Anna Skarbek is CEO of Climateworks Centre, working to develop the low carbon economy.

Bhavika leads Operations at Climateworks Centre. Applying a people-centric approach, Bhavika leads, builds and implements best practice models for successful running of the organisation’s operations functions.

Luke brings deep expertise in building and fostering strategic relationships across Asia and the Pacific to this role.

At Climateworks, Michaela oversees the organisations’ System Leads in program development and delivery, ensuring excellence across the portfolio.

Wei leads Climateworks’ Strategy team, applying strategic thinking across the organisation’s systems to support ambition for real-life impact at scale.

Anna heads the Australian Country Context team which takes an outward facing approach to enhance Climateworks’ understanding of the political and economic landscape.

Emi leads the development of initiatives and programs in energy system decarbonisation, electricity sector transitions and net zero energy planning in Australia and Southeast Asia.

Guntur leads Climateworks’ Indonesian team, enhancing Climateworks’ understanding of the region by providing context around policy, politics, and the economic landscape.

Heather is responsible for providing high level strategic support to the CEO and the Executive Leadership Team to undertake their leadership duties, including operationalising the strategy, engagement with the Board, and increasing accountability throughout organisational decision-making.

Jash provides key analytical and strategic resources for Climateworks’ budgeting, performance management, contract management and financial management, to support significant new projects and continue growth in revenue and research activity.

Jess leads on organisational strategy and strategy implementation. Previously, she led the Systems Change Acceleration team, which focused on developing and embedding approaches and core capabilities to increase Climateworks’ ability to influence system change.

John provides technical assistance to regulators, institutions, and the private sector to create enabling environments for mobilising capital towards achieving net zero and Paris-aligned objectives.

Kulja is the Climateworks communications lead and director of our multidisciplinary group of editorial, design, digital, content, knowledge and UX specialists.

Based in Climateworks’ Perth office, Kylie leads the Sustainable Economies system team, pursuing sustainable pathways towards net zero by focusing on how we can accelerate systems change in line with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees in national and sub-national economies.

Liam leads Climateworks’ efforts to reduce emissions within the Food, Land & Ocean system across Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Margot leads Climateworks’ Cities team, aiming to accelerate the transition to net zero across cities and the urban environment through the decarbonisation of buildings, transport and infrastructure.

Matt leads the Climateworks business support team which ensures seamless delivery of governance and support functions across the organisation.

Michael supports and coordinates research, modelling and analysis capabilities at Climateworks, in line with the organisation’s strategic objective of achieving systems-level change.

Sali is the international policy lead at Climateworks, with a focus on the Asia Pacific region.

Simone works with Climateworks’ CEO, Senior Leadership team and philanthropic partners to develop and implement philanthropic strategic alignment, engagement and investment – to support the organisation’s mission to catalyse net zero  emissions.

Trang leads Climateworks Centre’s Southeast Asia team, contributing to our regional strategy and engagement in the region.

Tom oversees a program of work designed to support Australian corporates on their path to net zero.

Amelia works within the operations team, embedding governance and risk frameworks into the organisation and leading the management and coordination of risk, policy and compliance frameworks.  Her role also includes implementing, monitoring and evaluating organisational rhythm, to ensure that processes, cycles, deadlines and events are coordinated and managed in alignment with competing operational and strategic requirements.She also provides support and advice on operational policy, as well as supporting the Climateworks Board.

Allison translates Climateworks’ analysis for a range of audiences, delivering strategic content for our stakeholders in the transition to net zero emissions.

Amrit’s expertise is communicating through design. As such, she continues to develop the organisation’s brand’s voice, bringing its impacts to life through visual storytelling and delivering Climateworks’ mission by expanding its visual presence across the full body of work.

As a Project Manager in the Sustainable Corporates system team, Ashley provides project coordination, research and content development services to support the end-to-end delivery of capacity building and education projects.

Astra is focusing on the ocean-climate nexus across Southeast Asia, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team on the SEAFOAM project.

Brurce spearheads analysis around mobilising finance for climate in Indonesia with a focus on practical recommendations for governments and businesses to facilitate enabling environments and credible investment strategies supporting a net zero emissions future. 

Ceren works within Climateworks’ International Country Context team, where she is responsible for projects and initiatives across Southeast Asia with a specific focus on a fair and inclusive – or ‘just’ – transition and Just Energy Transition Partnerships.

Charlotte supports a range of research and analysis projects within the Sustainable Corporates team.

Claire works within the Philanthropy team where she is responsible for developing strong and enduring relationships with philanthropic partners across Australia.

Coral leads data gathering and analysis for Climateworks’ Net Zero Momentum Tracker project – the first project ever to centralise data and track Australia’s progress towards net zero emissions across key sectors of the economy.

