Assoc Prof Allen graduated from the University of Melbourne in Medicine and specialised in Ophthalmology. She then sub-specialised in Vitreoretinal surgery. Assoc Prof Allen is a Principal Investigator at the Centre for Eye Research Australia, with a clinical appointment at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, as head of the Vitreoretinal Surgical Unit.

Assoc Prof Allen was a Principal Investigator on the Australian Research Council (ARC) Special Research Initiative in Bionic Vision Science and Technology grant to Bionic Vision Australia (BVA). She is the co-recipient of an NHMRC excellence award. Assoc Prof Allen was key to the developing the surgical technique for the suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis, resulting in the first clinical trial of this device in three human patients. For this she was shortlisted for an Australian Eureka prize for interdisciplinary research. She has subsequently led a second trial of a fully implantable device with four patients.

She has presented over 100 conference posters and talks and has published more than 90 peer reviewed journal articles.

In 2024 she was awarded a Distinguished Service Award from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology for services to research and training.

Abhilash Mudaliar is the Founder of Grey Area Partners, an social impact advisory firm supporting impact investors on strategy, structuring, due diligence and measurement.

Abhilash has two decades of experience in impact investing, international development, philanthropy and measurement & evaluation. He began his career in microfinance in India, where he helped set-up one of India’s first impact investing funds – Elevar Equity. Abhilash then worked at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), where he established its research function. Most recently, Abhilash was Chief Impact Officer at the Paul Ramsay Foundation, where he established the foundation’s impact investing team and strategy.

Abhilash has a Master’s degree in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School, and degrees in Commerce and Arts from the University of Melbourne.

Adam is Partner at Giant Leap, who invests at the Seed and Series A stage in mission-driven founders solving the world's most pressing problems. Giant Leap have a portfolio of over 30 companies across their key thematics of Health, Education & Empowerment and Climate. Adam is an investor with expertise across consumer strategy, marketing and innovation. Outside of Giant Leap, Adam is a Director at Tripple and a Board Member at Future Group and Australian Communities Foundation.

Responsible for financing (treasury), strategy, and impact at Australian Unity. Our goal is to deliver scalable impact and commercial returns by systematically and methodically measuring wellbeing outcomes (ie. we systematically measure the S in ESG). We provide health, care, and wealth services to our members while ensuring strategic clarity and financial resources to help one of Australia's oldest and most successful companies achieve real wellbeing for our members and the broader Australian community. Adam is also Chair of Birchal, Australia's leading equity crowd-sourced funding platform

Adrian has had 33 years of experience in funds management, real estate, government and the not-for-profit sectors across Australia, the UK and US.

Adrian is currently a Senior Advisor to Lighthouse Infrastructure assisting them with their affordable housing investment strategy and execution. He is also Chair of Charter Hall Direct Property Management which oversees $10bn in real estate funds, Chair of Inclusive Housing Australia's Specialist Disability Housing Investment Committee, Non-Executive Director of the ACT Government's Suburban Land Agency, NSW Chair of Housing All Australians and a member of the University of Canberra's Development and Planning Committee.
Adrian is the former Chair of both the Federal Government's National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (now known as Housing Australia) and the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI). He has held senior positions at Charter Hall, Folkestone, Mirvac, Deutsche Asset Management, Paladin and the Property Council of Australia.

Adrian is an Honorary Life Member of the NSW Division of the Property Council of Australia

Aina Gaur is an Associate Partner at Sagana, where she co-leads the firm’s global investment team, managing more than 60 direct investments and 20 funds across Asia, Europe, and North America. She drives Sagana's global investments in Healthcare, with a focus on MedTech, Digital Health, and Lifesciences.

Aina oversees client relationships with over 30 families and foundations, collectively representing a combined wealth of more than USD 10 billion.

Aina is a passionate advocate for women’s health, longevity, and women in science.

She holds a Master’s degree in Professional Accounting and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

Alex is a co-founder of Infradebt – a specialist infrastructure debt fund manager. He is a member of the Infradebt Investment Committee and has completed over 55 debt investments in the areas of renewable energy (solar, wind, batteries, behind the meter and off-grid applications), social infrastructure (hospitals, education and other forms of public infrastructure), and a number of other infrastructure investments.

He has a wealth of knowledge in renewable energy/decarbonisation financing having participated in a multitude of transactions over the last decade. Importantly, this knowledge extends beyond the technology and is grounded in a strong understanding of the regulatory frameworks and energy markets.

As long term investors in infrastructure assets, Infradebt extensively researches the energy transition and the associated investment opportunity considering it from a project, economic, social, and environmental risk perspective.

Ali Tabrizi is an investigative documentary filmmaker, conservationist, and director of the groundbreaking Netflix Original documentary, Seaspiracy. He is the founder of Disrupt Films & Seaspiracy Foundation, and is an inspiring and informative speaker on conservation and humanitarian issues.

Alison Ewings is a respected ESG leader in Australia with more than 20 years’ sustainability experience who is passionate about focusing investor efforts on meaningful change. Before joining QIC as its General Manager ESG in 2023, Alison served as Head of Engagement at Regnan, where she oversaw the early implementation of system level engagement. Prior to this, Alison was the Head of Sustainability at Westpac overseeing the development of ESG strategy, frameworks, policy and disclosure.

Alison is currently a member of the Global Steering Committee for Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor-led engagement initiative on climate change.

Allan English is the founder of hospitality equipment company Silver Chef, based in Brisbane.

In 2010, the English Family Foundation was established through the donation of half of their family’s shareholding in Silver Chef. The Foundation supports ambitious social entrepreneurs who are passionate about tackling entrenched social issues.

His contribution to the philanthropic sector was recognised in 2020 when he was awarded an Order of Australia AM.

Alon is the managing partner of Mind Ventures, an impact venture fund seeded by the Black Dog Institute. Alon invests in all evidence based verticals across mental health to solve the biggest problems in mental health.

Prior to Mind Ventures, Alon spent over a decade in tech M&A and venture capital. He was previously a partner at Jelix Ventures where invested in and worked with 40+ portfolio companies. Prior to Jelix, he gained extensive global tech M&A experience working for Herzog and Arnold Bloch Leibler.

He's an active angel investor and holds degrees in Commerce and Law.

Amy is the Regional Hydrogen Technical Lead for Arup. Arup is a collective of designers, consultants and experts working across 140 countries dedicated to sustainable development. Amy is a chemical engineer with a PhD in chemistry with extensive experience within the renewable energy sector, specifically in hydrogen, bioenergy and Sustainable Aviation Fuels.

Andrew is the founder and CEO of AdvanCell, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical companydeveloping best-in-class treatments for cancer with a team of 50 across four countries. Prior to establishing AdvanCell in 2019, Andrew led investment activities for 19 years at Riverland Capital, a private equity investment firm, where, as a founder and director, he focused on investing in Asia.

Andrew is a director of CGI Glass Lewis, a corporate governance advisory firm with over 1,300 Investor clients globally. From 2004 to 2023, Andrew was a director and Chair of G2 Therapies, a spinout from the Garvan Institute. Andrew was also a director and shareholder of Yuan Chuan Radio (sold to Shanghai-listed Orient Securities) and ASX-listed Hostworks Group (sold to Broadcast Australia), amongst other listed and private companies.

Andrew began his career at Peregrine Investments in Hong Kong in 1997 and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, with majors in English and History.

Andrew resides in Sydney, Australia with his wife and three children.

Dr Andrew Barnes has a passion for education and a belief that technology can help create new opportunities for learning. Andrew is a co-founder at Go1 and was CEO from founding through to 2024. He enjoys exploring how organisations and individuals unlock new opportunities through learning. Andrew is a Rhodes Scholar, completing an MSc in Education at Oxford University before going on to complete his PhD at the University of Queensland.

Andrew Bird is the Managing Director of Foundstone Advisory – renowned for its groundbreaking Open Strategy approach in helping leaders navigate uncertainty and deliver impact.

Andrew works across healthcare, social services, human services and NFP sectors, enabling organisations to get unique insights to make better strategy decisions and grow new income streams.

Andrew has partnered with clients across Australia, Asia, United Kingdom and Europe and has over 20 years’ experience across business strategy, market insights, growth/investment and advocacy.

He has a Bachelor of Business and is accredited through various global business strategy design organisations including Stanford Business School and world-renowned global design thinking leaders IDEO.

Mr. Shute serves as Sr Vice President of Business Development with responsibility for EBR’s
investor engagement activities and leading the company’s OUS business. Mr. Shute has over
25 years of medical device experience and has led the successful commercialization of new
technologies and products working in the corporate, start-up, and distributor settings.

He brings a strong business, clinical training, and sales management background to the team,
including positions at St. Jude Medical, Endocardial Solutions, and Getz Brothers. Mr. Shute
received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wollongong, Australia. Mr. Shute
previously held the position of Chairman of the Cardiac Rhythm Management section of the
Association of British Healthtech Industries Ltd (ABHI).

Dr. Andy Kuper is an investor and entrepreneur whose Profit with Purpose philosophy has shaped diverse industries and countries. He founded LeapFrog Investments in 2007. Within a decade, Fortune ranked LeapFrog as one of the top 5 Companies to Change the World, alongside Apple and Novartis. In 2022 in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, Andy was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for “distinguished service to the impact investing industry, to global business leadership, and to financial inclusion”.

LeapFrog’s companies now serve 537 million people in Africa and Asia with healthcare, financial tools or climate solutions. Those companies also directly support 241,000 jobs and livelihoods.

Global investors, including many of the world’s leading financial institutions, have committed several billion dollars to the firm’s growth equity funds. With this backing, LeapFrog’s portfolio companies have grown on average 23% per year since investment. Several have been sold successfully to industry leaders including Prudential Plc, Swiss Re, AXA XL, Allianz, Standard Chartered and Fidelity.

Andy has been recognised by the Economist Group for demonstrating how “to change the way we invest as individuals, institutions and societies”. He has received global leadership awards from WEF, YPO, IIS, EY and other institutions. He has been a faculty member or visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, Harvard University and Columbia University.

Born and raised in South Africa, now an Australian, Andy holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has authored two books on globalisation and governance and is co-author of publications with diverse leaders and Nobel laureates.

Anoushka Gungadin is an experienced CEO, Board Director, and cross-border executive, with a career spanning across four continents.

Anoushka is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HeraMED, an ASX-listed femtech company focused on redefining maternity and pregnancy. She is a council member of Deakin University. She is the Australian lead for TiE Women, a global mentoring and investment platform for female entrepreneurs. She is a speaker and author on inclusive leadership and cultural intelligence.

Her previous experience includes founding CEO of the Australia India Chamber of Commerce set up to drive bilateral economic relationships. She headed up finance and clients accounts for Gide, the International French law firm for 10 years in Beijing. She has consulted and worked with brands including Mondelez, L’Oréal, Bank of Indonesia, Reliance, Rhipe-Crayon and more.

A trained economist, she holds an MBA and is a certified professional coach.

Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks is the founder and CEO of Ovum. With a Doctor of Medicine from Macquarie University and a specialised background in Reproductive Biology and Embryology from Monash University. Dr Heffernan-Marks previously worked at the prestigious Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, where she gained invaluable clinical experience and a deep understanding of patient care. She has now commenced her pHD with The George Institute for Global Health and the University of New South Wales, focusing on the role of AI in women’s health. Dr Heffernan-Marks’ will apply this experience, bringing a unique blend of medical expertise and technological innovation to the forefront of women's healthcare in Ovum A.I.

Dr Heffernan-Marks was awarded the ‘Deans Fellowship Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence’ for her achievements in Reproductive Biology from Monash University in 2016. She also received the Academic Excellence Award for her medical cohort issued by Macquarie University in 2022. In 2023, she was awarded the TOW Randwick Innovation Precinct People’s Choice Award in the Clinical Division. Most recently, she has been awarded the LIFTwomen Best Project Award. Ovum was awarded $20,000 through LIFTWomen to kickstart their crowdfunding journey, and recently won the ‘Enterprise, Big Data and AI’ category at the SXSW Pitch competition, with a ‘high commendation’ in the grand finale.

Dr Heffernan-Marks has also been a part of the UNSW 10x Health pre-accelerator and SpringBoard enterprises Evolve program, which exclusively chose Ovum to participate in their exclusive cohorts.

Ben is a Senior Managing Director in Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM's) Solutions Group. He has been responsible for leading the efforts to create investment products that provide an intentional, measurable, positive social impact while delivering financial returns to investors.

Ben has led the launch of MAM's specialist disability accommodation (SDA) platform in Australia and Green Climate Fund initiatives globally. He has established one of the largest portfolios of purpose-built accommodation for people with disabilities in Australia and is deploying concessional capital to create an electric vehicle solutions platform in India.

During his tenure with Macquarie, Ben has been involved in a broad range of transactions, including structured capital market transactions, principal acquisitions, and retail structured products, the development of fund and lending products for high-net-worth and hedge fund clients, and the development of the firm's ship finance and export credit capabilities.

Prior to joining Macquarie, he worked for four years in the tax and audit divisions of PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG.

Ben holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Newcastle

Ben joined Macquarie in 2001 and is based in Sydney

Ben is a recognised leader in the for purpose sector, having worked in operational, management, executive and board roles in his 20 year career.

Ben is the Group Impact Adviser for the Phillips Group, a single family office established by Liz and Anth Phillips in 2017 with the broad goal of increasing access to education and empowering young people to achieve their full potential. In this capacity, Ben advises the Phillips family on philanthropic and mission related investments.

Ben graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from University of Melbourne in 2002 and was the recipient of the Churchill Fellowship in 2007 to investigate innovative cultural philanthropy in the USA, UK and Canada. In 2019 he graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Company Directors Course.

