Anna Skarbek

Chief Executive Officer

Anna Skarbek is CEO of Climateworks Centre, leading the organisation’s work in Australia and Southeast Asia with decision-makers who have power to reduce emissions at scale. Anna has led Climateworks since its creation in 2009. Co-founded by philanthropy and Monash University, Climateworks bridges the gap between research and climate action, operating as an independent not-for-profit within the Monash Sustainable Development Institute.

Anna is an Asia Pacific Advisory Board member for GFANZ (the Glasgow Financial Alliance on Net Zero), a member of the Nature Finance Council, a board director of SEC Victoria, the Green Building Council of Australia, and the Centre for New Energy Technologies. 

Anna was a founding board director of Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Carbon Market Institute and has held other board directorships ranging from impact investing to human rights organisations. She was a member of Australian Government advisory groups during the development of low carbon and biodiversity legislation and programs, and a member of state government advisory panels that informed the first commitments to net zero emissions. Prior to Climateworks, Anna was an investment banker in London and Melbourne and a ministerial advisor on environment, water and social policy with the Victorian State Government. 

Anna was named among the Top 100 Green Power Players by The Australian and is a member of Chief Executive Women and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has a Bachelor of Commerce/Law with Honours from Monash University.