About Us

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CEO 

Dr  Karel (Karl) Nolles  is an experienced energy and finance executive and  academic and is an Adviser with Aton Consulting.    

He was a founding member of the Macquarie Capital Climate Change and Utilities team and  Macquarie  Global Investments (2007-13).

He has a PhD in Energy Economics and Electrical Engineering, and was a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty  of Business at UNSW (2003-2007). 

In  2019 he was appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Joint Graduate  School of Energy and Environment at King Mongut University in Bangkok.

Non-Executive Director

Nick Butcher is a dedicated Climate Investor, Board Director, and  Conservationist.

A committed conservationist, adviser and Board Chair to a number of environmental NGOs; Nick currently serves as the Board Chair of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy.

He spent 25 years at Macquarie Group in Sydney, Melbourne, New York & London , holding senior management positions including Global Co-Head of Infrastructure & Energy. In addition to Skjander Nick focuses in investing for impact and return in businesses focused on sustainability, decarbonization and the energy transition. 

Analytics & Portfolio

 Dr. Liz Heagney has 20+ years’ experience as an economic analyst and program manager for government and private sectors, and is an Adviser with Aton Consulting.
She previously led the Economics and Advanced Analytics team within the New South Wales Department of Planning and the Environment. Through the course of her career she secured more than $1B in funding for environmental projects in Australia. Her work is inclusive of environmental and development projects in Australia and the Pacific, including the farming, fisheries and forestry sectors. 

Liz holds a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Environmental Science, Hons 1), Bachelor of Arts (International Economic Development), and a PhD in Ecology from the University of New South Wales. 

Investor Relations

 Dan Brown is a investment banking, private equity, and venture capital leader with cross industry work experience in start-ups to large investment organizations in Australia and USA. 

He served on Macquarie Group's Global Investment Division management team focused in agriculture, environment, and real assets. Dan then  joined the leadership team of OFX(Macquarie company) from post acquisition to ASX IPO.  In addition to the private sector Dan was the Principal Investment Manager for the Queensland government in North America facilitating $450m USD in foreign direct investment into Queensland.
Dan holds a Bachelors of Science (Business Administration) from The Citadel and is a Graduate of Law from the University of Sydney. He is a graduate of the Private Equity & Venture Capital Program at Columbia University.

Company Secretary

Anthony Hogarth is an experienced director and senior executive with commercial, operational,  and legal experience at blue chip organizations in London and Sydney.
He served as an Associate Director and lawyer within the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets division advising on funds and asset management across the infrastructure, agriculture and cleantech/renewable energy sectors. Following Macquarie, he served  as General Counsel of the Supercars Group of companies under ownership of Archer Capital.  Anthony also served  at Botany Group as Commercial Director with responsibility for M&A, special projects, proprietary brands, and legal issues.
Anthony has a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics & Finance) and Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney. He is a graduate of the
Emerging COO Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

General Counsel

Tony Corcoran is a senior lawyer and legal advisor with broad financial institution experience including serving as General Counsel for Macquarie Group's Banking and Financial Division. Tony brings years of deep legal expertise and capabilities include establishing trust with stakeholders, interactions with regulators, managing disputes , complaints, whistle blowing, establishing business units in new countries and structuring and launch of new or innovative financial products.  In addition to Macquarie Group, Tony served as the APAC General Counsel of RBS based in Asia during the RBS led hostile takeover of ABN AMRO Bank NV. The takeover, valuing ABN at circa USD $100bn at the time, was the largest takeover in banking history. Tony also served as Managing Director of Allen & Overy, and Managing Principal of Allora Helidon Partners.  Tony's career has included posts in Sydney,  Hong Kong and London.  Tony holds both a Bachelors Degree of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), from The University of Queensland. 

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Operations

  Jerry Joye is an experienced Global Supply Chain and Operations Leader having served as Chief Operating Officer for several global brands.  His experience includes scaling and expanding operations, entering new markets, and organizational cost improvement. Most recently he is the Head of Supply Chain and Operations for Red Bull North America. Prior to joining Red Bull Jerry was COO of Fiji Water and Beyond Meat. He previously was  Head of Procurement at The Wonderful Company, the largest agriculture operation in North America and Head of Supply Chain at Wonderful Citrus.  Prior to the private sector Jerry served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army.  Jerry is a graduate of Modern Languages from The Citadel and a MBA graduate of the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, Netherlands. Jerry holds a Six Sigma Black Belt Certification and is  fluent in Spanish and German. 

Marketing

As a marketing and communications leader for some of Australia's biggest brands including AMP, TAL and the Commonwealth Bank, Katie has worked across customer, marketing, product and innovation for over 15 years. After a successful career leading marketing and innovation teams in banking and finance, Katie launched her own consulting business and found her passion working with visionary founders and CEOs of purpose-driven and ESG-minded businesses to build, launch and grow their ideas. In 2019 she commenced her postgraduate degree in sustainability at the University of Sydney, and shortly afterwards, made the leap to co-founder and entrepreneur-in-residence with Engie to incubate ideas in the climate tech space. Katie holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Wollongong, and a Graduate Certificate of Sustainability from the University of Sydney.