Ben is Head of Impact Investing at Paul Ramsay Foundation. Alongside his role at PRF, he holds the position of Adjunct Associate Professor and Impact Investor in Residence at the Centre for Social Impact, Flinders University.

Prior to joining PRF, Ben was Head of Social and Impact Investment at Esmée Fairbairn Foundation – the UK’s largest impact investing foundation. Ben previously established UnLtd’s – the UK’s largest early-stage social enterprise supporter – impact investment department and first funds. Other notable activities in the space include co-authoring the CFA UK’s Impact and Investing Certificate, founding and chairing Australia’s Foundations Group for Impact Investing, co-Chairing the UK’s Social Impact Investors Group and lecturing on Social Finance at Cranfield University and University of Westminster.

Ben Thornley is Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Tideline, where he leads the firm's client-facing strategic and impact management advisory practice. Since Tideline's inception in 2014, Ben has advised over 120 institutional asset owners and managers globally on the launch of new products and platforms that comprehensively integrate impact and sustainability into each stage of the investment process, from sourcing and screening, through to value creation and reporting. These investors have deployed over US$200 billion of impact capital.

Prior to Tideline, Ben directed the pioneering research and consulting practice at Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), evaluating the social and economic impact of targeted investments totalling over a billion dollars for clients including the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). Ben also created the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative at PCV, a network of researchers, investors and policymakers from over 30 countries, including Australia, leading to a White House invitation to make the first expert presentation to the Social Impact Investment Taskforce, convened under the UK's G8 Presidency in 2013. Ben cultivated numerous research and convening partnerships at PCV, including with Harvard University, Duke University, the World Economic Forum, and the UK Cabinet Office.

Ben started his career as a financial journalist, working as the New York correspondent and Managing Editor for several publications covering Australia's superannuation industry. He later moved into government, directing Australia's efforts to promote trade and investment in financial services out of the New York Consulate-General.

Ben holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked as a teaching assistant in political economy to the former US Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich. He also holds a Bachelor of Communications from University of Technology, Sydney. Ben is the co-author of The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism (Jossey-Bass, 2015), and sits on the Mission Alignment Committee of Azolla Ventures, an early-stage investor in climate tech. Ben was born in New Zealand, raised in Australia, and now resides in Portland, Oregon.

Ben is an agent for change. He has worked with leading clinicians, academic researchers, and emerging entrepreneurs to educate them on what it takes to commercialise innovation, and nurture entrepreneurial traits in a holistic approach to research translation.

Ben is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mimetic, a venture studio that collaborates with clinical innovators to co-found and operate medical device companies. Mimetic's mandate is to facilitate the translation of intellectual property from medical research to clinical adoption. He is the Managing Director of Ballistic Ventures, a venture and commercialisation advisory firm, the Industry Innovation Lead for Western Sydney University, and sits on panels for the NSW Medical Devices Fund and the NSW Physical Sciences Fund.

He was previously the Entrepreneur in Residence for the UNSW Founders Health 10x accelerator and contracts to various organisations including NSW Health, to translate medical research into bedside impact through commercialisation.

Prior to Mimetic, Ben managed a corporate venture capital vehicle for listed Australian medtech Nanosonics and was the Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Investment Strategy at deep technology incubator Cicada Innovations, where he ran the NSW Medical Devices Commercialisation Training Program for the NSW Office for Health and Medical Research.

Ben holds a BSc. Biological Sciences (WSU), a Grad. Dip. Biomedical Engineering (UNSW), has attended numerous executive courses including Venture Capital (UC Berkeley), Mergers and Acquisitions (Stanford University) and is a graduate of the Company Directors Course (Australian Institute of Company Directors).

Birribi is Head of International Partnerships and Development at Export Finance Australia in their Institutional team. He is a project and infrastructure finance specialist with over 20 years of experience including at Westpac, SMBC and Macquarie Bank.

More recently he has been focused on transactions with a strategic focus for EFA and the Australian Government, including under the Government's National Interest Account.

A founding partner at Virescent Ventures, Blair has been investing in climate technology for the past fifteen years. Prior to joining Virescent, Blair was part of the climate tech innovation team at Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Prior to that, he led a team at Macquarie Group making principal investments in early stage clean-tech and environmental companies, and then spent three years working in and raising capital for early-stage climate tech start-ups. Blair has degrees in law and economics. He is a board member of a number of prominent Australian climate tech companies including Zoomo, Relectrify, and Hysata.

Carly is the Impact Specialist in the Sustainability & Impact team for global fund manager New Forests, supporting the development and continual improvement of New Forests' group-wide strategies, policies, programs and disclosures related to environment, social and governance (ESG) and impact.

Carly's career has been defined by working to influence positive social and environmental impacts. She was previously the Impact Investment Forum Program Manager for the Responsible Investment Association Australasia where she drove capacity-building around impact management; a non-Executive Director of B Lab Australia & New Zealand; and before that was the inaugural Director of Engagement and Communications at Impact Investing Australia. Prior to these roles she worked for the Australian Conservation Foundation and for Oxfam on campaigns spanning climate change, environmental sustainability, Indigenous rights, and social justice.

Caroline is purpose-focused and a passionate advocate for the Boundless vision. Starting her career in private legal practice, she comes to Boundless after six years at Impact Investment Group (a pioneer of Australia’s impact investment sector) as Chief of Staff, leading complex capital transactions, and one of the founding team of Australia’s first 100% impact Venture Capital fund, Giant Leap.

Caroline is on the advisory board of Tripple, a private investment company using capital as a force for good, and is a director of the Australian Communities Foundation. She was part of the teaching faculty for the 2022 Mastery of Business and Empathy through Small Giants (a family office and Australia’s first B Corporation). She has spent over a decade working with wealth owners on purpose- driven investing, including as a co-founder of Australia’s first next-gen purpose network (New Generation of Giving). Caroline is a graduate of the Sydney Leadership program and an alum of the Australia Vietnam Youth Leadership Dialogue. She holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Cathryn is NAB’s Group Executive, Corporate and Institutional Banking. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Cathryn has extensive, global experience in capital markets, corporate finance, wealth, and institutional banking.

A purpose-driven leader, Cathryn is passionate about client advocacy and is a spokesperson on critical issues including climate transition, affordable and social housing, indigenous business, and women in leadership. She’s also the executive sponsor of NAB’s Affordable Housing Council.

Cathryn is the Chair of the Board of JBWere, a Board member of the European Australian Business Council (EABC) and a member of Chief Executive Women.

Charlie Williams is the Managing Director of HB Biotechnology, with over 10 years investment experience managing portfolios of both domestic and international Healthcare and Life Sciences companies. Charlie has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.

Prior to founding HB Biotechnology, Charlie was an investment manager for CVC Limited, an ASX-listed diversified investment company, where he was responsible for research, stock selection, and active management for a Healthcare / Life Sciences portfolio that exhibited superior returns.

Charlotte Siddle is the CEO of the Siddle Family Office and an Executive Director of the Siddle Family Foundation (SFF). Charlotte is passionate about making a meaningful, lasting impact on Australian communities in both her professional roles and personal life. Beyond her current role, Charlotte works with for-purpose organisations and their leaders to support the growth and development of the sector, and with organisations that support young people to align their investment activity with their values. Prior to the Siddle Family Office, Charlotte held various roles at the Paul Ramsay Foundation from 2015 – 2021.

Chris has over 15 years’ experience as an investor and operator in climate impact, private equity and venture capital.

He has been at the forefront of corporate venture investing into climate solutions. He was a Lead in the team which pioneered the Boston Consulting Group’s Green Ventures division having co-founded the firm’s first climate-impact venture with the World Wildlife Fund (food traceability platform OpenSC).

With BSG, Chris also helped lead a global agribusiness investment into a corporate GHG measurement platform (Terrascope), supported the development of Singapore’s voluntary carbon credit marketplace (Climate Impact Exchange) and launched a sustainable agri-tech platform for smallholder farmers (Jiva).

Chris previously served in an investment, strategy and impact role at private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners and as speech writer/policy advisor to the former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney.

Dr Toouli is the CEO & Managing Director of FivepHusion, a private biotech company developing optimised cancer therapeutics to improve treatment outcomes and quality of life for adult and paediatric patients.

Dr Toouli is a motivated and resourceful biotechnology executive, dedicated to the development and commercialisation of breakthrough medicines for patients and to creating value for shareholders. He has > 25 years' experience in cancer research, drug development and commercialisation. Dr Toouli was the co-founder and Executive Director of Bio-Link Australia, a biotech strategic advisory and business development company, and co-founder of Tessara Therapeutics and Imunexus, biotech companies developing cutting-edge therapeutics platform technologies. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Schering-Plough Biopharma / DNAX Research Institute in Silicon Valley, California. He holds a PhD from the University of Sydney and was awarded a Certificate in Biotechnology Management with Honours from the University of California, Santa Cruz Extension, and First-Class Honours in Biotechnology from Flinders University of South Australia. Dr Toouli is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Christina Hobbs is the Founder and former CEO of women’s focused super fund Verve Super, she is also the General Manger of Impact and Advocacy at Future Group (the ethical parent company of Future Super, Verve Super and other super brands managing over $15b in FUM). Christina sits on the Future Group Carbon advisory board where she provides advisory services to support Future Group to transition its portfolios in line with a real Paris aligned net zero by 2050 target. Prior to working in superannuation, Christina spent more than a decade working for the United Nations as a humanitarian and financial inclusion expert.

Christina Leijonhufvud is a well-respected leader in the impact investing field, with a track record of senior management roles on Wall Street, where she pioneered a first-of-its-kind social finance investment banking business and co-authored seminal research that helped place impact investing on the map for institutional investors.

In January 2020, Christina became CEO of Tideline's new verification business, BlueMark, with responsibility for leading all aspects of the business strategy, new product development, and external relations. Christina supervises the BlueMark team and has directly led over 20 verification assignments across an array of investor types and asset classes. As a co-founder of Tideline, she also oversees the firm's strategy and operations and has led many of the firm's consulting engagements with leading foundations, some of the world's largest financial intermediaries, and select ultra-high-net-worth family offices and non-profits.

Prior to Tideline, Christina was Managing Director at J.P. Morgan where she worked for over 15 years, leading a ratings business and several risk management groups, including for the credit portfolio and emerging markets trading businesses. She also created an innovative methodology for measuring and managing country risk and advised numerous sovereign governments on their public credit ratings. In 2007, Christina created and launched J.P. Morgan's Social Finance business, a novel investment banking unit that published seminal research on impact investing, made proprietary investments in impact funds, and structured and distributed innovative impact products to clients, such as the Global Health Investment Fund, a $100+ million impact investment fund backed by the Gates Foundation. During her time at J.P. Morgan, Christina grew the Social Finance team to eight full-time employees and also managed an internal volunteer corps of more than 2,000 engaged employees.

Christina currently sits on the CASE i3 and BRAC USA Advisory Boards and has served on several other non-profit boards. She consulted for Ashoka during 2006-07, which solidified her determination to leverage mainstream finance for positive social impact. She earned a MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, a MA in International Affairs from George Washington University, and a BA in Sociology from University of California, Los Angeles.

Claudia has over 15 years of experience as a business and investment professional with extensive experience in stock research. Prior to joining NorthStar Impact, she was a Senior Investment Analyst with Morphic Asset Management, a global ethical investor. Prior to that she worked in Research Sales for Morgan Stanley.
Claudia has a Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (Accounting, Finance, Mandarin) from University of Technology, Sydney.

Craig Betts is an experienced financial markets executive with over 30 years of experience working for global banks including Bankers Trust, ABN Amro, RBS and most recently 10 years at Westpac where he was the global head of foreign exchange derivatives.

He is experienced at managing risk in derivates portfolios and servicing institutional client needs. Craig has managed teams of people in various global financial centres and has been a strong supporter in developing talent as a coach and mentor. He also has experience working on steering committees with oversight of the delivery of complex IT systems and responsibility across numerous banking regulatory and oversight committees.

Craig was a Board Member of Bronte Surf Life saving club whilst in the capacity as head of the Junior Life Saving program for 800 children. He is currently the CIO of the Snow Foundation responsible for managing the investment portfolio and has been a Director of the Snow Foundation since 2006. He was born in Sydney where he and Georgina have four daughters.

Dania Zinurova, GAICD, is head of infrastructure funds management at Dexus and fund manager of Dexus Diversified Infrastructure Fund. Dania has held senior investment roles in Australia, the US, Europe and the UK throughout her 25-year career at Russell Investments, WTW and Wilson Asset Management. Dania's mission statement both professionally and personally is to drive positive change. In her career, Dania has been focusing on private markets investing and how we as investors can create a long lasting positive impact in our society. In her personal life, Dania has lived experience as a neurodivergent individual and as a parent to a neurodivergent child, which drives her actions towards creating an inclusive society for people with disabilities. Dania holds directorships roles on Giant Steps Australia Board and Giant Steps Endowment Fund Board, Chairman role at Reframing Autism and she is a member of the Investment Committee at Salaam Super Fund.

David Barton is Principal Investment Specialist at the Asian Development Bank working on ADB’s private sector blended finance activities. He has a background in fundraising, transaction structuring, asset management and trust fund management. David has worked on ADB’s climate and third party financing initiatives for the past fifteen years.

His specialization is in clean energy infrastructure, sustainable transport, climate adaptation and nature-based solutions in Asia and the Pacific.

He holds a PhD in Engineering from the Australian National University and a BE and BSc from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

David Hetherington is CEO of Impact Investing Australia and Chair of the Public Education Foundation and progressive think tank Per Capita. David has written on a wide range of economic and social policy issues. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Economist, The Sydney Morning Herald, AFR and The Australian, and he was a regular commentator on ABC TV’s The Drum.