David is leading the development of Climateworks’ monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) system, including approaches to support organisational, system and initiative level analysis and adaptation.   His role includes designing and supporting learning-oriented processes that encourage teams to test and adjust their respective system-level Theories of Change as well as the ongoing refinement of organisational monitoring metrics and results.

Dechen is responsible for project managing current work to decarbonise freight in Australia.  The role includes engaging with federal, state and territory policy-makers, as well as with industry (freight and logistics sector, corporates).

Deepanko works in the research analysis and modelling team supporting their outputs, in addition to the work of other teams across the organisation.

Dianna provides support to the Philanthropy team in developing strong, meaningful and deeper engagement and connections with our philanthropic partners through close collaboration across the wider organisation.  Previously, Dianna project managed and coordinated Melbourne Business School’s first fundraising event, which included members of the business community, major and potential donors including Trusts and Foundations and key stakeholders.  She also developed and managed a robust stewardship program at Monash University which enabled the faculty to re-engage, retain and grow their major gifts pool.

Eithne leads the delivery of a multi-year program called the Natural Capital Investment Initiative, which seeks to better integrate and make visible the value of nature in corporate and government decision-making.

Emma manages policy for Australia in the International and Country Context team.

Fikri is part of Climateworks’ Indonesia team. He is responsible for designing economic and governance research through applying qualitative and quantitative research, including economic modelling, and supporting robust data analysis, with a specific focus on Indonesia.

Freya leads the design and delivery of stakeholder engagement activities across Climateworks’ Natural Capital Investment Initiative (NCII).   By engaging with decision-makers across government, financial institutions, and food supply chains, Freya and the NCII team are embedding more consistent metrics, as well as incentives, to support the scaling of natural capital measurement across Australia.

George provides comprehensive administrative support to the Climateworks Business Operations team, with a particular focus on team culture and wellbeing.

Germaine is responsible for managing the end-to-end process of planning, implementation and administering the design and development of Climateworks’ new intranet.  Her role covers all aspects of the design process, including engagement with users, running workshops, prototyping designs and managing the relationship with developers and other subject matter experts.

Gill works in Climateworks’ Cities team, leading research and policy projects to decarbonise Australia’s buildings sector, including residential and non-residential buildings, and both new and existing builds.

Glen is responsible for managing and expanding the impacts of the Energy System program, focusing on delivering system scale change to support the Australian Energy Transition.

Helen leads Climateworks’ transport program, working with government and industry stakeholders to define a common vision and action plan to move the sector to zero emissions.

Holly works within the Sustainable Corporates team where she leads the design and development of capacity building and education programs that enable organisations and individuals to take action in managing climate risk and reducing emissions.

James provides analytical support to the Sustainable Finance team, focusing on mobilising capital towards achieving net zero and Paris-aligned objectives.

Janna has over fourteen years’ experience in top-tier management consulting and senior management positions.

Egi works within Climateworks’ Indonesian team, responsible for assessing opportunities and acting as a trusted advisor to important stakeholders.

Jo leads the Land Use Futures program, a multi-year initiative developing pathways to sustainable land use for Australia.

Working within Climateworks Industry System, Jordan is responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of key programs focused on achieving net zero emissions in Australian Industrial supply chains.This involves working closely with internal and external project stakeholders across business and government to ensure project delivery on time and on budget, driving change management initiatives where required.

Josh manages the stakeholder engagement strategy for the Cities system, across the transport, infrastructure, and buildings portfolios.

Joshua works in the Sustainable Economies team on projects to support government and industry in the transition to net zero emissions.

Lani is a Senior Project Manager within the Sustainable Economies team where she works on a range of projects with a focus on policy implications.

Lauren works within the Australia Country team, which takes an outward facing approach to enhance Climateworks’ understanding of policy and economic landscapes.

Lily engages with partners and stakeholders to develop pathways to decarbonise heavy industry.

As Development Manager, Liz sits within the Philanthropy team. Her focus is on securing funding for international projects – building partnerships and collaborations to accelerate solutions for greater traction on net zero goals.

Louise is passionate about designing the transition to net zero with community, experts and government – which makes her role at Climateworks ideal, as Louise leads collaboration, working with systems and country teams to design and deliver collaborative programs.

Lubna’s responsibilities include managing Climateworks’ annual stewardship plan and activities and supporting philanthropic income generation to meet annual income targets, including securing major gifts to support Climateworks funding priorities.

Mandy’s responsibilities cover stakeholder management and engagement in Climateworks’ Sustainable Corporates portfolio, focusing on the Transition Plans program, as well as the Net Zero Momentum Tracker.

Within Climateworks’ System Change and Capability team, Marine supports and coordinates all research, modelling and analysis capabilities at Climateworks in line with the objective of achieving system-level change.

