PROGRAM & SPEAKERS

The 5th annual Climate Investor Forum, coming in 2027 – will once again host an impressive, influential line up of speakers.

Forum Program

The agenda built for APAC's climate investment community.

Now in its fifth year, the Climate Investor Forum continues to set the standard for climate investment events across APAC. The 2027 program brings together world-class speakers, 12 sector showcases, expanded networking and B2B meeting opportunities, and signature evening events — all designed to connect capital with the climate solutions shaping our region's net zero future.

Program overview 2027

THE GLOBAL STATE OF PLAY

  • Market developments, geopolitics & forces
    reshaping climate investment globally

 

  • How the energy transition is realigning capital
    flows in APAC

 

  • The need for energy sovereignty and
    independence impacting policy, markets,
    technology and finance

WHERE THE SMART MONEY IS MOVING &

HOW

  • How institutional investors, PE, VC and family
    offices are successfully executing strategies
 
  • Who is meeting the challenges in securing
    late-stage growth capital
 
  • What are the climate solutions, technologies
    and projects attracting the smart money

MEETING THE MOMENT – AUSTRALIA’S

OPPORTUNITY

  • How are the Government’s Specialist
    Investment Vehicles co-investing and catalysing
    The Future made in Australia strategy
 
  • What role will carbon and nature markets
    play in financing emissions reduction
 
  • Which sectors can Australia genuinely lead
    globally

INDUSTRY & CORPORATE ACTION

  • How is climate a driver of industrial
    transformation, productivity, energy security,
    and corporate value creation?
 
  • What is the role of corporates in financing
    Australia’s Climate Technology Scale-Up Gap
 
  • Resilience & adaptation capital — mobilising
    investment into infrastructure & naturebased
    solutions at scale

In February 2027, The 5th Climate Investor Forum will once again include over 100+ speakers, moderators, and presenting climate solutions, at the forefront of the climate investment landscape.

world class speakers

The Climate Investor Forum has brought together an unparalleled community of world class speakers and leaders driving the global climate agenda. Explore just some of the Fourm’s  400+ speakers — spanning ministers and institutional investors to fund managers, major corporates, and companies pioneering the next generation of climate solutions — across four landmark gatherings. 

Emily Woodland
Emily Woodland

APAC Head of Sustainable & Transition Solutions, BlackRock 

Paul Hunyor
Paul Hunyor

CEO and C-Founder, Wollemi Capital

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Rachel Payne

Managing Director, X, the Moonshot Factory

Richard Yetsenga
Richard Yetsenga

Group Chief Economist & Head of Research, ANZ

Craig Scroggie
Craig Scroggie

CEO and Managing Director of NEXTDC

Neil Arora
Neil Arora

Partner, Head of Asia Climate, KKR

David Gall
David Gall

CEO, National Reconstruction Fund

Marina Pasika
Marina Pasika

Head of Private Markets (Acting), Rest

Prue Newall
Prue Newall

Director Environment, IFM Investors

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Sean Kidney

CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

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Stephanie Russo

Executive Director, Pollination

Liza McDonald
Liza McDonald

Head of Responsible Investment, Aware Super

Ben Gust
Ben Gust

Managing Partner, Virescent Ventures

Greg Noonan
Greg Noonan

Division Director Natural Capital, Gunn Agri

David Allen
David Allen

Deputy Chief Investment Officer - Alternatives, Future Group

Elysse Morgan
Elysse Morgan

Head of Client Solutions Japan, Australia & NZ, Stafford Capital

Sasha Corville
Sasha Courville

CEO, Carbon Market Institute

Chris Halliwell
Chris Halliwell

Co-Founder & CEO, CORE Markets

Jesse Scott
Jesse Scott

Head of AgriEnergy Commercial & Growth, GrainCorp Energy

Estelle Parker
Estelle Parker

CEO, Responsible Investment Association of Australia

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Dr Mary Manning

Chief Investment Officer, National Reconstruction Fund

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Ben Krasnostein

Managing Partner, KSB Investments

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Zoe von Batenburg

Chief Investment Officer, ARENA

David Barton
David Barton

Principal Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank

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Gabrielle Munzer

Partner, Main Sequence Ventures

Chris Hay
Chris Hay

Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, StB Capital Partners

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Jenny Selway

CEO, HILT CRC

Rebecca Russell
Rebecca Russel

Managing Director and Partner, BCG

Paul Peters
Paul Peters

CEO, Energy Security Corporation

Chloe Arglye
Chloé Argyle

Managing Director, éthica Capital

Dr Fraser Thomas
Dr. Fraser Thompson

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Cyan Ventures

Emma Herd
Emma Herd

Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services & Co-Lead, EY Net Zero Centre

