Summit Speakers
Hear from leading industry experts as they share inspiring perspectives, innovative thinking and engaging conversations designed to move business forward.
Discover the 2026 speakers below. More to be revealed soon.
Jay Albany
CEO & Managing Director
Dirty Clean Food Pty Ltd
Monique Andrew
Executive Director
Transition Accelerator
Kirsty Albert
Executive Director - Legal, Governance and People
Alberts
Bhanvi Kapoor Anand
Impact Investment Manager
Snow Foundation
Bonnie Ashton
General Manager
Future Generation
Victoria Adams
Managing Director
For Purpose Investment Partners
Andrew Bird
Founder & Managing Director
Foundstone Advisory
Arjun Agarwal
Founder & CEO
inaam
Craig Betts
Chief Investment Officer
The Snow Foundation
Hon Dr Anne Aly MP
Minister for Small Business, Minister for International Development and Minister for Multicultural Affairs
Parliament of Australia
Chris Baldwin
CEO & Managing Director
HaemaLogiX Ltd
James Bradley
Principal, Communities
Minderoo Foundation
Neil Balme
Advisor & Consultant
Australian Football League
Rosemary Addis
Sandy Blackburn
Founder and Managing Director
Social Outcomes & Impact Culture Australia
Daniel Brugaletta
Chief Financial Officer
Australian Communities Founation
Clint Bartlett
Consultant, UNDP and UNCDF
Richard Brandweiner
Barry Buffier AM
Former Chair & CEO
NSW Environment Protection Authority
Jean-Simon Chaudier
Co-founder & CEO
FireTracking
Dr Mary-Beth Brinson
CEO
Wavewise Analytics
William Burckart
CEO
The Investment Integration Project
Jeremy Cleaver
Development Finance Consultant
Michael J Casey
Chairman
Advanced AI Society
Dr Wendy-Lin Bartels
Strategic Partnerships Specialist
The Balmoral Group
Natasha Buckley
Head of Sustainable Investing
HarbourVest Partners
Mark Cook
Director of Neurology
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
Peter Conners
Partner and Joint Head of Property
Barwon Investment Partners
Dr Justin Coombs
CEO
AusHealth
Maria Theresa Capellan
President & CEO
SunAsia Energy
Susheela Peres da Costa
Principal
The Stewardship Centre
Kylie Charlton
Managing Director
Australian Impact Investments
Emmanuelle Delannoy
Head of Impact & Policy
National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC)
Tara Croft
CEO
Baymatob
Nandini Chaudhury
MD & Head of APAC Advisory
CrossBoundary
David Christmas
Founder & CEO
DataBench
Francie Doolan
CEO
Small Giants
Michelle Di Fabio
Master of Ceremonies
Grant Corderoy
Senior Partner
StewartBrown Chartered Accountants
Hanna Ebeling
CEO
Sefa
Michael Corcoran
Chief Executive Officer
Novar Impact Capital
Liz Davis
Chief Executive Officer
ELLIS Medical Solutions
Amitesh Deo
CEO
Waste Recyclers Fiji Limited
Birribi Dillon
Head of International Partnerships & Development
Institutional Export Finance Australia
Dr Alan Finkel AO
Former Chief Scientist of Australia
Cliff Curtis
Chief Communication Officer
BLOXX
Natasha Egan
Editor, Australian Ageing Agenda & Community Care Review
The Intermedia Group
Sian Fenner
Head of Business & Industry Economics
Westpac
Lisa Fedorenko
Head of Impact Investing
Save the Children Global Ventures
Tori Fox
CEO and Co-founder
Arelis
Nathan Fabian
Chief Sustainable Systems Officer
Principles For Responsible Investment (PRI)
Libby Owen Edmunds
Director
AdLib Consulting
Tom Ferrier
Founder
Greener
Lisa Genasci
Managing Director of Sustainable Finance
ADM Capital
Heidi Douglas
CEO
Solar Citizens
Dr Andreas Fouras
