Artesian is a global alternative investment management firm specializing in debt, venture capital and impact investment strategies. Led Artesian's B-Corp accreditation process & built impact infrastructure (incl. IMM) from the ground up. Inaugural Chairperson: Impact Taskforce, DE&I Committee, Sustainability Steering Committee, Net Zero Taskforce.Currently focused on helping family offices, corporations, universities, and governments access the financial & strategic returns of the innovation ecosystem. Ask me about the intersection of VCaaS & Impact Outcomes.

- Women's Economic Empowerment Fund: making the business case for gender lens investing in impact partnership with the United Nations - Sustainable Credit Opportunity Fund: targeting ‘dark’ green bonds & venture debt in projects that will have a disruptive deflationary effect on the cost of infrastructure necessary to limit global warming to 2ºC above pre-industrial levels

Bridging the global economic gender gap in our lifetime.

-UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) & Morgan Stanley - Gendering Your Portfolio (Speaker)-Harvard (Seminar Speaker & Social Impact Judge)-World Capital Market Symposium - Malaysian Gov (Panellist)-8th International Renewable Energy Conference - Korea (Moderator)-DFAT Australian Govt (Panellist)-Accelerate Energy (Panellist)-EduGrowth (Mentor)-ThinkChangeGrow (Speaker)-Topica Founder Institute (Mentor)-Investible AngelPitch (Judge/Panellist)-AsiaRecon/HaymarketHQ - Going Global Panel - How to Raise Money from Investors in China (Moderator)-Flux/Business Models Inc - Human Behaviour Hackathon (Judge)-Australian Utility Week - Innovation Awards (Judge) -UTSpeaks: ShapeShifters - Enabling Entrepreneurs (Keynote/Panellist)-Climathon/EnergyLab - Climate Change Hackathon (Judge)-KPMG/Artesian - Follow the Funding: Capital Flows in Asia (Moderator)-How to raise your first VC round - TechInAsia (Topic Expert - Live Q&A)-Capital Raising Alternatives Post Accelerator - H2 Ventures / Stone & Chalk (Guest Speaker)-Institute of Chartered Accountants ANZ - Entrepreneurs in Conversation (Keynote/Panellist)-Startup Weekend (Judge)-Artesian/KPMG - Australia's FinTech Future (Moderator)-UTS - Hatchery Plus Program (Startup Mentor)-Artesian/KPMG - Disruption through Data Panel (Moderator)-Hong Kong Australia Business Association - Entrepreneurship: Mindset, Hiring and Funding (Guest Speaker)-Young Achievement Australia - Orientation Day (Cohort Welcome)-Sydney Design Festival - Starting Your Own Thing (Keynote Speaker/Panel)-ACES Entrepreneurial Society - Project Pitch Weekend (Judging Panel)-Macquarie University - Entrepreneurship: Starting a Firm in the Australia-China Space (Panellist/Workshop Facilitator)-UTS - Alternative Investments: Venture Capital (Guest Lecturer)-Optus Innov8 - Ed:Spark: EdTech in Australia & Abroad (Panellist)-Sydney Startup Weekend (Mentor)-SkyNews - Technology Behind Business (Guest)

JA Worldwide is one of the largest global NGOs dedicated to addressing fundamental social and economic challenges of young people by educating and empowering them to transform their future and own their economic success.With more than 100 member countries, the JA Worldwide network is powered by over 450,000 volunteers and mentors from all sectors of society, reaching more than 10 million young people around the world every year.JA Australia was founded as the 121st Federation Nation to join the JA Worldwide network to deliver the cutting-edge, experiential learning in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship to effectively broaden the canvas of possibility for Australian young people and enrich their ability to both engage in their own economic development and contribute to the strength of their families, communities, and economies.

Young Achievement Australia was Australia's premier Business Skills Program for high school and university students between 1977 and 2009 with over 190,000 participants.The relaunched not-for-profit provides a 6-month simulated startup experience for teams of 25-30 students to create a company structure that produces a product, raises capital, sells to real customers and finds a suitable 'exit'.This experience cumulates into an awards night in which the "Company of the Year" and "Young Business Person of the Year" are selected.www.yaa.net.au

Zookal is an award-winning, Silicon Valley venture-backed company that was named by BRW as one of the top-ten start-ups. Our mission is to 'make students' lives easier' - whether this be by saving them money through our textbook rental platform or delivering a peer to peer e-learning platform.As COO, I was responsible for the leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure that Zookal has the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, as well as people systems in place to accommodate our rapid growth objectives.

The Emerald Club is a lead promoter and distributor of Sustainable Investment solutions to financial practitioners within superannuation, pension and wealth building service sectors.

SSI's vision is to equip each student with the opportunity to successfully pursue his or her life aspirations and career goals. The student-run organisation endeavors to achieve this by providing a platform that fosters practicality, mentorship and connectivity through workshops, site tours, industry panels, networking forums and speaker events.Within our first year, we achieved 300% growth in our member base and successfully secured sponsorship and partnerships with both corporates and NGOs.