Melanie is responsible for scoping, implementation and review of key enabling systems which support project management, collaboration, analytics and dashboard reporting and customer relationship management.

Michael works within the International and Country Context team, focusing on the political economy of climate change action, the climate-development nexus, regional and global affairs, and strategic partnerships for climate action.

As an information professional with over 20 years’ experience, Michael’s skills combine senior management experience, business analysis, knowledge management and a focus on user experience.

Minalee is a project officer in the ocean team. She supports research and analysis for the Southeast Asia Framework for Ocean Action in Mitigation (SEAFOAM) project, working to understand climate mitigation opportunities in the ocean-climate nexus, such as offshore energy and blue carbon.

Enthusiastic about research and new technologies, Mudabber leads work on updating Climateworks’ transport modelling and further transport analysis, to reach net-zero emissions.  Prior to Climateworks, Mudabber was a PhD researcher at UNSW in Transportation Engineering, focusing on developing a new approach for modelling and understanding traffic congestion.

Rizki is responsible for managing and delivering research projects within the energy system team, aiming to provide research insights and best practices to support energy transition and decarbonisation in the region.

Mythili works in the Research, Analysis and Modelling team, supporting data gathering, analysis and reviewing modelling results on a range of projects.

Nelika works within Climateworks’ Australia Country team, providing a range of high-level program coordination services to support the end-to-end delivery of programs to accelerate systems change.

Nick coordinates the collection of scientific and economic data to support Climateworks’ research, analysis and modelling, and other project teams’ analyses.

Nicky supports Climateworks’ communications team in delivering timely communication to amplify the impact of the organisation’s net zero systems change work.  Returning to Climateworks after a sabbatical, Nicky draws on her experience translating decarbonisation pathways technical analysis for a broad range of audiences, along with three decades’ expertise in writing and editing.

Oz offers a comprehensive suite of administrative services to support staff and fulfill the operational requirements of the Climateworks team.  This includes assisting with organising and managing daily administrative duties, and providing support for projects, strategic initiatives, and other activities or events.

Paula is responsible for the development and end-to-end delivery of collaborative projects working alongside businesses, to support their understanding, commitment and strong, credible action towards net zero emissions and limiting warming to 1.5 C degrees.  Her work includes a project related to ASX200 emissions commitments and climate-related disclosures.

Petra works within the International and Country Context team, supporting data analysis and policy analysis, focusing on gaps and opportunities for sustainable finance in Indonesia.  Petra started as a student intern at Climateworks, supporting the International team on the Indonesia Electricity Roadmap, working on regulatory analysis and energy sectoral planning and development.

Rebecca (Bec) manages the infrastructure program in the Cities Team. She provides a range of project management, research, policy analysis and advice to internal and external stakeholders, supporting decarbonisation across the infrastructure sector.  Bec also works closely with the Transport and Buildings teams where she supports a range of programs and pilot initiatives with the agenda to deliver net zero infrastructure.  Prior to joining ClimateWorks, Bec worked as a consultant on strategic transport planning projects.

Ro is responsible for driving projects within the research, modelling and analysis team.

Ronnie supports the Operations team, managing Monash Sustainable Development Institute’s ‘city hub’ office.

Sally works in the Sustainable Corporates Team, leading the systems engagement strategy.With a background in financial services, Sally is an experienced business consultant and agile lead, having worked across financial compliance, simplification and change management, including working on Wall Street.

Sam provides high-level executive support to the Chief Executive Officer and Chair.  She contributes over two decades of experience in office administration and was one of the first to join the Climateworks team.

With more than 20 years experience in media communications, Simon plays a key role supporting engagement with our work, as editor in charge of Climateworks’ digital presence including our website and social channels.  Simon came to Climateworks from a role as ABC Radio National’s Deputy Digital Editor, producing and editing high-value digital content for RN’s in-depth programs and podcasts.

Sophie leads the development of initiatives to grow Climateworks’ communications and digital capabilities as well as brand reputation.

In her role, Siti provides key analytical and strategic resources for Climateworks’ contract and financial management, and monitors financial performance to support growth in revenue and research activity across the organisation.

In her role, Stefana provides planning, coordinating, administration, communications, event coordination, and travel management for the Indonesia team.

Tessa works within the Industry system, involved in research, analysis and the communication of findings that support Australian industry to realise opportunities for decarbonisation.

Thanneal is an engagement and content delivery Project Officer within the Sustainable Corporates team.

Tyra works within the industry system team, where her role is to translate project insights into content designed to impact targeted audiences through a variety of formats, including technical reports, briefings, data visualisations and presentation slides.  Previously, Tyra contributed to the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative program as an analyst and author, translating model findings and program participant insights.

Winnie’s role focuses on the Renovation Pathways project to decarbonise and improve efficiencies within the residential buildings sector.