Jeremy Kwong-Law
Jeremy Kwong-Law

CEO, Lightwave

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Kris Campbell

Associate Director, Senior Engineering Manager, Knight Frank

Roo Harris
Roo Harris

General Partner, Scale Investors

Shane Guyot
Shane Guyot

Head of Infrastructure and Real Assets, Skip Capital

Camilla Roberts
Camilla Roberts

Founder and CEO, Scale Impact

tom Kline
Tom Kline

Partner, Climate Tech Ventures

Troy Powell
Troy Powell

Head of Sustainability, Orica

Rod Bristow
Rod Bristow

CEO, Breakthrough Victoria

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Dr. Catherine Ball

Director, XPRIZE Foundation Australia

Sarah Clarke Mirvac
Sarah Clarke

Group General Manager Sustainability, Mirvac

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Debby Blakey

CEO, HESTA

Graham Winkleman
Graham Winkelman

Group Officer Sustainability and Social Value, BHP

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Audrey Zibelman

International energy transition leader and Advisor X, the Moonshot Factory

Holly Kramer
Holly Kramer

Non-Executive Director, Woolworths Group, ANZ & Fonterra

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Ingrid Maes

Founder & Managing Director W23 at Woolworths Group

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Albert Bielinko

Partner, Folklore Ventures

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Charlie Ill

Chief Investment Officer, Investible

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Christine Amour-Levar

Co-Founder, Investors for Climate and Founder & CEO HER Planet Earth

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Hon Lily D’Ambrosio

Minister for Climate Action, Minister for Energy and Resources, Minister for the State Electricity Commission, Victorian Government

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Justin Merrell

Group Sustainability Director, Lion

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Katie Valentine

Head Decarbonisation Integration & Execution, Fortescue

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Kylie Little

Head of Ecosystem,  Lighter Capital

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Mark Frayman

Managing Partner, Orion Industrial Ventures

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Matthew Pryor

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Tenacious Ventures

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Mona Sur

Practice Manager, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy, World Bank

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Nerida Bradley

Chief Impact Officer, Green Collar

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Raf Wood

Managing Partner, Silva Capital

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Tim Hannon

Director, DH Capital Partners

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Hon Julia Gillard

AC, 27th Prime Minister of Australia

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Martijn Wilder

AM, Chair, National Reconstruction
Fund, CEO, Pollination

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Carol Schwartz

Chair, Trawalla Foundation & Climate Council, Board Member, Reserve Bank of Australia

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Kristian Fok

Chief Investment Officer, Cbus Super

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Elizabeth O’Leary

Global Chair, Agriculture and Natural Assets, Macquarie Asset Management

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Anote Tong

Former President of the Republic of Kiribati

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H.E. Tshering Tobgay

Prime Minister Bhutan

Melanie Brock
Melanie Brock AM

Non Executive Director, Asahi Group Holdings, Mitsubishi Estate and Kawasaki Heavy Industries

CLIMATE TECH PARTNERS (6)
Nicholas Moore AO

Australia’s Special Envoy for Southeast Asia

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Matt Kean

Chair, Climate Change Authority, and Director, Regulatory Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, Wollemi Capital

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Megan Flynn

Managing Director, Global Head of Advisory, Pollination

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Peter Horn

Deputy CEO (Acting), Trade and Investment, Austrade

Ian Learmonth
Ian Learmonth

CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation

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Kobad Bhavnagri

Global Head of Strategy, BloombergNEF

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Christina Tonkin

Managing Director, Corporate Finance, ANZ

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Andrew Bullock

Managing Director, Adamantem Capital

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Marigold Look

Executive Director, Infrastructure, IFM Investors 

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Dr. Zhengrong Shi

Global Solar Innovation Pioneer

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Dr. Valerie Speth

Dr. Valerie Speth, Managing Director, APAC Head of Climate Infrastructure, Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock

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Alan Schwartz AO

Managing Director. Trawalla Group

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Fiona Messent

Chief Sustainability Officer, Qantas  

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David Scaysbrook

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

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Nicholas Reece

The Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne

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Ben O’Donnell

Chief Investment Officer, Climate Asset Management

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Rebecca Mikula-Wright

CEO, Investor Group on Climate Change (Aus/NZ) and Asia Investor Group on Climate Change

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Peter Castellas

CEO & Founder, Climate Zeitgeist, Climate Investor Forum

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Beth Jones

Deputy Secretary and Chief Executive Agriculture Victoria, DEECA

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Aubrey Keller,

Vice President, Emerging Technologies, Temasek

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Tim Buckley

Director, Climate Energy Finance

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Kristy Graham

CEO, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute

Connecting Capital to Scale Climate Solutions

Globally Significant Keynote Speakers

Engage with and hear from globally significant keynote speakers.

Commercial Transactions

Network and build personal relationships with key decision makers driving climate related investments and commercial transactions.

World Class Climate Solutions

Understand the global potential of the best of Australian investment ready, scalable world class climate solution companies and projects.

Full Ecosystem of Investors

All forms of private and public capital providers across asset classes converge here.