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Australian Conservation Foundation is Australia's national environment organisation - we are more than 700,000 people who speak out for the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the places and wildlife we love. I am responsible for coordination of environmental advocacy campaign activities with internal and external stakeholders, project management, program governance, monitoring and evaluation including support for organisational strategy planning across Climate and Energy, Nature and Economy.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Proudly co-founded the Future Business Council as Australia's leading voice for future-focused businesses. The FBC was set up as a membership based organisation with a vision to advocate the development of sustainable business community through collaboration, advocacy, and research.For FBC members we filter the information on emerging trends, connect leading businesses, and communicate the opportunities and challenges facing Australia's economy this century.

Melbourne, Australia

At Frontier Carbon (now a part of Frontier Impact Group) I focused on development of business proposals for originating and developing projects within existing and evolving environmental markets (Clean Development Mechanism, Voluntary Carbon Markets and Carbon Farming Initiative). I was responsible for development of communications, training guides, tools, and fact sheets.

Melbourne, Australia

I delivered a federal government funded capacity and awareness project across five local councils in Australia to create an understanding of low carbon growth opportunities. Responsibilities included conducting research on various regional economies, identifying local climate change mitigation opportunities for businesses and households, building cross-sectoral partnerships and delivering training workshops.

Supported and eventually managed projects of international stature involving capacity building components within the global carbon markets and specifically on methane capture and utilisation opportunities with the USEPA. Domestic focus included facilitating CDM projects and transactions.Created and implemented two annual conferences on environment and climate change as well as led industry delegations to UN Climate Conferences in Bali and Copenhagen.

New Delhi Area, India

Research into impact of groundwater markets on drought affected communities.

Assisted in the development of sustainability indicators for program evaluation of ICEF funded projects under energy, water conservation, environment education, biodiversity, waste management and natural resources management.

Fellowship, Sustainability Leadership

Activities and Societies: Key focus areas include - leadership skills, project management, team collaboration, strategic thinking.

Certificate, Carbon Accounting

Msc Natural Resources Management, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Policy And Governance

Awarded Certificate of Merit

Bsc Botany (Hons), Botany And Ecology (First Class Honours)