In 2022, he was named in Pro Bono’s Impact 25 list as one of Australia’s 25 most influential non-profit leaders.

David is Queensland Treasurer, Minister for Energy and the Minister for Home Ownership.

Elected as the Member for Toowoomba South in 2016, David brings diverse experience to the Queensland Parliament.

Born and raised on the land near Acland, he holds economics and law (honours) degrees from the University of Queensland.

He worked for Corrs Chambers Westgarth in Brisbane and the Manpower Group in London while his wife Mel sang with opera companies in Europe.

Returning to Toowoomba in 2007, he spent a decade in senior leadership positions at Heritage Bank, including General Counsel.

In 2015 he was recognised as one of Australia’s leading in-house banking and finance lawyers by the Doyle’s Guide.

He was a founding director of Vanguard Laundry, a large-scale social enterprise, served on the Board of Opera Queensland, lectured at the University of Southern Queensland and chaired the Southern Downs Regional Council Audit and Risk Committee.

Blessed with three precious children, David loves playing the piano and is an avid cricket fan.

Dr. Nayagam brings over two decades of experience in biomedical research and development—including pioneering work on the Bionic Eye. At E&P, he leverages his deep industry knowledge to guide investment decisions in breakthrough medical technologies, ensuring that promising innovations receive the capital and strategic support they need to scale and succeed.

A visionary entrepreneur and leader in the green logistics industry, Dennis O. Ng is the Founder
and CEO of Mober, the Philippines' first and leading 100% electric vehicle (EV) logistics
Company.

With a strong background in supply chain, sustainability, and technology-driven
logistics, Dennis has successfully transitioned Mober from an ondemand delivery platform to a
pioneering EV logistics provider serving major clients such as IKEA, Nestlé, Maersk, and
Monde Nissin.

His commitment to sustainable logistics and netzero emissions has positioned
Mober as a trailblazer in the industry.

Dom van den Berg is CEO of Energy Networks Australia (ENA). She brings to the role an international career spanning more than twenty years in the energy sector – from leading BG Group’s operations in South and East Asia, to Shell’s energy transition team in Australia to AGL’s decentralised energy team.

Dom grew up in South Africa and after living and working in the UK, Kazakhstan and Singapore now considers Australia home. Dom and her partner Michele have two young children and live on the Mornington Peninsula.

Australia’s energy transition is well underway, and Energy Networks Australia will continue to be at the centre of this change. The environment is set for Australia to take a leadership position in network innovation, and together with the ENA team, Dom looks forward to leading the change with ENA's members

Dr. Anna Young-Ferris is an executive leader with 20+ years of experience across corporate, consulting, and academia in strategy and risk management, with expertise in responsible investment, ESG integration, climate risk, carbon and sustainability accounting, and Indigenous inclusion.

A trusted advisor to Boards, executives, and investors, Anna drives integrated ESG strategy and impact to create financial value. As Head of ESG at an ASX-listed real estate investment firm, she led the firm’s sustainability strategy uplift and initiated an impact investment fund. Anna is also an independent consultant and, previously, spent a decade building EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability advisory and assurance practice in Sydney.

Advocating for triple bottom line accounting since her Economics Honours in 2001, Anna foresaw today’s impact investment movement. She holds a doctorate in responsible investment and ESG integration and is currently completing the GAICD course.

A UN award recipient, published author, and international speaker, Anna led the integration of sustainability into the University of Sydney Business School’s strategy and founded the Responsible Business Mindset (BUSS5220) unit, which continues to reach 2,000+ Master of Commerce students per semester. She also created the Indigenous Leadership in Business video series, amplifying diverse voices in leadership and impact.

Bianca embarked on a career change in 2003 and joined Platinum as an investment analyst. Her rich knowledge base in molecular biology and first-hand insights into the pharmaceutical and biotech industry give her a unique ability to delve deeply into the fundamentals of healthcare companies and identify those with a solid foundation in scientific research.

Bianca has been the portfolio manager of the Platinum International Health Sciences Fund since 2007 and leads the healthcare sector team. Prior to joining Platinum, Bianca worked at Swiss pharmaceuticals company, Novartis, researching new HIV drugs. Bianca went on to complete a PhD at UCL, investigating Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. She then joined Johnson & Johnson in Australia as a molecular biologist, researching new drug targets in oncology.

Dr Cade has over 20 years’ experience as an industry physician spanning the fields of novel biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Prior to joining Telix, David held senior executive roles at Cochlear Ltd, where he served as Chief Medical Officer, and at Sirtex Medical Ltd, where he served as Chief Medical Officer and in other senior roles across the US, Europe and Australia, gaining deep experience in the oncology, interventional radiology and nuclear medicine therapeutic areas.

Dr. Geetha Murali is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Room to Read, a leading international education organization that believes World Change Starts with Educated Children.® Room to Read transforms the lives of millions of children through education, creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. As CEO, Geetha has been a driving force behind the exponential scale of Room to Read's quality programs achieving presence in 24 countries and benefiting more than 45 million children to date.

Geetha joined Room to Read in 2009 and has more than 25 years of diverse experience across the corporate and non-profit sectors. She has worked with large pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline and Chiron as well as on an array of educational technology programs like the Digital Equalizer Program (American India Foundation) and Adobe Youth Voices (Adobe Systems Incorporated).

Geetha's compelling personal history as the daughter of a potential child bride coupled with her corporate experience, academic background in the quantitative and social sciences, and community-based work give her a unique perspective on the socio-economic landscapes in which Room to Read operates, as well as the quantitative rigor and business acumen needed to lead this transformative movement.

Geetha oversees the resourcing of approximately 60 Room to Read offices and their implementation of high-quality literacy and gender equality programs, in partnership with various levels of government, through public school systems and community organizations. Geetha is also responsible for a worldwide staff of 1,600 employees, and a global network of boards, investors and volunteer chapters.

Geetha's commitment to ensuring measurable and scalable impact through robust technical design and operational excellence has been recognized by former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama, with both the first lady's girls' education initiatives, Let Girls Learn and Girls Opportunity Alliance, promoting Room to Read's gender equality program as a role model for the sector. Geetha's efforts to scale literacy instruction, school library and private book publishing programs have also resulted in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation naming Room to Read as a Goalkeepers Accelerator in education. Geetha writes extensively and is regularly invited to speak on global stages about social justice, large-scale implementation of quality education programs and leadership.

She has been featured in international media outlets such as BBC, Bloomberg, ABC, CNBC and Times of India to comment on the state of literacy and gender equality around the world. During her career she has revolutionized the sphere of public-private partnerships as a thought leader in international fundraising, marketing, public relations and communications for the social sector.

Geetha is a member of the Young President's Organization (YPO), has been recognized by WIRED as a leader who will shape the next 25 years and has been named as a CNBC Changemaker to their inaugural list of women transforming business. She serves on the board of directors for the Global Press Institute and is a Founding Circle member and Social Impact Advisor for Neythri, a global community of South Asian professional women. Geetha received her master's degree in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her master's and doctorate degrees in South Asian politics from the University of California, Berkeley.

James is an accomplished executive psychologist with over 20 years of experience driving transformational change in both private and public sectors. His expertise in Organisational Psychology and Change Management, combined with his experience as a business founder and senior executive, equips him with valuable insights for any Engagement.

James's deep understanding of performance psychology enables him to deliver measurable and sustainable outcomes for executives across diverse industries, from tech startups to large multinational corporations. Renowned for his ability to collaborate closely with leaders, James implements interventions that yield tangible business results.

Passionate about workplace wellbeing, James excels at identifying innovative yet pragmatic solutions to complex business challenges, always grounded in evidence-based practices. His unwavering commitment to excellence and strategic approach to executive coaching make him a highly sought-after partner for leaders aiming to elevate their performance and drive organisational success.

Dr Richard Lipscombe is the Managing Director of Proteomics International Laboratories Ltd, a pioneer in precision diagnostics.

Richard has 30 years experience in the biotechnology sector, and a background in research, development and product commercialisation.

Richard completed his chemistry degree at Oxford University and a Doctorate in Immunology at London University, and was the co-founder of Western Australian based, Proteomics International in 2001.

Dr. Hoare is the CEO of Epiminder, a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of an implantable sub-scalp Continuous Electroencephalogram (EEG) Monitoring device for epilepsy. He has extensive experience in the neuromodulation industry, including spinal cord, deep brain, vagus nerve, occipital and esophageal stimulation.

Previous positions include President & CEO EndoStim, President, Neuromodulation at LivaNova (formed by the merger of Cyberonics and Sorin Group) and Chief Operating Officer at Cyberonics. Prior to this he held numerous leadership positions at St Jude Medical culminating in President, Neuromodulation Division.

Early in his career Rohan was a consultant with McKinsey & Co., a premiere management consulting firm. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University where he was a Fulbright Scholar and a B.Sc.(Hons) from Monash University.

Edward Slade is the Founder of Schoolhouse Solutions, a corporate finance and strategy firm for the Education sector. He has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and the education sector, completing over A$30 billion of transactions worldwide. He has worked with clients across the Education sector including companies in K-12, Tertiary, Education Property, Tutoring and EdTech.

A foundational member of For Purpose Investment Partners (FPIP), Ellen Jones has responsibilities in deal negotiation, due diligence and execution. Ellen was instrumental in establishing investor and impact reporting for FPIP and as Investment Director she leads work with our portfolio companies across strategy, special projects and management. Ellen’s previous experience was gained in professional services, including as a manager with PwC.

Ellen is the Treasurer of Fusion Theatre in Dandenong, an inclusive theatre company which is a public presence and voice for people with disabilities.

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Emily is an executive director and member of the fifth generation at Alberts, an Australian family business that has backed pioneers since 1885 to create a vibrant and sustainable future for all. Alberts’s diverse activities include impact investing, philanthropy, advocacy, and collaboration.

As Head of Impact, Emily drives the implementation of our impact framework, focused on equality, mental health, sustainability, and vibrant culture, ensuring that achieving a positive impact is at the heart of everything we do. A core part of this is backing pioneering, early-stage startups working to solve some of the world’s most critical issues, through Alberts Impact Ventures.

Emily also leads Alberts | The Tony Foundation’s Music Education: Right from the Start. This national collaborative initiative advocates for systemic change so that all Australian primary school children can access the transformative benefits of a quality, sequential, and ongoing music education.

A Social Impact and Sustainability Strategist, Emily has worked with not-for-profits, corporates, and governments in Australia and the UK to enhance their social impact. She is a board director at Alberts, an investment committee member for The Tony Foundation, and director of Australia’s first impact investing network, The Impact Club. Emily holds an INSEAD MBA.

With a distinguished 20-year career at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Estelle Parker brings crucial expertise in government relations, policy-making, and themes important to responsible investors, including human rights and the SDGs. As a leader driving RIAA’s research, certification, policy, standards, and working group programs, her leadership has elevated these initiatives to achieve heightened levels of professionalism, impact, and value delivery for our members, aligning seamlessly with RIAA’s strategic objectives.

Beyond her organisational impact, Estelle is a respected figure in the responsible investment landscape, serving as a strong advocate on influential global and government committees, including the Principles for Responsible Investment’s Global Policy Reference Group, the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance and the Australian Government’s Natural Capital Working Group. Additionally, she serves as the Convenor of the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures official Consultation Group for Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Steering Committee for the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute. She is also a member of the Council of the Australian Institute for International Affairs (Victoria).

Eytan Lenko is the CEO of Boundless Earth, a non-profit backed by Mike Cannon-Brookes, with the mission of ensuring that Australia is on-track to becoming a renewable energy superpower by 2030.

Boundless levers Philanthropy, Investment and Advocacy to accelerate progress on a strategic topic at a time. Boundless has already pushed forward on Electric Vehicles, Home Electrification and Climate Jobs.

Eytan has an entrepreneurial tech and software engineering background. Eytan co-founded Outware Mobile and grew it to become the recognised Australian leader in mobile software development when it was acquired in 2017.

Eytan is currently Deputy-Chair of the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network and Chair of the Jewish Climate Network.

Eytan is also a direct investor and advisor to a number of ambitious cleantech companies.

Gillian joined JBWere in May 2019 and is Head of Alternative Investments and Responsible Investing (RI), in addition to being an Executive Director of the firm. As Head of Alternatives, Gillian leads the Alternatives strategy, investing selection and execution across Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Assets including Infrastructure and Property and Uncorrelated Assets.  Gillian also leads the further expansion of JBWere’s approach to Responsible Investing spanning ESG, ethical/impact investing, and stewardship of capital.

Prior to joining JBWere, Gillian held senior multi-asset global investment and structuring roles on trading floors, working across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, within Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) and Bank of Montreal (BMO) Capital Markets.  Gillian was also the global structuring sustainability lead for capital markets in both SCB and BMO. Gillian’s roles have included leading sales and structuring for SCB’s Alternative Asset Group (AUM +USD 2b) in London, in addition to leading and designing multi-asset investment solutions across Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Alternatives, Credit, Commodities and Responsible Investments (RI) for Institutional, Private Bank and High Net Worth clients.

Hanna Ebeling is CEO at Sefa, working with social purpose organisations on capital solutions and capability uplift to suit their needs, helping these organisations build organisational sustainability and access finance from a range of impact investors. From traditional banking with HSBC to venture philanthropy in the Philippines, Hanna brings a global practice lens to Sefa. As a member of government and sector reference groups contributes to improving for-purpose collaboration between government, philanthropy and the private sector.

