How I Can Help

Available as a technical advisor and reviewer, and on something closer to a senior counsel arrangement. Strategic input on retainer, independent technical review, and a selective external voice on the initiatives your business is working through. Edge remains in the picture for delivery scale. My role is different and complementary, built to be direct and responsive to live issues and opportunities.

Advisory Boards & NED

Governance your board can defend publicly.

Sustainability governance and climate risk oversight at board level. Science-literate, willing to challenge assumptions, and focused on translating sustainability commitments into governance that holds. Director and Chair across three companies, with industry governance experience including EPD Australasia, ALCAS, and the UNEP Life Cycle Initiative.

Example engagements
  • Non-executive director seat with sustainability and climate risk in the portfolio
  • Advisory board chair or member shaping sustainability strategy and disclosure
  • Independent director on a sub-committee for sustainability, risk, or capital allocation where climate is becoming material
Ideal organisations
  • Growth-stage and mid-cap businesses (typically Series C and beyond, ASX-listed mid-cap, or PE-backed scaleups) where sustainability is moving from compliance to material strategy
  • Boards facing mandatory sustainability and climate-related financial disclosure (AASB S2, ISSB, CSRD-equivalent) who want a director who can carry the conversation, not just sit through it
  • Organisations where capital decisions, customer wins, or licence to operate are starting to turn on sustainability evidence

Technical Advisor & Reviewer

Sustainability claims that survive due diligence.

Independent technical review and senior advisory across life cycle assessment, carbon strategy, circular economy, product transparency, and the built environment. Hands-on technical work, standards development, and making complex sustainability assessments defensible and actionable. Equally comfortable advising on sustainability technology platforms as on the underlying science.

Example engagements
  • Two-week sharp, board-ready review and benchmark of your sustainability approach, messaging, and strategy
  • Technical framework setup to get the right credentials, methods, and data in place to win when you're competing on sustainability grounds
  • Independent review of carbon, LCA, or EPD work before it goes to market, customers, or regulators
  • Standards and methodology input for industry bodies, programmes, or product platforms
Looking for
  • Organisations needing senior technical depth for sustainability strategy, measurement, and circularity
  • Standards bodies and industry groups requiring experienced practitioners
  • Sustainability tech companies where technical credibility and defensibility matter

Senior Counsel on Retainer

Strategic input that stays close to the work.

An ongoing arrangement for boards, founders, and leadership teams who want direct access to senior input without standing up a new function. Strategic perspective on live issues, independent technical review, and a selective external voice when the work needs one. Different from a consultancy engagement: smaller, more direct, responsive to what's actually on the table. Complementary to delivery teams already in place, including my colleagues at Edge.

Example engagements
  • Ongoing senior counsel retainer with regular working sessions and on-call access for live decisions
  • Quarterly strategic reviews of sustainability strategy, positioning, and the decisions on the table
  • External voice on specific initiatives, including independent technical review, advisory committee participation, and selective public representation
Looking for
  • Founders and leadership teams who want senior strategic input on demand, not a project
  • Boards that need independent expertise between formal meetings
  • Climate tech and sustainability ventures with live decisions on the table

Speaking & Thought Leadership

Substance that changes what the room does next.

Substance with levity. Topics include sustainability governance, entrepreneurship, scaling purpose-driven companies, shaping the sustainability market, and hard-won lessons from 16 years of building Edge Impact.

Example engagements
  • Keynote on sustainability strategy and what actually moves the needle in business
  • Board education session on sustainability governance, climate risk, and where the disclosure regime is heading
  • Executive workshop on competing on sustainability and turning data into commercial advantage
Looking for
  • Keynotes and panels for decision-maker audiences
  • Executive workshops on sustainability governance and strategy
  • Industry events where credibility and candour matter

How I Work

Let's Talk

If you're at a decision point where experience building, scaling, and governing sustainability would help, I'd welcome the conversation.

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