Governance

Marian Baird AO is Professor of Gender and Employment Relations at the University of Sydney, a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and an Expert Panel Member of the Fair Work Commission. Marian is one of Australia's leading researchers in the fields of women, work and care. She is and a Chief Investigator on the Centre of Excellence on Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) and Co-Coordinator of the International Network on Leave Policies & Research. Marian’s research has had a profound impact on Australian work and care public policy.

Professor Dr Marcia Langton AO, BA (Hons), ANU, PhD Macq. U, D. Litt. ANU, FASSA is the granddaughter of an Iman man and is proud of her Indigenous heritage from her grandmother who worked in the pastoral industry in southwest and western Queensland. Langton has qualifications in anthropology and geography, and since 2000 has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne. She has produced a large body of knowledge in the areas of political and legal anthropology, Aboriginal alcohol use and harms, family violence, Indigenous agreements and engagement with the minerals industry, and Indigenous culture and art. Professor Langton is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of Trinity College, Melbourne and an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland. In 2016 Professor Langton was honoured as a University of Melbourne Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor. In 2017 Professor was appointed as the first Associate Provost at the University of Melbourne.

From 1971 to 2004 Graeme worked at the CSIRO. Prior to his departure he was Director of the Division of Atmospheric Research. Graeme Pearman has published over 200 scientific journal papers primarily on aspects of the global carbon budget. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Royal Society of Victoria, the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Oceanographic and Meteorological Society. He was awarded the CSIRO Medal (1988), a United Nations' Environment Program Global 500 Award (1989), Australian Medal of the Order of Australia (1999) and a Federation Medal (2003).

Learn about Graeme's research history at the CSIRO.

Julian is a partner at Energy Transition Advisers and globally recognised in the field of climate risk, clean energy investing, responsible investment, and sustainability.

Julian is currently responsible for investor outreach for the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) programme, a leading consortium that has become an international forecasting standard for the low carbon transition.

He has over 35 years business experience with over 25 of these in senior executive positions. His consulting career began at KPMG in business strategy and transition consulting covering sectors such as oil and gas, and finance. He moved into general management including being CEO of two data management companies. He has worked in the climate risk area since 2006 including 10 years as CEO of AODP, the investment disclosure framework referenced and incorporated into the TCFD framework.

William is a Portfolio Manager and Investment Stewardship within Schroders’ Australian Equities team. He is the lecturer and co-author of Sustainable and Responsible Investing at the University of NSW. More recently, William has been awarded the 2021 Aspen Institute Ideas Worth Teaching Award, presented for his sustainable and responsible investing work. William commenced his investment career in 2007 and spent several years at Perennial Value Management and Melior Investment Management where he was Portfolio Manager. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance Major) from the University of New South Wales and has achieved CFA level 1 certification.

Sophie is the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment. The Commissioner is an independent statutory position that serves as an independent voice for the environment in the ACT. Prior to this, she researched the connection between climate change and extreme weather and climate events. She published over 50 research articles on climate change and variability during her roles at the University of New South Wales, the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University. In 2014 Sophie was awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship. From 2018, she served as a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report. In 2019, she was named 2019 ACT Scientist of the Year in recognition of her research excellence and her commitment to children and young people and their futures in a changing climate.

Howard was awarded a university medal in Economics at the Australian National University. He worked at the Australian Treasury, an investment bank and was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International and Public Law at the Australian National University. He co-founded and was a Director of Australian Ethical Investment for 20 years until 2011. Howard was also a Director of 2 other ASX listed companies.