Ms Birdsey is the Chief Executive Officer of Investing in Women (IW), an initiative of the Australian Government.

As IW’s CEO, she leads the initiative's efforts to promote women's economic equality in Southeast Asia. Ms Birdsey brings over 20 years of experience working in international development, as well as skills in diplomacy, leadership, international relations and public policy.

Prior to her appointment as CEO of Investing in Women, Ms Birdsey was a senior executive at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, leading multiple teams responsible for development policy and programming across diverse areas, including governance, sustainable development, and humanitarian response, as well as DFAT’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She served as Australia’s Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian High Commission Malaysia, and was posted in Jakarta, Indonesia and in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Ms Birdsey holds a Masters in International Relations from the University of Sydney, and a Graduate Diploma in Economics from the University of New England.

Hannah oversees Wentworth’s capital across its real estate private equity portfolio, focusing on capital raising, investment strategies, and capital allocation. With a background in M&A, capital markets, and real estate private equity investing, she is dedicated to creating lasting value in the environments where Wentworth invests. She leverages Wentworth’s expertise to drive meaningful change through innovative investment solutions that benefit communities.

Before joining Wentworth, Hannah worked in M&A and deal teams at KPMG, Cromwell Property Group and McGrathNicol, specialising in corporate real estate transactions. She is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales.

Hashan is the Founder and Managing Partner of KP Rx, a healthcare VC firm focused on biotech and medtech companies at the inflection point of value creation. Previously, Hashan was the Head of Healthcare at Karst Peak Capital leading the firm's investments in healthcare.

Prior to Karst Peak Capital, Hashan was the Lead Healthcare Analyst at CLSA Australia and the Associate Healthcare Analyst at Macquarie Bank, covering ASX-listed healthcare companies. Preceding his entry into finance, he gained industry experience while working at Eli Lilly.

He was also a Lieutenant in the Australian Army Reserves, serving from 2006 to 2014. Hashan holds a Bachelors degree in Medicine, a Masters degree in Finance from UNSW and is a CFA Charterholder.

Helen Wong is a Managing Partner at AC Ventures (ACV), an early-stage, Indonesia-focused venture capital fund. ACV manages five funds with an AUM of over US$500M and a portfolio of more than 100 startups. The firm has led investments into industry leaders, such as Xendit and Carsome which have reached billion dollar valuations.

Forbes ranked Helen among the Top “50 over 50” in Asia Pacific in 2024. She was also ranked among “Top 25 female Venture Capitalists” and “Top 100 investors”. Helen has 25 years of venture capital experience. Prior to joining AC Ventures, she started her VC career as part of the founding team at GGV Capital, and served as a Partner at Qiming Ventures.

Helen has a proven investment track record, having had 10 exits (7 IPOs and 3 M&As) among her portfolio companies. Some of her exits include Tudou and QuantaSing, which listed on NASDAQ, and Mobike (acquired by Meituan). She also led the investment in Akulaku, an Indonesia-based fintech company that has reached unicorn status.

She currently leads Climate & Sustainability investing at AC Ventures, and serves on the boards of startups in energy efficiency, waste management, sustainable agriculture, and mobility.

Helen graduated with a B.A. degree from Oxford University and a M.B.A. from INSEAD. She also has an E.M.B.A. degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in China. She is a Kauffman Fellow, and also participated in the China European International Business School (“CEIBS”) venture capital program.

For the past two and a half years, Iain has been a Director of Investments at Conscious Investment Management (CIM). CIM is a dedicated impact investment fund manager with a vision to invest to create a fairer, more sustainable world, where people and the planet thrive. CIM has around $400M funds under management and deployed into impact investments, with the backing of approximately 800 investors.
Iain's specific role at CIM is the origination, execution and ongoing asset management of our investments with a specific focus across social & affordable housing, disability housing and sustainability related investments including natural capital investments. His primary focus over the past 18 month has been in relation to originating opportunities and partnerships with Community Housing Provider charities to support the build out of social and affordable housing through the Federal Governments Housing Australia Future Fund.
Prior to joining CIM, Iain worked for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) in the CEFC’s Infrastructure and Alternatives investment team where he focused on encouraging energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions in the build environment, including in social and affordable housing.

Ingrid is executive director and member of the fifth generation at Alberts, an Australian family business that has backed pioneers since 1885 and has a mission to create a vibrant and sustainable future for all.

Alberts is involved in a diverse range of activities including impact investing, philanthropy, advocacy and collaboration. Ingrid leads Alberts' philanthropic arm, The Tony Foundation, which partners with pioneers harnessing the transformative power of music to improve life outcomes of young Australians. The Foundation embraces a responsible investment approach across its corpus through multiple strategies, including positive and negative screens, stewardship, impact investing, and catalytic investing. Ingrid is also involved with Alberts Impact Ventures, investing in early-stage start-ups addressing equality, healthy minds, sustainable environment, and vibrant culture – four impact themes incorporated across Alberts' operations.

Prior to Alberts, she built her strategy and marketing career working locally and internationally in Switzerland and Dubai for FMCG company CPW (a joint venture between Nestle and General Mills). An Alberts board director and Foundation investment committee member, Ingrid is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and a committee member of Philanthropy Australia's Foundations Group for Impact Investing.

Izzy Jensen is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Kakariki Capital and the CEO of the Transition Accelerator, leading a mission to decarbonise the planet by bridging investment capital with environmental solutions.

A recognised leader in her field, Izzy has received numerous accolades for her contributions to finance and climate initiatives. She was the winner of the Women’s Agenda Emerging Leader in the Private Sector Award (2024), Women in Finance Thought Leader of the Year (2024), and Women in Finance Entrepreneur of the Year (2023). She was also listed in Fin-Erth’s Women in Climate Awards 2024, recognised among 101 leading women driving climate solutions globally.

With over a decade of experience, Izzy is a renowned expert in carbon markets. She spent seven years at Morrison & Co, a leading global alternative asset manager with more than $25 billion in funds under management. During her tenure, she played a pivotal role in establishing a $100 million carbon development platform in Australia and was responsible for research and origination in carbon and environmental markets, including advising on M&A opportunities.

Izzy’s commitment to community engagement is reflected in her role as Treasurer on the Board of the Montessori East Foundation. She also holds a non-executive director position at Verity Nature, a leading carbon developer with projects in Australia and East Africa.
Her strategic vision and dedication to sustainability make her a driving force in the global movement where environmental sustainability and economic prosperity co-exist.

Jay has spent his career building better commercial networks to access quality food from local producers in America and Australia. He has held leadership roles in digital, food and investment finance industries in New York, previously running corporate strategy at MaxDelivery, a New York-based online grocery specialising in speedy eco-friendly delivery of local, gourmet and grocery products.

His experience also spans 12 years covering consumer and technology sectors on the buy side, serving as Head of Research for Skellig Capital LLC, Goldman Sachs-backed global macro fund, and led research at Callisto Capital LLC, a technology, media, and telecommunications specialist investment firm. Jay is a graduate of Columbia University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Jay leads the Company by setting the overall strategic vision for the business. This includes oversight of all major business decisions, forging strategic partnerships, and ensuring a high level of execution.

Jan Owen AM Hon DLitt is an entrepreneur, founder and leader in a range of national and global organisations and alliances to achieve purposeful, courageous and imaginative social change.

As a thought leader, keynote speaker and author in education and modern work, social innovation, health and wellbeing, Jan is a liberating force for change, unlocking new thinking and connections between people, disciplines, sectors and domains.

Jan is the Founder & Principal of AdaptabilityQ which provides strategy, systems change and leadership support to CEO’s across a diverse range of clients in Australia and globally.

Jan is Co-Chair/Founder of Learning Creates Australia whose mission is to support the reimagining of secondary school education; Co-Convenor, Foyer Foundation’s FoyerInvest Consortium to address youth homelessness, education and employment for young people; Chair, Cool.org Australia’s first edtech platform creating comprehensive teaching resources for educators here and globally on sustainability, equity, and social justice issues; Director Innovation Unit ANZ, Save the Children Impact Fund and Global Village Schools.

With her husband, David James, Jan is co-Founder of Be Well Health and Longevity.

Jason Kimberley is an adventurer, photographer, author, and the founder of Cool, an education organisation dedicated to inspiring students to learn for life. He is passionate about giving all children the opportunity to thrive at school and equip them with the skills of critical thinking, problem finding, and solving.

Jason understands the power of education and how it can be used to create positive change in students’ lives. Cool continues to create educational materials that teachers use to inspire students and engage them in meaningful real world learning experiences. Cool provides students with the opportunity to develop a clear purpose, a growth mindset, greater responsibility, resilience, and entrepreneurship.

Jayne is currently Director, Private Partnerships and Impact at Creative Australia. In this role, she is responsible for developing models of public/private investment for arts and culture, including the creation of Australia's first impact investment fund for the creative industries. Jayne also oversees the Australian Cultural Fund which last year raised and distributed over $11 million in philanthropic support to Australian artists and arts organisations.

Jayne began her career in the arts as a classical musician, after which she relocated to Paris to take up the role of Head of Development at Arts d’Australie (Paris). Since then, she has taken on leadership roles at Melbourne Fringe (CEO & Creative Director), Malthouse Theatre Company (Development Manager), Melbourne Theatre Company (Director of Development), and Creative Partnerships Australia (Executive Director, Research & Engagement).

With a Bachelor in Music and Arts and an MA in Arts Management, Jayne is also a graduate of Parsons School of Design (Paris) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Jayne has recently relocated to Brisbane to contribute to the next stage of Australia’s arts and cultural evolution from the sunshine state.

Jeremy Steele is CEO and Managing Director of Control Bionics. Control Bionics is a medical device company assisting patients whose ability to communicate verbally or via text and social media is compromised by illnesses such as Motor Neurone Disease (MND)/ Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy among others. Our core patented NeuroNode technology is a wireless wearable device that detects minute signals sent from the brain to any skeletal muscle and is captured as Electromyography (EMG) signals which are processed on personal computers, smartphones and tablets to generate text, text to speech, email and other computer-controlled functions.

More recently Control Bionics announced the launch of the NeuroStrip which provides comprehensive physiological telemetry: In addition to tracking EMG, EOG, and Spatial data, NeuroStrip extends its capabilities to include Electroencephalography ('EEG') and ECG, making it a full-body platform for assistive technology and a versatile tool for many clinical, research and industry applications.

Jeremy joined Control Bionics in early 2023 and has extensive commercial experience across a number of industries, with the last 12 years in the global healthcare market.

Jess is passionate about working with others to help build an economy that puts people and planet first. Her work has always been in social innovation, in peak organisations, social enterprise and community-led initiatives.

She is the inaugural CEO at Social Enterprise Australia – the national peak body for social enterprise that advocates for and connects the sector to unlock impact. Prior to this, she was CEO at Community Resources, one of Australia’s largest jobs focussed social enterprises, employing over 650 people. Jess came into social enterprise from a background in public policy, advocacy and community development, and has led collaborations that changed government policy and decisions.

Jessica Forrest leads NAB’s Sustainability function and is accountable for measuring and understanding the impact of our business on the community and environment – and developing programs and strategies to ensure we are operating in a sustainable way, consistent with the expectations of our stakeholders. In her role Jessica oversees NAB's Sustainability Performance, Environmental Affairs, First Nations Affairs, Consumer Affairs, NAB Ready Together, NAB Foundation and colleague volunteering and giving. Jess has more than 20 years’ experience in Corporate Affairs, including 14 years at NAB.

Dr John McKinnon began his career in the finance industry. After holding several positions in funds management, asset consulting and superannuation consulting, John co-founded the Australian office of Grantham Mayo van Otterloo LLC in 1995, growing the business to over $10b in total funds under management.

In 2005 John joined overseas aid and development charity TEAR Australia, where he managed first the NSW office and then TEAR’s Australian operations. During this time John completed his PhD in social enterprise and development, investigating the intersection of finance and poverty alleviation.

In 2019 John co-founded Infrastructure Access Managers (IAM), to facilitate investment in unlisted infrastructure by impact investors. IAM’s first fund enabled IAM’s directors to play a significant role in facilitating the transition of the Port of Newcastle to a low carbon future.

In 2020, John led a philanthropic consortium to save Australian Associated Press (AAP) from closure. Through IAM, John is currently working on a Media Impact Fund to promote independent media, particularly in regional Australia.

Since 2012 John, together with his wife Sue, has managed the McKinnon Family Foundation, a private ancillary fund that focuses on climate change mitigation. Both John and Sue are keen to maximise use of their assets, which means investing the corpus as much as possible in line with their values and the mission of the foundation. Hence they have been at the forefront of impact investing.

John sits on a number of boards including The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility and AAP and is chair of The Australia Institute.

John is an impact investment specialist, who works with a broad range of investors to quantify and communicate their impact, so they can improve investment decision-making and grow inflows.
He has more than a decade of experience in climate finance and corporate communications, helping clients design climate measurement strategies, as well as expanding their reach with compelling reports and sophisticated content.
John’s independent consulting firm has developed impact strategies across private and public markets, negotiated the PRI reporting process, and supports organisations in negotiating the emerging set of climate reporting standards. His team has worked with global fund managers across all asset classes, as well as high-growth startups, and global development agencies.
And, he’s the founder and host of the Good Future podcast, a leading podcast covering the evolution of impact investing, and corporate sustainability.

Jose joined 3PL as CEO in 2021, but has worked with the Pascal Press Group of companies since 2006. During this time he played a key role in growing and scaling the Pascal Press Group, which included Pascal Press, Blake Education, Blake Publishing, Video Education Australia, ClickView, 3PL (until its IPO in 2014) and Blake eLearning. He was a member of the 3PL board from 2009 to 2014 prior to the IPO and has a proven track record in the educational content, intellectual property and EdTech industries.

