Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
I lead the Terrestial Ecosystem and Land Account teams at the Australian Bureau of Statistics to support Australia's contribution to the international environmental economic accounts community. I also progress work on monetising ecosystem accounts drawing on my expertise in interpreting the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting guidelines on valuing ecosystems. I co-chair the National Ecosystem Accounting Economics Technical Working Group that facilitates shared learnings and solves challenges on monetary valuation of ecosystem services. An inquisitive analytical interest in applied environmental economics and strategic policy setting has sustained a career that includes contributions to the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, the design of a carbon auction scheme and build experimental resource allocation and cost recovery models for Parks Australia that resulted in changes to entry fees.
I led the market stream at the Clean Energy Regulator where we undertook analysis on supply and demand factors affecting carbon markets during a period that saw considerable volatility and regulatory change. I helped deliver the CER's flagship publication - the Quarterly Carbon Market Report which provides insights and in-house analysis on Australia's growing carbon markets.
Secondment to the Department of Finance delivering long term budget policy
As project manager I worked in the Critical Infrastructure Program for Modelling and Analysis where I set up a dedicated climate vulnerability project with Sydney Water. CIPMA helped Sydney Water better understand its exposure and vulnerability of climate extremes by modelling the impact of extreme climate events such as fire, flooding and wind on its infrastructure as well as that of its suppliers. This analysis contributed to its business continuity planning.