Managing Director & CEO
4DMedical
Jackie Funder
Associate Director
Macquarie Asset Management Green Investments
Arielle Gamble
Co-Founder & CEO
Groundswell
Tom Godfrey CFA
Senior Healthcare Analyst
Ord Minnett
Ryan Galloway
Chief Growth Officer & Co-Founder
TechCoop
Serena Grant
Director of Business & Human Rights, Walk Free
Minderoo Foundation
William Hart
Head of Portfolio Management & Responsible Investment
Evans and Partners (E&P)
Gillian Gordon
Malcolm Hebblewhite
CEO & President
Atmo Biosciences
Alison George
Chief Impact & Ethics Officer
Australian Ethical
Roger Gillespie OAM
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
Bakers Delight Holdings Ltd
Eleanor Gammell
Convener
Esther Lane
David Hetherington
CEO
Impact Investing Australia
Michael Hadiono
CEO and Co-Founder
Ternakin
Dr Liz Heagney
Head of Portfolio & Analytics
Skjander
Rachel Halpern
Founder & CEO
Cairncross Capital
Steven Hall
CTO
DataBench
Natasha Garcha
Senior Director of Sustainable Finance
Impact Investment Exchange
Grace Hollister
Impact Strategist and Advisor
Foundstone Advisory
Roo Harris
Lawyer & Co-owner
Scale Investors
Joseph Healy
Co-Founder & CEO
Malu Health Group
Daniela Jaramillo
Head of Sustainability Solutions
Fidelity International
Andrew Huang
Managing Director & Head of Investment Solutions & Partnerships
Impact Alpha Partners
Ben Huda
Impact Investor & Co-founder
Maven Securities
Angela Ipara
Lawyer
Pacific Legal Network
George Kopsidas
Chief Scientific Officer and Founder
Imunexus
Izzy Jensen
Managing Partner
Transition Accelerator
Angus Kathage
Principal Advisor
Blended Finance and Investment, DFAT
Dr Michelle Hill
Founder & CEO
Proseek Bio
Madeleine Hetherton-Miau
Co-founder & Director
Media Stockade
Robert Klupacs
CEO
Bionics Institute
Sandeep Kumar Lohani
Chief Financial Officer
South Pacific Business Development Microfinance Network
Megha Jain
Senior Advisor, Private Sector
BMGF
Jayne Lovelock
Director Private Investment
Creative Australia
Philippa Lewis
Executive Director and Chairperson
Imunexus
Nainesh Jaisingh
Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer
Affirma Capital
Theresa Lim
CEO & Founder
Play2Lead
James Kozina
Development Manager
Queensland University of Technology
Matt McNamara
Chief Investment Officer, Director
Horizon 3 Healthcare
Claudia Kwan
Equities Investor on Global & Impact
NorthStar Impact
Winston Mandrawa
Managing Director and Head of ASEAN
Affirma Capital
Mick Liubinskas
Partner: Sustainable Solutions, Innovation and Ventures
Melomys Advisory
Steve McLean
Head of Corporate Finance
FinClear Group
Justin McArdle
Producer
Wave Hill
Tim Martin
Trade Commissioner
Pacific Trade Invest Australia
David Moore
Senior Advisor
GreenCollar
Evan Leslie
Director, Head of Product Strategy & Investor Relations, Global Value Add Real Estate platform
Blackrock
Justin Medcalf
Co-founder and Financial Planner
UNLESS Financial
Rebecca Ogg
Associate Director, Sustainable Investing
Fidelity International
Jon Myer
General Manager
Orygen Digital
Jane Lowe
Managing Director
Investor Relations Department Pty Ltd (IR Department)
Dan Madhavan
Partner
Ecotone Partners
Clare McHugh
CEO
New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC)
Damien Menzies
Managing Director
Ord Minnett
Tom Owen-Edmunds
Senior Adviser
World Resources Institute (WRI)
James O'Keefe
Fund Manager – Aged Care Property Trust
Australian Unity Wealth and Capital Markets