Prior to joining 3PL and Blake, Jose spent 10 years at the Copyright Agency Limited as Group General Manager – Business Development and Strategic Planning, Financial Controller.

Justin Punch is an environmental investor focussed on decarbonisation and conservation. He is a co-founder of Assembly Climate Capital, the Chair of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), a member of the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Resilience Advisory Board and the Co-Chair of the Karrkad Kanjdji Trust, which supports the work of Indigenous ranger groups in Arnhem Land.

Justin holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees from UNSW and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Karen Geloven is a seasoned education and business leader with over two decades of experience in teaching, franchise management, and corporate growth. Beginning as an early educator in 2000, Karen transitioned to primary school teaching in 2004, where a passion for learning and development took root. This dedication led to a decade-long tenure as a Kip McGrath Franchisee, where she successfully blended business acumen with educational expertise, being awarded Franchisee of the Year in 2016.

Building on this foundation, Karen completed her MBA in 2020 and moved into corporate leadership, serving as Operations Manager for Kip McGrath’s corporate centres from 2021 to 2022, ensuring operational excellence and scalable success. With a keen focus on growth and innovation, she then took on the role of Global Head of Growth, driving strategic expansion initiatives worldwide.

Currently, as CEO of Kip McGrath Australasia, Karen leads the company’s vision and direction, fostering impactful learning opportunities across the region. Passionate about education, leadership, and business development, she continues to champion the intersection of pedagogy and commercial success, inspiring teams and educators alike.

Kate Hunt is the Chief Commercial Officer of Nova Eye Medical Limited, an Adelaide-based, global medical device company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: EYE). EYE develops, manufactures and markets a portfolio of proprietary glaucoma treatment technologies used by ophthalmologists in the USA, Europe, the UK, Australia and Asia. In the USA, Germany and Australia, EYE sells and markets its portfolio through a direct sales team and grew annual sales by more than 50% in FY24 to reach US$12.1 million. The Company’s growth is currently underpinned by its latest generation iTrack ™ Advance single-use consumable device, used during ophthalmic surgery to reduce the elevated intraocular pressure associated with glaucoma.

Kate’s professional experience spans consumable surgical devices and capital medical equipment and includes both B2B and B2C environments. Prior to EYE, Kate worked in a number of business development and marketing roles for Ellex Medical Lasers Limited, which manufactured a range of ophthalmic treatment lasers.

Her current areas of responsibility include market access and development, sales management, clinical development, strategic and clinical marketing. She is also responsible for managing EYE’s Medical Advisory Board programme, collaborating with the Company’s network of key opinion leader (KOL) surgeons to build advocacy and drive procedural adoption.

Ms Katerina Kimmorley is currently Head of Commercial and Investments at Boundless Earth.
Previous roles include being a member of the NSW Government Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board, holding positions at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s Venture Capital Innovation Fund and serving as the co-founder of Pollinate Energy.

Ms Kimmorley has been recognised by the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence, as the London School of Economics Entrepreneur of the Year and received the Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Prize.

Kayleigh Rumbelow has led the impact measurement work at Young Change Agents for the last 3 years. Before that she was a Program Manager and deeply understands the programs we run and the impact we seek to track and measure. She has worked with impact consultants and specialists to build out our Impact Framework and have it independently assessed. Kay manages systems and impact across multiple national and state-based programs including $20 Boss and Digital Boss.

Ken is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Next Billion Capital Partners, an impact growth
equity firm focused on technology-enabled companies delivering essential services at scale in
the Global South. Prior to Next Billion, he led technology investments in Southeast Asia and
Latin America for the IFC, the private investment arm of the World Bank. Ken started his career
in New York at Fortress Investment Group, with the Credit Opportunities funds.
Ken holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in
Economics from Harvard University. In addition to managing the firm, he leads Latin America
sourcing for Next Billion and splits his time between Washington, DC and Mexico City.

Kerry is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of NorthStar Impact and is responsible for overseeing the portfolio management and research into impact stocks. Kerry has advised or invested in equities since 1992, and his investment experience includes several senior roles. In 1999 he co-founded Perennial Investment Partners, which achieved strong investment performance and reached $20 billion in assets under management within eight years. The equity funds managed by Kerry at Perennial were consistently highly ranked.

He was Head of Asia Pacific Equities at AMP capital where he was responsible for three investment teams that managed approximately $5 billion of assets. Kerry also spent time in Hong Kong where he was an Investment Director for HSBC Asset Management.

Kerry is a major shareholder of Northstar Impact. He has a Bachelor of Science (Economics) from Birkbeck College, University of London; is a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA); and holds a UK Securities Industry Diploma. In 2018, he completed the Impact Measurement program at Oxford University.

Klaus is the CEO, Founder & Managing Partner of Dreamoro Group (https://www.dreamoro.com.au/), which includes Dreamoro Ventures (ESVCLP Fund – pre-seed to Series A) focused on high impact Digital Healthtech investments and Dreamoro Studio (specialist technology and commercialisation team).

With over 35 years of technology industry experience and a former tech founder himself, he grew and listed his health tech business on the ASX via an IPO, which serviced thousands of healthcare businesses and facilitated over 18m healthcare appointments online, and led it as CEO for 12 years (including 7 on the ASX) before exiting the company in 2022 to create Dreamoro.

Kyah Bell is a multifaceted leader and a passionate advocate for Indigenous representation in the global market. A proud Wulgurukaba, Bindal, and Juru woman with direct ties to the Cherbourg mission, she has seamlessly navigated the complexities of capital markets with a focus on digital health, wellness, and agriculture.

Over the past six years, Kyah's career has taken her across multiple continents, including significant tenures in Los Angeles, London, Dubai, and Miami. Her journey in venture capital began at an LA-based wellness fund specialising in consumer packaged goods, where she played a key role in investing in some of America's largest brands.

Following this, Kyah spearheaded the creation of a global investment vehicle in the medicinal cannabis space, raising $12 million and making strategic investments across the US, Ireland, and Australia. Notably, she led an Australian group to a major success, developing a pioneering tech platform for digital prescriptions, establishing a distribution arm, and executing a merger with an ASX-listed company, which saw revenues soar from $20M to $206M.

Most recently, Kyah was appointed to lead First Australians Capital's (FAC) first commercial impact initiative, merging her efforts from the Black Excellence Fund with FAC to invest in First Nations businesses.

Kylie is the Managing Director of Australian Impact Investments (Aii) which she co-founded in 2014 as Australia’s pioneering impact asset consultant. With more than two decades of experience working in Australia and internationally at the intersection of mainstream capital markets, impact investment and philanthropy, Kylie has a proven track record in supporting investors to successfully deploy capital for impact and pioneering impactful investment initiatives. Kylie’s experience includes co-founding Unitus Capital, a financial advisory firm in India focused on capital access for socially beneficial companies, and serving as a Venture Partner for Giant Leap Fund I, Australia’s first venture capital fund dedicated entirely to impact investments. Kylie also serves on various investment committees, including the Betashares Responsible Investment Committee, managing responsible investment decisions for Betashares Ethical Series, and Australian Development Investments, Australia’s $250 million impact investment fund pioneered under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

In recognition of her contributions to the impact investment sector, Kylie has been honoured with several awards, including the Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence (2018) and Australian Impact Investment Awards (2018 & 2021). Under Kylie’s leadership, Australian Impact Investments was awarded the Shared Value Investing Award (2024).

Kylie holds an MBA from the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from Financial Services Institute of Australasia (formerly Securities Institute of Australia), and Bachelor of Commerce (Banking & Finance) from the University of Canberra.

Over the last five years, Leilani has led the development of Rest’s Responsible Investment and Sustainability strategies and implementation, sitting on the Management Investment Committee.

Leilani’s professional motivation is to drive outcomes across teams; and manage ESG and climate-related factors to reduce risks and enhance investment performance for Rest members.

She has enjoyed working in the U.K., the U.S., in regional and rural Australia, and across a range of sectors, all government, corporate and finance. Leilani holds a degree in Environmental Science (Natural Resources) from the University of Queensland, holds the One Planet MBA from the University of Exeter (with Dean’s Commendation) and is a Chartered Environmentalist.

Linh Tran is the Portfolio Manager at Clime Capital, where she manages portfolio
companies within the clean energy transition funds, SEACEF I and SEACEF II.
These funds provide early-stage catalytic and scale-up capital to businesses across
Southeast Asia.

Linh played a key role in fundraising for SEACEF II, successfully bringing the fund to
its maximum size of US$175 million in 2024. She also led the establishment and
fundraising for the SEACEF Technical Assistance Facility, a specialized grant vehicle
designed to support portfolio companies and accelerate private sector investment for
clean energy transition projects.

With over 18 years of experience in complex cross-border transactions, early-stage
clean energy project development and management, Linh is committed to driving
value for investee companies, fostering new capital for business growth, and
unlocking additional private capital to rapidly scale up clean-energy generation and
Infrastructure.

Before joining Clime Capital, Linh held roles at Deloitte, Infunde Energy
Development, and Infunde Energy Australia, where she specialized in transaction
advisory and played a key role in developing, fundraising, and managing a large
renewable energy portfolio.

Lisa Fedorenko is a seasoned investing professional with over a decade of experience across ESG, venture capital, and innovative financial strategies. As the Head of Impact Investing at Save the Children Global Ventures, Lisa manages the Australian Child Lens Impact Fund, and is developing a strategy for a healthcare focussed APAC Fund.

She's built a stellar track record picking her first unicorn, Immutable, from a Seed Investment, before managing and deploying the $16m Alberts Impact Ventures fund backing founders across the environmental, mental health, vibrant culture and women's equality thematic.

Lisa's commitment to social change extends beyond her work with Save the Children. She co-founded Equity Clear, an initiative that garnered recognition on Fortune's Change the World list in 2023 for promoting transparent gender disclosure in founder investments across over 50 Australian and New Zealand funds. Her dedication to women's health is evident through her leadership in investments in companies like Samphire Neuroscience and Baymatob. Her expertise in creating measurable social impact while generating financial returns has positioned her as a leader in the field.

Lou is Head of ESG, with responsibility for UniSuper’s Environmental, Social and Governance approach in Investments. He joined UniSuper in July 2015 as a Manager, Equities covering a range of domestic and international stocks. In 2018, Lou was appointed co-manager of the Sustainable Australian Equities portfolio. In 2019, he joined the ESG team and was appointed Head of ESG in July 2022.

Lou has worked in equities and financial markets since 1994. Prior to joining UniSuper, he was Head of Research at Evans & Partners, a boutique investment and advisory firm. Lou’s previous roles include Director, Australian Equities with BlackRock Investment Management and Partner, Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs JBWere (now Goldman Sachs). He began his career at Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills), where he qualified as a solicitor in 1992.

Lou holds a BCom and LLB (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).

Louise is the founder and CEO of Walsh Capital and a Trustee of the Snow Foundation.

Louise has extensive capital raising experience across many sectors. Most recently as the CEO of the Future Generation companies, Louise and her team grew these ASX listed funds by $1bn in assets in just six years

Louise has developed best practice investor and major donor engagement programs throughout her career. Of particular note, Louise has a substantial ultra-high net worth and high net worth network across Australia. This extensive network has been developed and nurtured over three decades, having started her career as a lawyer at Allens then Head of Sponsorships for the Sydney Olympic Games. Louise is widely regarded as one of Australia's leading philanthropic advisers and is a fundraising expert.

Lucy Greig is the Team Executive Social Strategy, within Strategic Advisory, at WSP Australia. She is a social strategist and researcher with expertise in the design and conduct of quantitative and qualitative studies relating to social planning, infrastructure and policy. This includes projects with a focus on the social dimensions of transport, development and public space. Lucy’s key areas of focus are social research and engagement, social value and human centred and gender informed approaches that consider people’s lived experience early in the design process.

Ludovic has over 30 years of experience in ESG investing, funds management, commercial and investment banking and financial advisory.

Prior to joining Australian Ethical, Ludovic was the Chief Investment Officer for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Australia’s Green Bank. He also had previous roles at Hastings Funds Management, Westpac, ABN AMRO, Macquarie Bank, UBS and BNP Paribas.

Luke established White Box Enterprises in 2019 to systematically address the constraints he routinely confronted when launching social enterprises: access to affordable space, access to catalytic capital, and to partnerships that would help bring social enterprise into the mainstream fabric of employment in Australia.

Luke is a dynamic thought leader with a bias for action. His demonstrated ability to deliver large-scale employment-focused initiatives that leverage commercial opportunities is recognised through previous start-ups and multiple national awards.

Marijn is the Director of Community and Innovation at 2X Global. She is a corporate
anthropologist with deep expertise in ESG and investing in women. In addition, she works as an
executive coach, has co-authored the books “Banking for a Better World,” and “SOS: a Survival
Guide for Women at Work,” has organized multiple TEDxLeiden and Future of Finance events,
facilitated female leadership programs, and has made a documentary series on female role
models in the financial sector. As founder of Incredible Impact her vision is unlocking the
potential of women in service of a better world.

Mathew Simpson is the co-founder and Managing Director of a diversified, privately owned portfolio of integrated primary healthcare clinics, fitness, lifestyle, and residential private treatment businesses: First Light Healthcare, First Light Active, and Raindrum.

Following a distinguished 20-year career in investment banking and funds management – specializing in financial markets trading, structuring, capital markets, and risk solutions advisory – Mathew transitioned in 2017 from leading financial services teams across North America and the Asia Pacific to reimagining the future of healthcare.

