Alison is the Executive Director of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council, a body of peak organisations committed to a vision of more sustainable, productive and resilient buildings, communities and cities. Her passion and expertise lies in collaborating with industry, government and third sector leaders to develop national policy and technical solutions that enhance the built environment.

Alison’s experience encompasses public, private and non-profit organisations including Standards Australia, Sydney Water and NSW Health. Her work has seen her serve on several national policy and technical committees for the built environment. She is a Board member for Partner Housing Australasia and currently sits on a number of committees including the Residential Energy Efficiency Disclosure Initiative Governance Forum, NSW Government Clean Technology Technical Review Committee and national Urban Policy Forum.

Alison has a Bachelor of Science (Enviro) and Communications, and a Master of Business Administration.

Tanya is an experienced Chair and Non-Executive Director and is a recognised leader in the property and sustainability sectors. A financial services professional for more than 25 years, including 11 years as Chief Operating Officer of Dexus Property Group, responsible for the day-to-day operations of one of Australia’s largest real estate companies. Prior to joining DEXUS, Tanya held general management positions including Director and Chief Operating Officer of NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Ltd and General Manager, Finance, Operations and IT, Bank of New Zealand (Australia).

Tanya’s current Board roles include Non-executive Director of Cromwell Property Group, Campus Living Villages, Fender Katsalidis, Niche Environmental & Heritage and Non-executive Chair of Equiem Holdings. Her past Board roles include Non-executive Chair of World Green Building Council, Non-executive Director of Green Building Council of Australia and Low Carbon Australia and member of the NSW Climate Change Council and CSIRO Property Strategy Steering Committee.

Tanya is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Governance Institute of Australia and the Chartered Governance Institute. She is a member of Chief Executive Women and the St James Ethics Centre and holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management (UNSW) and a Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance from the Governance Institute of Australia.

Luke Menzel is CEO at the Energy Efficiency Council, the peak body for Australia’s energy efficiency, energy management and demand response industry. The Council’s mission is to make sensible, cost effective demand side measures standard practice across the Australian economy.

Luke is Vice-President of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council and Co-chair of the Australia-Germany Energy Efficiency Sub-Working Group. He sits on the NABERS National Steering Committee, the Queensland Government’s Ministerial Energy Council, and the Victorian Government’s Clean Economy Skills and Jobs Task Force.

Chief Executive of the Facility Management Association (Australia) since May 2011, Nic has a Bachelor of Business (Man), Master of Social Science (Enviro & Planning) and a Master of Business Administration.

Nic has over 20 years’ experience in various senior and executive roles within the human services and facility management sectors for both NGOs and local government. Through studies has a focus on innovation and solution development which has provided a strong foundation for roles covering all aspects of policy development and planning through to program implementation and management. A strong professional commitment to governance and strategy to improving process has positioned him to deliver high quality outcomes to stakeholders.

Nicholas has a commitment to stakeholder engagement and capacity building and is a strong advocate of industry development. A demonstrated strength in strategic management and organisational development provided the basis for growth in the organisations he has led. He has a track record in professional and voluntary board appointments in the not-for-profit and commercial sectors and is a strong advocate of good governance.

As CEO of ISC, Ainsley fosters partnerships to advance sustainability; enabling industry to deliver infrastructure for our all communities.

She has worked in an executive level at ASX listed organisations, with operational roles in the public sector. Her journey with ISC has included the deployment and continuous development of IS Rating Scheme, as well as actively investing in building capacity in the ANZ infrastructure industry.

Prior to migrating to Australia, she actively participated in multi-scale housing and civil infrastructure projects in Southern Africa. Project involvement spans environmental assessment and management for transport infrastructure as well as utilities, including transmission assets, water networks, waste facilities and telecommunications. With a keen interest in building capacity and accelerating approvals processes, she specialised in the development of local and state government decision-support tools for sustainable planning and management.

Ainsley has academic credentials in business management and environmental science.

Davina has led the Green Building Council of Australia since June 2019.

Davina is a property professional with a broad range of sustainability experience, from environmental projects, not-for profit boards and overseas community development work, spending 8 months working in the Indian Himalayas on the construction of a school which won multiple international awards.

Career highlights include a decade at Stockland which was a global leader in sustainability and therefore understands how the GBCA’s global leadership translates into real-world outcomes. Stockland was recognised in 2016 and 2018 simultaneously holding the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Global Property leader, GRESB Global leader (Retail/Office) and recognised on the CDP Leaders A-list.

Consult Australia, for over 70 years, is the sole association dedicated to the success of consulting businesses in design, advisory and engineering. As Chief Executive Jonathan brings over twenty years of experience across the not-for-profit and public sectors in Australia and the UK, encompassing strategy, public affairs, government relations, and program leadership including most recently as Director of Policy & Research with Infrastructure Australia, and Head of Public Affairs with the Green Building Council of Australia.

Jonathan has a Masters of International Studies and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Michael is the Chief Executive of the Property Council of Australia, where he looks after policy on behalf of the property industry, Australia’s largest employer.

Previously Mike has held leadership roles at Lendlease and Stockland, and been Deputy Head of Media for the Liberal Democrats in the UK. He is on the Board of the Sydney Institute, Liveable Housing Australia and is a former Deputy Chair of the Committee for Sydney.

Monica Richter is an economist and social ecologist with extensive experience in environmental sustainability with an interest in accelerating the uptake of low carbon solutions.

Recent career highlights include establishing the Materials and Embodied Carbon Leaders’ Alliance, with over 140 companies and organisations agreeing to collaborate to reduce the embodied carbon in the construction and infrastructure sectors to align with the Paris Agreement objectives and the principles of the circular economy. Other highlights include establishing the Business Renewables Centre – Australia driving large scale renewable projects through Power Purchase Agreements, deep engagement in WWF’s PandaLabs innovation program, and supporting the Science Based Targets Initiative in Australia, getting companies to set ambitious long term greenhouse gas emission reduction targets aligned with a 1.5oC pathway.

Monica is a thought leader and has been invited to participate in many forums and conferences as both a speaker and a chair. Monica is a graduate of the Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia Program; Future Directors program, a Board Member of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council, Chair of the External Advisory Board of the Western Sydney University’s Urban Transformation Research Centre, Chair of the Mercury Centre collaborative enterprise catalyst, and board member of Pingala community power, and on the Women in Renewables list published by the Clean Energy Council.