Oliver is currently the Australian country head of GAW Capital and board member of the Smart Energy Council having been the first CEO of Australia’s Green Bank, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. He has global experience in both the private and public sector regarding climate change policy and finance. Oliver was an executive director at Macquarie Bank for more than 10 years, being country head in the United States (1998‐2004), co-head Macquarie Capital Private Placements Group (2004‐2008) and co‐head Macquarie Capital Products Group (2001‐2008).

Moksha is Principal of Yallaroi Group and an experienced strategic advisor and board director with deep expertise in policy, stakeholder engagement, and practical solutions for Australia’s energy future. She has worked at the highest levels of government and industry on climate change, energy, and resources, including serving as Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister of Australia, where she played a key role in establishing the Net Zero Economy Authority, and holding executive roles at Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia, leading major net-zero initiatives. Moksha is also an Adjunct Fellow at the University of New South Wales and a member of the AJBCC Clean Energy Transition Advisory Committee.

Dani is the CEO of the UNSW Energy Institute which is focused on securing Australia’s position as a renewable energy innovation superpower, delivering a future power system with close to 100% renewable electricity and supporting a consumer-led energy transformation. Dani and is a passionate advocate for reshaping our energy system to be clean, affordable, reliable and equitable. Her experience in the energy sector is broad having held roles in universities, government, and industrial co-operative research centres. Her background is multi-disciplinary in science and business, reflecting the nature of her work bridging the gap between new technology and transitioning markets. Dani has a deep and broad knowledge of the energy transformation, including renewable energy generation, clean fuels, energy storage, grid integration and energy consumers and markets. Her own research focuses on mainstreaming energy innovation across the value chain, accelerating the technology and commercial maturity of new technologies.

Tim has 35 years financial markets experience, including providing public interest related financial analysis on the energy transition since 2013, studying China, India and Australia.

Tim founded Climate Energy Finance Australasia in 2022, having co-founded and worked with the global energy finance thinktank IEEFA over 2013-2021. For 17 years Tim was a Managing Director at Citigroup, Head of Australasian Equity Research. Tim has published over 100 reports on the global energy transition.

Roy is Special Innovation Advisor at the University of Technology Sydney and former Dean of the UTS Business School. He graduated with 1st class honours from the University of Adelaide and a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He has pursued a career in universities, government and industry and published widely on innovation and industrial policy, including with the OECD and European Commission. He chaired the Australian Government’s Innovative Regions Centre, CSIRO Manufacturing Sector Advisory Council, Queensland Competition Authority, NSW Manufacturing Council and the Port of Newcastle. Currently, Roy chairs the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub and is a board director of CSIRO and SmartSat CRC.

Monica is an economist and social ecologist with extensive experience in environmental sustainability with an interest in the role of business in accelerating the uptake of low and zero carbon solutions.   

Recent career highlights include supporting Australia’s opportunity to be a leader in the manufacturing of green iron in collaboration with our trading partners.  Also establishing the Materials and Embodied Carbon Leaders’ Alliance, with over 190 companies and organisations working to reduce the embodied carbon in the construction and infrastructure sectors. Other highlights include establishing the Business Renewables Centre – Australia driving large scale renewable projects through Power Purchase Agreements, deep engagement in WWF’s PandaLabs innovation program, and supporting the Science Based Targets Initiative in Australia, getting companies to set ambitious long term greenhouse gas emission reduction targets aligned with a 1.5oC pathway. 

Monica is a graduate of the Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia Program; Future Directors program, a Board Member of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council, Chair of the External Advisory Board of the Western Sydney University’s Urban Transformation Research Centre, Chair of the Mercury Centre collaborative enterprise catalyst, University of Southern Queensland Future Material Advisory Council, Queensland Government’s Clean Economy Expert Panel, and was named a top 100 Green Power influencer for her impact in 2023 and 2024. 

Professor Baldwin was the inaugural Director of the ANU Energy Change Institute and founding Director of the ANU Grand Challenge: Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific. His main focus is to drive the energy transition, particularly for Australia’s future export industries based on renewable energy. His current appointments include chair of the Industry Advisory Board for the ACT Government’s Energy Innovation Fund, non-executive director of the Australian Hydrogen Research Network, and chair of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Steering Committee for the Australian Energy Transition Research Plan. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics (UK), the Optical Society of America and the Australian Institute of Physics, and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.