Alongside his wife and fellow co-founder, Dr. Tonya Coren, Mathew has set out to challenge conventional healthcare models and disrupt Australia’s outdated fee-for-service healthcare system through innovative, technology-driven models of care that emphasize functional medicine, interdisciplinary collaboration, and objective, value-based healthcare practices.

He has held numerous non-executive and policy committee roles with organizations such as the Australian Financial Markets Association, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Foreign Exchange Committee, and the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health’s COVID-19 GPRC National Leaders Network.

Mathew holds a Bachelor of Economics (Property), a Master of Applied Finance (FINSIA), and a Master of Business Administration (UNSW-AGSM). He is also a Graduate and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He resides with his family on a farm in the Byron Bay hinterland.

Meenal is CEO of ygap, a non-profit backing local entrepreneurs to create lasting social change in under-served communities across Pasifika, Africa, and Australia. ygap has worked with over 700 social entrepreneurs to impact over 1 million lives since 2012, deploying over A$1.2M in impact capital.

Meenal previously worked in go-to-market strategy at Unilever ANZ before moving to India to co-design a grassroots female entrepreneurship model and lead the scale-up of a non-profit that improved the menstrual health outcomes of over 55,000 marginalised women and adolescent girls during the global pandemic. Meenal is an observer with the board of CARE Australia, alumni of Wade Institute's VC Catalyst, and contributor to the anthology 'Growing Up Indian In Australia'.

Michael was a senior investment analyst at Viburnum Funds leading ASX investments in Healthcare, Technology and Industrial sectors. Prior to Viburnum Funds, Michael was a Senior Analyst at Ord Minnett and Blue Ocean Equities covering ASX-listed companies. Preceding his entry into finance, Michael gained 12 years experience across clinical, commercial and executive roles in the healthcare sector. Michael holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Monash University, MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management (UNSW) and is a CFA Charterholder

Michael is widely regarded as an Australian leader and global figure in the field of impact investing. After 15 years as a co-founder and Executive Director of Macquarie Group's private equity arm, Macquarie Direct Investment, he became founding CEO of Social Ventures Australia. During Michael's tenure from 2002 – 14, SVA grew a reputation for attracting talent and pioneered the fields of venture philanthropy and impact investing. These included the landmark Goodstart Early Learning transaction in 2010. Michael played a leadership role in building a unique set of social purpose partnerships to raise $A165m and buy out of bankruptcy Australia's largest chain of childcare and early learning centres turning it into a successful billion dollar social enterprise.

He currently has a range of primarily social purpose Chair and board roles including Chair of the Paul Ramsay Foundation (Australia's largest foundation); Executive Director of For Purpose Investment Partners, a Director of M H Carnegie & Co, Catalyst Education,independent member of the Palisade Impact Investment Committee,and Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Social Impact at UNSW.

He was Chair of the Federal Government's Social Impact Investing Task Force and the author of 'Jumping Ship – From the world of corporate Australia to the heart of social investment' which won the prestigious Ashurst Business Literature Prize. The book reflects on his personal and professional journey and has been a widely acclaimed manifesto for change and action in the social purpose sector. He holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Melbourne and an MBA from Harvard University.

Michelle Di Fabio is the Program Director for the Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII) , a new impact investing market building initiative hosted by Philanthropy Australia. FGII is designed to support market-building initiatives for foundations and charitable funders interested in starting or currently undertaking impact investing.

Michelle has extensive experience in responsible and impact investing having worked with institutional investors, philanthropic funders and social enterprises. Michelle is currently the Director of Strategic Global Advisory (SGA), supporting funders and educators on event, partnership and program consulting and has worked with the superannuation sector as the former Head of Strategy for one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, and in various roles with the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Michelle is passionate about the education sector, currently lecturing part-time in Impact Investing (Sustainable Investments) at The University of Melbourne and formerly at the Centre for Social Impact (CSI).

Michelle qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PwC and is an alumnus of The University of Melbourne, University of Manchester and studied the Social Impact Investing Programme at Oxford’s SAID Business School. Michelle is a board member of Dodgeball Australia, national student body Financial Management Association of Australia (FMAA) and former Alumni Deputy Chair at The University of Melbourne.

Michelle has over 20 years of senior executive leadership experience in both the NGO and commercial sectors, where she has consistently championed the advancement of gender equality. Michelle has extensive international and Australian business experience in national strategy, change management, community engagement, funding, and commercial partnerships.

Michelle is currently the Group Chief Executive Officer of YWCA Australia which provides gender responsive housing and homelessness solutions to enable women and gender diverse people to find affordable, safe, and secure housing.

With YWCA, Michelle is driving systems change, with a focus on maximising social impact and creating positive outcomes for women experiencing housing insecurity.  
Michelle has been a member of the PowerHousing Australia board since 2021 and currently sits on the Audit and Risk, and Steering Committee. Michelle is also a member of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games – Sunshine Coast 2032 Legacy Plan Community Reference Group.

Mick Liubinskas is a climate tech advisor, investor and industry leader. He helped accelerate the Australian climate tech industry by launching Climate Salad, which grew to 700 climate tech companies and a community of 10,000 supporters.
He has been founder of startups, incubators and accelerators with Pollenizer, Startmate and muru-D. He's a big believer that Australia will play a huge role in building climate solutions. He's also been a strong advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion. He's written two books and is completing a Masters of Sustainable Development and spent 3 years living in San Francisco. Mick is a happily married dad of 3 kids, who loves cooking, surfing and football.

Michael is currently Managing Director – Education at SEEK Investments. Michael spent 13 years at SEEK in a variety of roles culminating as CEO Asia Pacific & Americas. While at SEEK, Michael served as a Director of IDP Education for 9 years and was heavily involved in the founding and startup of OES. Michael was CEO of Redbubble Limited from 2021-2023 and has also worked at McKinsey & Company, Tabcorp and the Collingwood Football Club.

Michael holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Melbourne, an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University, and is a Graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon.

Mufti Utomo is Chief Investment Officer and a member of the Board of Director of PT TBS Energi Utama Tbk, a listed investment holding company on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.
He has over 20 years of experience in investment, finance and management consulting which includes McKinsey & Company, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Pantheon Ventures, Headland Capital Partners, Lynx Asia Partners. Prior to current role, he served as a member of the Board of Commissioner of PT Pertamina Hulu Energi.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia and a Master in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA.

Myron is a globally renowned CEO with expertise in strategy development, business model performance and change management.

He has a proven track record of disruptive strategies, performance improvement and global leadership and has worked across large companies and family businesses. Myron is currently using his strategic management and leadership skills to reimagine working, learning and living at Bedford Group Limited, a group of enterprises focussed on removing barriers to work and inclusive workplaces.

Myron is a Fellow of The Governor’s Leadership Foundation and a former Director of the Leaders Institute of South Australia.

Myron also serves on the Advisory Board for the Australian Institute of For Purpose Leaders and teaches Entrepreneurship at the University of Adelaide Business School.

You can listen to Myron speak about unlocking the power of leadership on the SynergyiQ Podcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOx-WFTDcU0

Natasha Morris is the Managing Director of Responsibility and Impact at Adamantem Capital. Natasha is responsible for developing and embedding responsible and impact investing principles and practices into the Adamantem Group’s investment products, stewardship processes, own operations and industry and stakeholder engagements.
Natasha has worked across both the private sector and the social impact sector for over 20 years in both Australia and the UK.
Natasha holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales and a Graduate Certificate in Social Impact from the University of New South Wales.

Natasha was born and raised in the East Kimberley and is passionate about positive social changes and righting injustices, of which she was aware of, from a very young age. She has lived most of her life in the Kimberley region and is familiar with the challenges. But at the same time, she is solutions-focused and positive about the future.

She has spent the last 25 years working within the Community Development area and has over 20 years of experience in Event Management, often organising and speaking at small to large scale community events.

In 2018 Natasha established her business Kimberley Jiyigas (Birds) which is a movement of Kimberley Indigenous women influencing social change. Kimberley Jiyigas is a network of highly accomplished women who work in collaboration to amplify the voices of women in order to create social change and raise awareness of Indigenous culture.

In 2020, Natasha co-founded the Maganda Makers Business Club in the Kimberley, which has a member base of over 130 Indigenous women, representing businesses ranging from start ups to well established businesses.
She feels strongly about creating social change and how women can influence the world for the better.

As a descendant of the Jaru people, she is originally from Halls Creek but now lives on Miriwoong Gajerrong country in Kununurra, East Kimberley with her husband and young adult children.

Nicholas Moore is a former Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group Limited. He retired in 2018 after 32 years at Macquarie, including 10 years as CEO.

Nicholas has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of NSW (UNSW). He was admitted as a solicitor and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 2017, Nicholas was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business from UNSW.

He is Chair of The Centre for Independent Studies, The Smith Family, Willow Technology Corporation, the National Catholic Education Commission and Aldus Group, and is a member of the UNSW Business School Advisory Council.

In November 2022, Nicholas was appointed as Special Envoy for Southeast Asia for the Commonwealth Government.

Nicholas was formerly Chair of the Sydney Opera House Trust, Screen Australia, and PCYC NSW, and has held directorships at Sydney Airport, Hills Motorway, National Gallery of Australia and QBiotics Group. In addition, Nicholas formerly chaired the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority and the Markets Taskforce Expert Advisory Panel, both within the Department of the Treasury. In 2020, he was appointed by the Australian Government as Emissary for the administration of Virgin Australia.

An experienced former school leader within the public education system in Australia, Nicole is a multi-award-winning educator and entrepreneur, and a global authority on whole-school curriculum innovation, capability development, and youth entrepreneurship.

Nic is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Future Anything, an educator-founded and led provider that unleashes passion, potential, and agency within classrooms, schools, and systems across Australia, and New Zealand.

She is also the Founder of YouthX, Australia’s only startup accelerator program for school-aged entrepreneurs, and Catapult Cards, a design thinking toolkit for classrooms and corporates that donates 50% of its profits back to providing micro-grants for youth-led startups.

Nic passionately believes that youth-led ideas have the potential to bend the future. And that education can be the catalyst for the change we want to see in our world.

Nicole Gibson is the Founder & CEO of inTruth Technologies, and a globally recognised pioneer in emotional health innovation. inTruth has built the world’s first technology capable of tracking emotions passively through wearable devices, she is reshaping how individuals and organisations approach emotional intelligence and well-being.

Nicole’s career began as a performer, deeply inspired by the human spirit, but she quickly transitioned into social impact entrepreneurship, dedicating her life to solving the mental health crisis. Nicole served as the youngest ever Commonwealth Commissioner for Mental Health in Australia, and is known for her best selling books and international speaking career. With over 15 years’ experience in community building, she leads with a passion for blending empathy with innovative and creating legacy solutions for our world.

Managing Director Asia Investments at GuarantCo and Head of Coverage – Asia at Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)

Nishant Kumar joined GuarantCo's Singapore office in November 2016 as Executive Director and was Regional Director for South Asia since January 2019 where he led origination and execution of transactions in the region. In June 2020, Nishant became Managing Director of Asia Investments and in October 2024, he was given the additional responsibility as Head of Coverage – Asia for PIDG.

Prior to GuarantCo, Nishant worked across functions in Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking and in Renewable Energy Private Equity where he led origination and execution of infrastructure, natural resources, agriculture, food & beverages, consumer transactions and investments across Asia-Pacific. Nishant started his financial services career in Hong Kong and subsequently moved to Singapore where he has been living since 2010.

Nishant has an MBA from University of Hong Kong & London Business School programme and a Bachelor of Technology in Mining Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, BHU (Varanasi), India.

As Koda Capital's Chief Investment Officer, Norman leads the firm's investment strategy and oversees all investment portfolios and programs. He plays a key role in investment governance, asset allocation, portfolio construction, and investment manager selection. Working closely with Koda's adviser teams and clients, Norman ensures the delivery of bespoke investment solutions that drive outstanding outcomes.

Before joining Koda, Norman was the Chief Investment Officer at Legal Super (2019–2023), where he managed over $5.5 billion in assets and delivered top-quartile investment performance. His career also includes leadership roles as CIO of Media Super ($7 billion AUM), Asset Consultant at Frontier Advisors, and a consultant in corporate finance and management consulting at Ernst & Young Australia.

Oliver has over 11 years’ experience driving sustainability and impact outcomes across the private and public sectors, both in Australia and internationally.

He is currently Senior Manager (Policy & Engagement) at the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute, where he collaborates with the finance sector, industry and government on sustainable finance leadership, capability, policy and regulation.

Prior to joining ASFI, he worked in Deloitte’s Climate & Sustainability practice, advising clients on ESG strategy and governance.

He previously served as an Australian diplomat, international trade negotiator and policy adviser – including a 3-year posting to the UN and WTO in Geneva – and worked with the UK Government’s development finance institution (British International Investment) on climate and gender finance.

Oliver has an MBA (Distinction) from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Hons) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

With a relentless commitment to innovation and sustainability. Olympia designed and commercialised the world's first decentralised, autonomous, insect farms. This technology is now deployed across Australia processing resources onsite, where waste is created. She designed the Australian Federal Governments Insect Protein regulatory framework and was a pivotal member of the working group that approved insect protein for livestock feed in Australia.

Olympia’s technology is reshaping not just the agricultural landscape but also how we imagine the future of food waste management. Her work has been recognised globally in Agricultural and insect protein industries and the CSIRO has identified a recently discovered species of Soldier Fly in her name.

Paul joined Palisade Impact in March 2023 as an Operating Partner. Paul represents Palisade Impact on the boards of Repurpose It, GigaComm and IP Living. In addition to these portfolio management responsibilities, Paul leads the implementation, measurement and reporting of Palisade Impact’s impact and ESG targets portfolio-wide.