Samar Mcheileh
Managing Partner
Scale Investors
Karinza Phoenix
CEO & Co-Founder
Myopharm
Shane Nichols
Chief Executive Officer
Good Return
Antoine Raes
Investment Director
Mirova
Melissa Natawake
Managing Director
Drua Foundation
Sarah Meibusch
Partner
OneVentures
Joseph Oliver
Managing Director and Co-Founder
Delorean Corporation
Mohinesh Prasad
Head
Green Finance Centre PNG
Dave Rae
Co-Founder
UNLESS Financial
A/Prof Fiona Brownfoot
COO & CMO
Kali Healthcare
Jinita Prasad
Financial Sector Specialist
Seri Renkin OAM
Co-Founder & Executive Director
The DEA Network
Phoebe Pincus
CEO
Startmate
Professor Jo Robinson AM
Professor & Head of Suicide Prevention
Orygen
Jim Prouty
Chair
PandanGreen
Jeff Reid
General Partner
Bioshore
Adam Roberts
Head of Private Markets
Australian Ethical
Kate Saunders
Head of Foundation
Australian Ethical
Regina Rao
Principal of Impact Investing
Minderoo Foundation
Brett Savill
Chief Operating Officer
Institute for Economics & Peace
Andrew Shute
Chief Corporate Development Officer
EBR Systems
Maud Savary-Mornet
Senior Advisor for Asia Pacific
Global Impact Investing Network
Kerri Lee Sinclair
Director of Investment
AusBiotech
Ralitsa Rizvanolli
Partner & Head of Investments
Sarona Asset Management
Chris Smith
Founder & CEO
BLOXX
Ben Smith
Director of Investment & Impact Capital
Paul Ramsay Foundation
Geoffrey Seeto
Senior Managing Director
Emerging Markets
Ruth Shaber MD
Founder & President
Tara Health Foundation
Kerry Series
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
NorthStar Impact
Caroline Scott
Director, Blended Finance and Investor Engagement Unit
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Daniel Stacey
Co-Founder & CEO
Sunlight Partners
Dr Sonja Stuchtey
Founder
The Landbanking Group
Madie Sturgess
Clean Energy Projects Co-Director
Original Power
Stephanie Thornton
General Manager
Azura Ocean Technology
Dr Tara Speranza
Head of Investor Relations and Communications
Alterity Therapeutics
Andrew Thomas
Head of Investment Strategy & Asset Allocation
REST
Dr Christian Toouli
CEO & Managing Director
FivepHusion
Natalie Sullivan
CEO
EACH
Michael Trail AM
Executive Chair
For Purpose Investment Partners
Adam Verwey
Co-Founder & CEO
SIX
Prof Jennifer Westacott AC
Australia’s Business Champion to Indonesia
Liv Whitty
CEO
OHO
Erika Whillas
Innovation Consulting Manager
Accenture
Huy Truong
Co-founder & Chair
Thrive Refugee Enterprise
Farren Williams
Partner
Koda Capital
Karen Wiik
Assistant Under Treasurer
Queensland Treasury
Paul Williams
Writer, Director & Producer
Wave Hill
Cronje Wolvaardt
Director of Impact Investing
Minderoo Foundation
Elizabeth Tyler
Co-founder & CEO
good.film
Nina Yousefpour
Director
GoodWolf Partners
Deanne Weir
Founder
WeirAnderson Films
Charlie Williams
Managing Director
HB Biotechnology Ltd
Chloё Spackman
Chief Executive Officer
Next25
Lillian Kline
Co-Founder
Dea Network
Karel Nolles
CEO
Skjander
Amber O'Connell
Executive Director of Social Inclusion and Impact
Australian Government Department of Social Services
Betty Weng
Senior Manager, Strategy
LeapFrog Invesments
Lauren Williamson
Vice President, Client Solutions
Hamilton Lane
Malakai Naiyaga
General Partner
Matanaki Pacific
Suzanne Tavill
Global Head of Responsible Investment
StepStone Group
Yossef Zahar
Founder and CEO
PandanGreen
Julianne Wilkin
Senior Portfolio Manager - Impact Investing and Reporting
Australian Retirement Trust