Governance

Sophie is ACCR’s Chief Scientist leading our engagement and outreach and serves on our Research Committee. Prior to joining the team, she was the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment. Sophie has 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 ACT Scientist of the Year.

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.

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 Steward within Schroders’ Australian Equities team. He also serves as a Board Member of the UNSW Alumni Advisory Board. William was a lecturer and co-author of Sustainable and Responsible Investing at the University of New South Wales. In recognition of his work in sustainable and responsible investing, he received the 2021 Aspen Institute Ideas Worth Teaching Award. William began his investment career in 2007 and has held portfolio management roles at Perennial Value Management and Melior Investment Management, where he managed a range of sustainability-focused strategies.

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.