Paul has over 30 years of private equity investment experience including with 3i in the United Kingdom and with AMP and Ironbridge in Australia.​ After six years as a Director of AMP Private Equity, where he led several of Australia's leading management buyouts and infrastructure transactions, Paul left to join Gresham in 2001 as a Director.​ In 2003 Paul became one of the Founding Partners of Ironbridge which successfully raised, invested and realised over $1.5 billion in commitments from leading local and global institutional investors. Paul is an experienced company director, having held seats on numerous listed and unlisted company boards.

Paul obtained a first-class Honours degree in Modern Languages from Cambridge University. Paul is a former Treasurer and Director of the Australian Investment Council.

Peter Devine is the CEO of Uniseed, one of Australia’s longest running venture funds. In 2023, UniSuper committed $75 million to Uniseed’s management. Peter has extensive experience at board and executive management levels in the commercialisation of early-stage technologies, having held senior R&D, business development and commercialisation positions in a number of Australian companies and Australian universities.

Before joining Uniseed, Peter was Vice President of Business Development at Progen Industries Ltd. He was Research, Development and Commercialisation Manager at Brisbane-based PanBio Pty Ltd from 1996 to 2000 and also worked in business development at UniQuest Pty Ltd.

Peter holds a PhD from the University of Queensland and received the Dean’s Prize for his MBA Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Management. He received a Centenary Medal in 2003 for outstanding contribution to the business of biotechnology. He is a Graduate and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Markets) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from Kaplan Professional. In 2011 & 2012, Peter was named on the Kaplan High Achievers Honour Roll and in 2018, Peter was named No.5 on the Global University Venturing Powerlist as one of those changing the face of university venturing.

Peter is the Managing Partner at Five Sigma, a growth fund specialising in the future of learning and work. He has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the private education industry, spanning higher education, vocational training, and corporate learning.

A three-time exited founder—one to a global listed education company and two to private equity—Peter brings deep expertise across both public and private markets.

His leadership experience includes roles as a founder, CEO, executive, non-executive director, and chair. He holds degrees in commerce and law, is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of NSW, and is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors Course.

Phil is a Partner at Main Sequence, a venture capital firm founded by Australia's national science agency – CSIRO. There he invests in deep tech founders who are building unimaginable new companies with a strong connection to research. There he has invested in Cauldron, Eden Brew, Samsara Eco, Uluu, v2food, Nourish Ingredients, Every Company, Coviu and Q-CTRL.

Before this he was the founder of Australia’s first incubator and venture studio, Pollenizer, where Phil played an instrumental role in developing the startup ecosystem across Asia Pacific and advised some of the world’s biggest organisations on practical ways to deliver new growth and the cultural change that is required to get there.

Philippe joined PIDG as Chief Executive Officer in 2014. He has 30 years of international experience in emerging markets infrastructure project and export finance and risk management in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

Prior to joining PIDG, Philippe was one of the founding partners of an EM infrastructure finance advisory firm and before that worked for Depfa Bank’s infrastructure finance unit.

Philippe spent 13 years at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (World Bank Group) in Washington and Singapore, where he headed the guarantees department and was global head of infrastructure. Philippe’s infrastructure experience covers power, renewables, water, transportation, and social infrastructure.

Rachel is Head of Sustainability and responsible for ensuring sustainability continues to be core to everything we do at JANA. She is a member of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative’s technical advisory group (TAG) on the Australian Taxonomy, which is responsible for undertaking research, analysis, stakeholder consultations and project management activities required to deliver the ASFI Taxonomy Project.
Rachel has an established advisory career covering risk and commercial litigation. Rachel has spent over 10 years in the finance industry developing investment strategies which minimise regulatory and fiduciary risk through the effective integration of ESG into investment and lending decisions. Most recently at Westpac, Rachel was the lead risk advisor on the creation of its sustainable finance framework designed to guide future credit decisions to in line with client transition to a net-zero carbon economy. Prior to that Rachel was regulatory counsel for State Street Bank in Asia Pacific and Europe where she assisted institutional investors in setting up responsible investment frameworks.

Rachel holds a Master of Behavioural Science from The London School of Economics and Political Science and a combined Bachelor of Arts (politics) and Bachelor of Laws from Macquarie University.

Rachel Ann Santiago is Clime Capital’s Country Manager in the Philippines. She brings deep market insights from a developer’s perspective to her role leading investment origination, market monitoring, and relationship management with developers and companies leading the clean energy transition in the Philippines.

Rachel is an experienced business development professional with expertise in launching smart grid and renewable energy business lines and projects both in local Philippine and international markets. In her previous roles, she was immersed in market and policy landscaping for distributed energy resources and rooftop solar solutions in the Philippines. Most recently, Rachel was Country Lead for BIllionBricks, an innovative Engie-backed start-up driving new pathways for net-zero housing. Prior to BIllionBricks, she served as Vice President for Business Development at WeGen Energy, a leading regional distributed energy and rooftop solar developer. Rachel started her career as a systems and project engineer for Toshiba Corporation in Japan, where she was involved in the implementation of various smart grid (energy management, battery, solar) projects for governments, research institutions and utilities with a focus on key Southeast Asian markets. While at Toshiba, Rachel also supported Toshiba's regional business development activities for Landis+Gyr, then a newly acquired subsidiary and leader in integrated energy management solutions and smart meters.

Rachel earned a BSc degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines – Diliman, and course certification in Business Analytics from the Wharton School’s Executive Education.

Rali is accountable for investment selection, execution and monitoring of investments for Sarona’s funds and impact mandates on behalf of third-party clients such as governments and non-profit organizations. Rali ensures that ESG and impact are embedded into the investment process. Rali is passionate about deepening the gender lens and climate risk assessment capabilities at Sarona, believing that investing with both lenses leads to better financial and sustainability outcomes.

Prior to Sarona, Rali was an investment manager at Triple Jump. Rali built a portfolio of private equity and fixed income investments primarily in Africa and MENA for a fund of funds (Dutch Good Growth Fund) funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to that Rali was a Portfolio Manager with responsibility for credit risk analysis and top-down allocation for microfinance funds. She started her career in microfinance, holding various positions at MIX Market, a data and market intelligence platform for the microfinance industry.

Rali holds a B.A. in International Relations from Pomona College in California and an M.A. in International Development from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Rali was born and raised in Bulgaria and has spent extensive time working and living in emerging markets including Albania and Mexico. Rali currently heads Sarona’s Singapore office.

Ridhaa Ahmed is Head of Infrastructure at Grok Ventures, where he leads investments in infrastructure and structured capital, exclusively within the climate sector.

Throughout his career, Ridhaa has focused on sustainable energy, beginning as a nuclear commissioning and design engineer. For the past 15 years, he has worked as an investment professional in private equity and infrastructure across multiple geographies.

Rod Sims AO is Chair of the Superpower Institute; Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University; Chair of Opera Australia; and Chair of Australia’s National Data Advisory Committee. He is also an Expert Adviser to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority on digital platform issues, and an Expert Adviser to the Commonwealth Treasury’s Competition Task Force.

From 2011-March 2022 he was Chair of The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Prior to that he had a range of senior corporate positions, including on Boards based in Australia, the UK and Singapore, and he advised many major Australian companies on corporate strategy issues. He has also worked in the Australian Public Service including as the Deputy Secretary in charge of all domestic policy in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, one of three positions working to the Head of that Department. From 1988-1990 he was the Principal Economic Adviser to Australia’s Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

Roger Allen, a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and philanthropist, has dedicated decades to impact investing in climate technology and medical innovation. He has a particular focus on indigenous economic development.

While governments and philanthropists have traditionally relied on social programs or grants to support First Nations peoples and communities, Indigenous leaders consistently emphasise the need for self-determination and economic independence. Global experience shows that venture capital and private equity are the best tools for achieving these goals.

Indigenous Capital Limited (ICL) has established and anchored Ochre Ventures, to accelerate social impact investing in the indigenous sector, similar to the US Program Related Investments (PRI) model.

Recognized by Bloomberg as one of the top women leaders in the country’s energy sector.

UN Women Leadership Commitment Awardee

100 Most Influential Women on LinkedIn

First honoree of USAID'S ASIA's Southeast Asian Women Energy Champions

EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award-Finalist

Women of the Future international Award- Mentor Category

President – Upgrade Energy Philippines offering renewable energy and energy efficiency technology to various industries

Chairperson – Aboitiz Upgrade Solar, Inc

Co-Founder of Connected Women – a social enterprise with over 170,000 members focused on creating opportunities for women in the online workforce and the future of work.

Chairperson of the Energy Committee for the Management Association of the Philippines

Co-Chair of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Committee

Safia Gulamani joined Convergence Blended Finance in 2017 and is currently the Chief Operating Officer. She brings nearly 15 years of experience in finance, impact investing, and philanthropy and currently sits on the Investment Committee of Prospera International Network of Women's Funds.

Prior to Convergence, Safia was a consultant at Arabella Advisors in the firm's Washington, DC and New York offices. At Arabella, Safia specialized in impact investing and worked with a range of clients including institutional, family, and corporate foundations to provide education on impact investing, source and structure deals, and conduct due diligence.

Safia also brings international experience from roles held with Accion International, United Nations Capital Development Fund, and the Clinton Foundation to her work at Convergence.

Safia began her career working at Matson Driscoll & Damico, an international forensic accounting firm in Toronto. She holds a master's degree in public administration from New York University's Robert F. Wagner's Graduate School of Public Service and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA).

Sally McGeoch is a Senior Advisor at Westpac Foundation, an independent philanthropic organisation. The Foundation provides funding and capacity-building support to social enterprises and community organisations creating jobs and employment pathways for people facing complex barriers to work in Australia. Since 2015, the Foundation has helped grant partners create over 10,000 jobs for people excluded from the mainstream job market.

She has over 17 years of experience working at the intersection of philanthropy, business and social enterprise. Prior to joining Westpac Foundation, she led partnerships at the former School for Social Entrepreneurs and helped co-found Australia’s first social enterprise bakery, The Bread & Butter Project.

Sally is passionate about strengthening collaboration to address systemic barriers to scale for Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE) and is completing her PhD at the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne on the role of cross-sector collaboration in scaling WISE. She is the co-chair of Philanthropy Australia's Social Enterprise Funders Group and a member of the WISE Hub, a committee convened by Social Enterprise Australia to support WISEs in driving greater economic inclusion.

Sarah Xie is an Assistant Vice President in the Public, Projects and Infrastructure Finance Group at Moody’s Ratings. She has deep credit experience in the energy, utility, airport and port industries, as well as expertise in project finance and public private partnership structures.

Serena is a lawyer and human rights advocate who leads Minderoo’s Gender Equality portfolio focused on Equal Economic Opportunity. This work focuses on women, entrepreneurship, financial inclusion and decent work, leveraging both philanthropic and impact investing capital to drive economic empowerment for women and girls.

As part of her role, Serena also leads Walk Free’s efforts to engage the private sector to combat modern slavery, working alongside businesses, investors and governments to improve supply chain practices and strengthen laws.

Prior to joining Minderoo, Serena was a Director at the Thomson Reuters Foundation in London and as a corporate lawyer at international firms in Tokyo, Sydney and London.

Simba Marekera is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Brightlight. He leads Brightlight's investment team in designing, developing, and managing innovative investment solutions that aim to align with investors’ values and impact objectives while driving commercial outcomes.

Simba has extensive experience partnering with institutional investors, government entities, non-profit organisations, foundations, and family offices, helping clients understand and navigate the impact investment space. He brings to the table a significant array of experience, including almost six years at Christian Super, where he was the Senior Portfolio Analyst. He led the portfolio management activities at Christian Super for Fixed Income and Private Markets portfolios, including a $150+ million Impact Investment Portfolio.

Simba a Global Atlantic Fellows and is part of a fellowship for Indigenous social equity in Australia, Aotearoa, and the Pacific region, focusing on Indigenous-led social change through a powerful network of Fellows.

Simba has a Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering) degree from Yale University, Master of Applied Finance from Western Sydney University and Master of Social Change Leadership from the University of Melbourne.

Stacey is the CEO of The Wyatt Trust, Australia’s oldest philanthropic foundation with a vision of a South Australia free from poverty.

Stacey was also the Founding Chief Executive Officer of Foundation SA – South Australia’s newest community foundation and previously, the Fay Fuller Foundation. She has worked with families and foundations to achieve philanthropic and investment goals for twenty years.

Stacey holds a Master of Business majoring in Philanthropy and Social Investment. In addition to her role as a Director of Philanthropy Australia, Stacey is also a Director of Community Foundations Australia and serves on a number of other boards and advisory committees.

Tan is the Chief Executive Officer of Grok Ventures, a climate-focused investor founded and backed by Mike Cannon-Brookes. Grok's portfolio of investments includes some of the leading clean technology and climate businesses globally.

Prior to joining Grok, Tan had an extensive career in investment banking, private banking and asset management, including senior positions at Macquarie, UBS and BlackRock.

Tan has lived and worked in the United States, Australia and Asia.

Tanna’s passion for education is driven by her experiences as a proud Aboriginal and South Sea Islander student in the education system. Through her lived experience, Tanna felt inspired to become a teacher to share her cultural knowledge with educators and students in systems where First Nations perspectives, histories, and cultures are often underrepresented.

As a qualified Secondary English and Humanities teacher with four years of teaching experience and leadership in First Nations education and Student Wellbeing, Tanna now applies her knowledge as the First Nations Education Specialist at Cool.org. With her experience in First Nations education, Tanna’s work aims to provide teachers with authentic resources that amplify truth-telling and reconciliation in education, a key focus of Cool.org’s mission.

NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Minister for Building, and Minister for Corrections, Parliament of NSW

After moving to Australia from Laos with his parents and brothers when he was just six, Anoulack attended Robert Townson Primary and Robert Townson High School in Raby.

On the weekends and after school, Anoulack helped out at his family's small grocery store where he learnt the value of hard work and the challenges of small business.

After graduation, Anoulack completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Sydney and later undertook postgraduate studies in economics and public administration at the University of Sydney and the London School of Economics.

Before entering Parliament, Anoulack worked as an economist for 13 years and served as a councillor and later as mayor on Campbelltown City Council.

After his election as Member for Macquarie Fields in 2015, he served as Shadow Minister for Finance and Shadow Minister for Industry and Trade between 2021 and 2022.

Following the election of the Minns Labor Government in March 2023, Anoulack was appointed Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Minister for Building and Minister for Corrections.

Anoulack and his wife Anna live in South-West Sydney with their two children Audrey and Christopher.

In 1998, Greg worked as a Senior Adviser to the then Opposition Leader and subsequent Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer. He then headed Australia's electoral mission to Cambodia in 1998.

Greg then worked with McKinsey & Co for almost three years, during which time he became an Engagement Manager and specialised in telecommunications, start-ups, government reform and the banking sector.

Greg is a Fulbright Scholar with a Masters from Yale University and First Class Honours in Law from the University of Melbourne. He has given over 10,000 speeches and interviews at local, national and international level and was runner up at the 1990 World Debating Championships, as well as Australian Universities Debating Champion.

Greg has completed seven marathons and five 500km walks for charity.

He lives on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula with his wife Paula and two children, 91 year old Italian Nonna and cavoodle Charlie.

#A 3X founder, Theresa leverages her 30 years of global experience inside organizations, rapidly advancing to leadership roles across product, sales & marketing, risk, and strategy. She also brings extensive experience outside organizations as a coach, consultant, and adviser to startups and scaleups. Her T-shaped skillset is built on deep commercial and global experience, balancing creative problem-solving with risk mitigation at various growth stages, from ideation to scale. She has a proven track record of innovation, leading teams that have delivered award-winning results across multinationals (e.g., Boral, Suncorp) and startups/scaleups (e.g., Ovida, Play2Lead).

As a former Senior Product Manager at Mable Technologies, Theresa led the vision and execution of an in-home care B2B SaaS platform, delivering regulatory and operational solutions that resulted in 205% growth. She is currently the Interim Head of Product at My Caring Life, pioneering AI-powered solutions for unpaid carers, and an adviser to Ovida, an award-winning AI-driven coaching platform transforming leadership communication.

In her role as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Innovation Consultant with Fusion Labs (now part of Deloitte Digital), Theresa worked with corporates and government to build innovation capabilities, applying AI and machine learning prototypes to real-world challenges. She worked with Suncorp to develop and prototype a life insurance product focused on preventative care, which was later launched as the award-winning MyStyle Life Insurance product.

Trained as an evidence-based executive coach (Masters of Coaching Psychology, USyd Class of 2022), Theresa creates safe spaces with her teams, stakeholders, and clients to navigate uncertainty, solve wicked problems, adapt, and thrive. She is also one of the first newly certified coaches in Transitional Intelligence through the Modern Elder Academy, equipping her to better support clients through career transitions, leadership challenges, and life stages.

Theresa is mother to 2 sons, so not surprisingly, her career path has primarily reflected roles that are impact focused.

Tibor Schwartz is a passionate advocate for energy transition, with a career spanning over 30 years across investment management of infrastructure including the energy sector, operational roles in mining, exploration, and technology sectors, and consulting roles focusing on capital intensive sectors. As Head of Energy Innovation at HMC Capital, Tibor is at the forefront of investment strategies aimed at tackling one of the greatest challenges of our time – the transition to a sustainable energy system. His role is part of HMC's Energy Transition platform, where he uses his extensive experience to capitalise on significant investment opportunities in the sector.

Prior to joining HMC Capital, Tibor held key roles in Fund Management, Consulting, ICT and Mining & Exploration, working for prominent organisations such as QIC, Partners in Performance, Ericsson, Telstra, NBN, and Vodafone.His expertise includes investment management, strategy development, R&D, and product innovation across Australia, Asia, North America, and Europe.

In addition to his role at HMC, Tibor serves as a Non-Executive Director at Dewpoint Innovations and is an active Advisory Committee Member for the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney. He is also the former Chair of Archer Materials' Quantum Technology Advisory Board, where he provided technical and strategic guidance on quantum technology advancements. Tibor is a former member of the Governance of Technology and Innovation Panel of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Tibor's educational background includes an MBA in Technology Management from Deakin University, an MSc in Applied Geophysics from Comenius University and he is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors course.

Tom is a Co-Founder and Partner of Climate Tech Partners, a venture capital firm focused on investing and supporting globally scalable technology solutions across the Energy & Power, Transport & Logistics and Industrials & Resources through collaborations with industry partners.

Tom was previously Co-head of Climate Tech at Investible, where he set-up and raised the Investible Climate Tech fund focused on Seed stage startups. Prior to joining Investible, Tom established and led New Energy Solar, a renewable energy fund that built a portfolio of large-scale solar farms in Australia and the United States. ​His interest in Climate Tech started during his time as a member of the Power and Utilities investment banking team of UBS where he worked with Australia's largest energy generators and looked at emerging renewable technologies.

Tristan is the Unit Head for the blended finance and third party funds team in the Asian Development Bank's Private Sector Operations Department. The blended finance and third party funds team manages over $3.5 billion in high impact capital which is deployed alongside ADB's own investments into projects across the Asia & Pacific region. Tristan has worked at ADB for over seven years working on private sector climate finance projects.

Prior to ADB, Tristan worked at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Australian Conservation Foundation, Economists at Large, and the Responsible Investment Association Australasia. Tristan studied Applied Economics at Victoria University.

Tyson is a Philanthropy Australia Board Member and Chairs its New Gen Network. Tyson leads Caradonna Capital, a development firm characterised by a conscientious approach towards environmental responsibility and community. Concurrently, Tyson runs the Australian arm of XIO Lift, one of the largest elevator manufacturers in the world.

Prior to these two roles, Tyson co-led Project Echidna for a NSW member of parliament, with the ex-APAC Marketing Lead at Google. Outside of his professional roles, he leads a fundraising charity called “A Night in the Doghouse”. Each year, their team of young professionals organises a 500-person black-tie charity ball in both Brisbane and Sydney. Through these events, they donate over $150,000 to the Black Dog Institute every year, supporting mental health research and awareness.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Advanced Studies from the University of Sydney.

Vanessa Stoykov is an international award-winning money educator, with a focus on making talking about money entertaining and relatable. In the current cost of living crisis, she is a trusted voice to the media and to everyday people about new ways to think about money in a challenging environment.

She was voted by Finder in 2024 as one of Australia’s most loved top financial figures, and writes a Sunday column for eight million Daily Mail readers.

With over two decades of experience in the wealth creation space, Vanessa Stoykov knows how important it is to have courageous conversations in order to achieve financial freedom.

From her 25-year history of owning her own financial services education-focused media business, Evolution Media Group, Vanessa has a deep understanding of the finance world and has the unique ability to communicate this in a way that everyday people can understand.

Current Work: Vanessa is currently working with some of the bigger employers in Australia to help deliver financial wellness programs that ease financial stress and give people the tools to take control of their financial situation.

She founded and sold to a listed company the largest video training portal for financial advisers in Australia, and is the creator and host of the international award-winning TV Series on Channel 9 – The Secrets of The Money Masters.

She is the author of The Breakfast Club for 40-Somethings book and podcast, selected by Blinkist in 2023 to bring to millions around the globe and reaching number 2 in Australia. Her most recent book, The Five Conversations About Money That Will Radically Change Your Life was published by US independent publishing house Mango globally.

She is a regular commenter in the media including the ABC, network TV and mainstream daily press, and her level-headed conversations around money reached 21 million people during COVID lockdown.

Vanessa has three sons and knows firsthand the importance of telling money stories that matter.

She is also a member of Chief Executive Women (CEW) and one of the founders of the Fund Executives Association for superannuation senior executives.

For more information about Vanessa, visit www.vanessastoykov.com

Victoria is an experienced adviser to individuals and families, business owners and not-for-profit organisations, and has been involved in managing wealth for clients since 2001.

As a trusted adviser, Victoria aims to provide clients with tailored wealth management solutions through exceptional and welcoming service. Her expertise includes asset allocation, portfolio construction, structuring, investment selection, governance and preferences for responsible investment strategies. Victoria is passionate about taking the time to discover and understand each client’s distinctive goals, motivations and concerns.

Prior to joining Koda, Victoria spent 11 and a half years in the Investment Advisory division at Pitcher Partners Melbourne and has also held roles with ANZ Private and BDO Wealth Management (Sydney). Victoria is a Certified Financial Planner and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne. She is a member of the Financial Planning Association and the Responsible Investment Association Australasia.

Viktor Shvets is a Global Strategist at Macquarie Capital. He is the author of “The Great Rupture – Three Empires, Four Turning Points and the Future of Humanity” published in June 2020 and “The Twilight Before the Storm – From the Fractured 1930s to Today’s Crisis Culture – How to Avoid a World on Fire”, published in August 2024. 

In his almost four-decades-long investment banking career, he worked in Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong, London, NewYork, and Moscow at a number of global investment banks, such as Citibank, Baring Securities, Deutsche Bank, DLJ, and Lehman Brothers. Over the years, he has been a highly rated equity analyst across various disciplines and is recognized as one of the more innovative market strategists, working on the intersection between finance, technology, politics and history. He is a prolific writer on key global trends and is a frequent commentator on CNBC, Bloomberg and other media outlets.

Viktor was born in Kyiv, which at the time was the capital of the Soviet Ukraine. He attended Kyiv University of Trade before immigrating to Australia, where he completed Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney and Master of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales. He is married with two sons and currently resides in New

Will Richardson is Managing Partner at Giant Leap, a venture capital firm that invests in founders solving our most pressing global problems at scale across Climate, People and Health.

Giant Leap was launched in 2016 as a collaboration led by Will Richardson, and Small Giants, the family office of Danny Almagor OAM and Berry Liberman along with venture partners, Kylie Charlton representing Australian Impact Investments, Peter Cameron and Adam Milgrom who were also the Fund I’s cornerstone investors.

Giant Leap has invested in over 32 companies to date such as Who Gives a Crap, Amber Electric and Ovum AI. Will is also a Non Executive Director of the Alberts Family and a mentor at Startmate. He has almost 20 years experience in investment management predominantly within venture capital and private equity.

Xavier is a Partner and Head of G+T Ventures, a specialised practice group at G+T that works with many of the most exciting Australian early- stage and emerging growth companies who are innovating and disrupting key sectors.

With a deep understanding of the venture capital landscape, Xavier brings a unique blend of legal expertise, business acumen, and a passion for fostering entrepreneurship. Recognising that emerging companies require more than just legal guidance, Xavier takes a holistic approach, offering strategic insights and valuable connections to help start-ups and scale-ups navigate their path to success.

Xavier works with companies across all major industries including AI, climate tech, deep tech, defence, fintech, health tech/biotech, IoT/advanced manufacturing, space and aerospace, and consumer and B2B SaaS, guiding his clients through crucial stages of growth, financing, and commercialisation.

He also regularly acts for a range of investors, including local and foreign venture capital funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and strategic Investors.

Zara Fulton is a leader in venture capital and impact investing, with broad experience across biotech, climate tech, and disability tech. As Head of Investment at Remarkable, a division of Cerebral Palsy Alliance, she applies her expertise in early-stage investing and portfolio management to support innovative startups creating scalable solutions for people with disabilities, including young Australians.

Previously, Zara was Associate Director of Strategy & Corporate Development at Genomatica, where she led portfolio management and corporate strategy initiatives, advancing sustainable materials technologies. Before that, she served as Principal Analyst & Strategy Consultant at Norstella, advising pharmaceutical companies on portfolio optimisation and strategic innovation.

Her earlier career includes impactful roles in scientific research and public policy. As a Scientist at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine and a Postdoctoral Researcher at The Scripps Research Institute, Zara advanced research on influenza and HIV vaccines. She also worked on innovation-focused policy initiatives in the Australian public sector. Zara holds a PhD from Monash University, where her research focused on multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Zara’s multidisciplinary background and leadership in impact-focused initiatives have shaped her informed insights on scaling inclusive solutions that empower young Australians with disabilities.

Zoe Whitton is Managing Director, Head of Strategy and Impact at Pollination Group, a specialist climate change investment and advisory firm. Zoe helps companies and investors navigate the impacts of climate change and to build and invest in new businesses and products which take advantage of transition opportunities. She previously led the award-winning APAC ESG Research team at Citi, advising institutional investors globally on climate change and sustainable development. Earlier in her career Zoe covered ESG and climate change at Credit Suisse and at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and served as a youth delegate to the UNFCCC.

Zoe is the Chair of the Centre for Policy Development, serves on the board of the Investor Group on Climate Change, and is a member of both the Government’s National Hydrogen Strategy Advisory Council and the Expert Advisory Panel for the Federal Powering the Regions Fund.

She was previously a member of the ASFI TAG and a member of the Expert Working Group for ASFI’s formation. Zoe also sits on the Advisory Council of the Climate Governance Initiative and the Gold Standard Enabling Impact Working Group. Zoe has won numerous awards for her research and work on climate finance and risk, and regularly contributes to the wider conversation on sustainable finance by commentating in the Australian and international press along with various publications.