“In my early twenties, I did a Youth Lead workshop in Victoria. At the time that I did this workshop, I was really grappling with decisions around what I would do with my life. I was working in the corporate sector and was becoming very disillusioned with the world and humans and the way we were treating the environment, and learning about climate change. 

Doing a Youth Lead workshop really did change my life. It certainly gave me a sense of empowerment that every individual can really make a difference.

And from that point forward, I became very involved in the environmental space. I went and started my own non-for-profit that I now chair - Sustainable Table.

I started a technology business and created a technology platform for organisations to measure their carbon emissions. And have also more recently set up a sustainability advisory business with two other consultants and we work on the ESG and net zero strategies. 

In addition to that, I am very actively involved in the world of environmental philanthropy through my family office. We have a foundation set up and a key pillar of what we do is around sustainable food systems and also around climate. I play a very active role with other environmental philanthropists in this space. In our family business, we have different businesses, mainly in hospitality and tourism, but also in other industries, including aviation, craft brewing and agriculture, and I drive our sustainability agenda across this diverse range of investments. 

So much of what I’ve been able to do is because of OzGREEN and the involvement that I had there at such a young age. 

It has really been transformative in setting my life up, hopefully for its’ success. 

And so a big thanks to the team at OzGREEN and Sue, for inspiring me at a critical time in my life. 

They’re a wonderful organisation and I’m really excited to see where they’re going in the future.”