South Pole Australia and New Zealand

Danielle leads the climate projects team to deliver and expand on emission reduction initiatives within Australia. With her deep expertise in voluntary carbon markets, climate finance, and sustainability, Danielle has played a pivotal role in serving our clients in the region. Her academic background includes a Master's degree in Sustainable Development from the University of London, UK.

Anna is passionate about helping organisations to take ambitious climate action through decarbonisation of their operations and value chain. Anna has experience working in sustainability in the property and construction sector and has extensive knowledge of the unique decarbonisation challenge facing the built environment. Anna holds a BA (Environment & Government) and a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Sydney.

Tara has a long standing passion for climate action and holds a MSc in Carbon Management from the University of Edinburgh. Tara utilises this expertise alongside her 10 years experience in sales to lead South Pole's business development and account management team in Oceania, supporting a diverse range of clients across an array of climate solutions.

Ajit leads the APAC Environmental Impact Assessment practice at South Pole. He has overseen the end-to-end delivery of GHG inventories, product carbon footprints and decarbonisation roadmaps for conglomerates, financial institutions and large agribusiness, retail and industrial supply chains across Asia-Pacific and Europe. Ajit also leverages his experience to help corporates build strategies to meet ambitious net zero commitments. Ajit holds a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (Hons) from Monash University and a Master of Climate Change from the Australian National University.

Lena is a Business Development Manager at South Pole in Australia, primarily focusing on carbon credits. She has significant professional experience in Sales & Business Development roles, specifically in the plastic recycling industry where she was supporting large corporations and global MNCs to reduce their plastic footprint. Lena holds a Bsc in Business Administration from the University of Mannheim and a Master in Management from ESCP Europe. She is fully proficient in English, French and German.

Matt leads South Pole's decarbonisation offering for Australian and APAC clients. He is highly focussed on delivering GHG accounting, target setting and decarbonisation strategies to enable clients to work towards their net zero ambitions. As a trusted advisor, Matt works with large emitters to understand their current carbon emissions and develop reduction targets in-line with international best practice. He is innovative and has excelled in many positions of leadership. Matt holds a Masters of Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath U.K and a Graduate Diploma in Energy and Carbon Studies from Murdoch University, Australia.