Our Board
David Shelmerdine AO
Chair
David is the Managing Director of Laradoc, a family-owned agricultural company. He has also served as Founding Director and Deputy Chair of ClimateWorks Australia for more than 16 years. He is chairman of the Melior Australian Impact Fund Advisory Council, a Director of Australian Desert Expeditions and served as a Director and President of the Geneva-based Gold Standard Foundation for 10 years.
Neil Salisbury
Neil is a seasoned entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in climate, nature, energy and commercialisation. He is an experienced CEO and Founder, having launched several businesses in the ESG, climate and nature related sectors. Neil is currently involved as a founder, chair, advisory board member and investor, in several impact focused start-ups seeking to make a positive change across climate, nature, ESG and livelihoods.He is the founder and Chair of NatureCO, a nature based solutions developer, an enterprise fellow at Melbourne University, co-founder and director of Archipelago energy, an energy equity social venture and an advisory board member of the Climate Futures Institute at Melbourne University.
Neil was previously the founder CEO of Point Advisory, an international climate and sustainability firm that was acquired by KKR backed ERM in 2022. Neil has worked as a board member for NGO’s including Renew, Victorian Cleantech cluster, International energy efficiency NGO, EVO based in the US and Uniting Care Moreland Hall.
Neil has degrees in Science and an MBA in Technology Management.