About Us

Neil Salisbury

Co-founder and Chair

Accomplished entrepreneur and sustainability leader with over 25 years of international experience in climate & energy technologies, environmental markets, sustainable finance and broader ESG issues.

Heather Campbell

BOARD MEMBER

CEO of Greening Australia with extensive experience operating as an executive, CEO and Board Director spanning the not-for-profit, private and public sectors, and with a lifelong passion for conservation and sustainability.

Clare Luehman

Board Member

Greening Australia’s CFO with 25 years of finance experience in the energy, retail, manufacturing, and agri-business sectors and holding multiple non-executive director roles in not-for-profits focusing on education and the environment.

Nathan Dale

Board Member

Commercially orientated entrepreneur working across international environmental markets, with extensive experience in carbon project origination and aggregation.

Todd Berkinshaw

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Decades of experience in Australian and international conservation sectors, strategizing and developing large-scale land restoration programs and designing new environmental finance models.

Dr Melanie Kaebernick

director, international partnerships

Highly accomplished coordinator of international climate change policy and nature-based solutions, building international partnerships on climate action. 

Dr Dean Thomson

General Manager, Technical Services

Leading professional in the environment and global climate change sector, developing international carbon projects and supporting design of new innovative standards. 

Mark Graeme

General Manager, Operations

Seasoned expert in origination and management of Australian and international nature-based carbon solutions, ensuring highest-standard project implementation. 

Georgina Myburgh

GENERAL MANAGER, CORPORATE SERVICES

20+ years in treasury, insurance, internal audit, risk management and governance, with deep experience providing corporate services for environmental organisations. ​

Elliott James Ong

PROJECT PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

Experience in managing conservation projects across South-East Asia, supporting fundraising and communications, and collaborating with international partners and stakeholders to encourage positive change for ecosystems

Chandrakant Deokar

PROJECT PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

17+ years in program management and partnership platform development focused on large-scale, community-based natural resource management, forest and ecosystem conservation, regenerative agriculture, and sustainable livelihoods projects.

Alessia Cascione

GLOBAL PROJECTS PARTNERSHIP COORDINATOR

Experience in leading the design of large-scale international land restoration and carbon sequestration projects and developing relationships with diverse partners, with a background in sustainable development and resource management.

Amélie Uhrig

REGIONAL MANAGER, APAC

Experience leading certification and registration of international reforestation activities and managing end-to-end nature-based carbon solutions projects.

Mariana Ubaldino Vasconcelos

REGIONAL MANAGER, LATAM

Specialist in management of international nature-based carbon solutions projects, GHG inventories and degraded area restoration.

Dr Mohan Gurung

PROJECT MANAGER

Seasoned professional forester and forest carbon accounting and REDD+ expert, with more than 15 years' experience in forest inventory, community-based forest management, capacity building and sustainable livelihoods projects.

Dimuna Phiri

SENIOR LAND SPECIALIST

15+ years' experience in land governance and administration, including providing technical advice, leading projects, and conducting land tenure assessments, with a background in agriculture, mining, infrastructure development and energy.

Filipe Silveira

GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

10+ years in the international mining sector, working with degraded area restoration, mine closure, GHG inventories and remote sensing/geoprocessing.

Verónica Moralez Paoli Olmedo

SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER

Specialist in the design and implementation of nature-based solutions projects, with experience in multi-stakeholder consultation and capacity building.

Felix Kouedji

SENIOR CARBON PROJECT OFFICER

10+ years of experience implementing sustainable forest management projects in the Congo Basin, with bilateral cooperation institutions, international organizations, private sector and local communities.

Gabriela Medina Davila

OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Experience in optimizing projects with strategic design for problem resolution and automated processes, with a background in industrial engineering, quantitative methods, data analysis, and project management.

Alice Duong

PROJECT OFFICER

Experience in technical research and analysis, carbon accounting and co-benefit monitoring, with a background in surveying, data processing and reporting.

Calla MacGregor

PROJECT OFFICER

Experience in supporting nature-based carbon project delivery and improving engagement with climate action through education and communication pathways.

Adenna Nurrahman

PROJECT OFFICER

Experience in environmental and biodiversity due diligence, climate change risk assessment and greenhouse gas inventories, with a background in remote sensing services.

Francisco Mereles

PROJECT OFFICER

Experienced agronomist specializing in rural economics and agribusiness, with a background in developing sustainability projects in different productive systems and ecoregions.

Donald Mwasaru Maringa

PROJECT OFFICER

Experience in mangrove restoration ecology and carbon assessment, carbon credits rating and policy risk evaluation, and management and development of clean cooking and solar carbon assets in Sub-Sahara Africa. Member of Plan Vivo’s Technical Review Panel and Africa Forest Forum (AFF).