for Independent Authority Against Corruption of Mongolia.

In recent years, Dorjdari has shifted his focus to the energy transition and its impact on mining countries. This includes addressing issues related to fossil fuel dependency, just transitions, and energy transition minerals policies for resource rich countries, with specific focus on Mongolia.