Climate Capital and its team operate according to a set of values which underpin all our actions.
Consistent with our Vision, Mission and Purpose, Climate Capital has developed a range of strategies and actions which ensure that not only is our business carbon neutral, we have developed strategies to help return to the environment through our relationship with organisations such as Greening Australia.
Basically, Climate Capital's charter is to facilitate profitable capital flows to investments which rebalance humanity and nature.
Climate Capital is a specialist investment manager focused on investment in environmentally responsible opportunities which present attractive returns. The investment strategy of Climate Capital is directed toward a portfolio of climate change mitigants, sustainable energy solutions and new market facilitators.
Our investment universe includes renewable energy (wind, wave, solar, fuel cell, biofuels, geothermal), waste management (including carbon sequestration), sustainable food production and water management.
Our business structure comprises:
Solutions - provides specialised consulting services to clients in relation to environmental impacts and exposures.
Projects - helps to incubate initiatives, technology and related intellectual property which will assist in rebalancing humanity and nature.
Investing - Funds management focused on sustainability solutions with traditional capital flows.
Community - aims to share the benefit of its global connections with investors, corporate, government and thought-leaders.
Climate Capital's activities will evolve to include sustainable, wealth-creating businesses delivering capital and advice, resulting in the efficient allocation of the environment (through traditional economic and capital markets processes).
Climate Capital is currently considering opportunities to advise or facilitate capital flows to geothermal exploration, biofuels, run-of-river hydro, abatement assurance and partnering with water organisations and developers to introduce dual-reticulation in urban consolidation projects.
Climate Capital is a dedicated financial services provider but specialises in outcomes emerging from the enviro-regulatory and sustainability niche.
It is not an altruist whose decisions are influenced by personal fascination with specific initiatives, charismatic figureheads, emotional attachments or high-minded environmental ideals. It is in the business of identifying and assessing opportunity and achieving extraordinary ROI for its clients.
Improvement of the planet is a worthy and satisfying by-product.
We have established a highly reputable team which provides a balance of funds management expertise, environmental thought leaders and financial analysts.
Rod is CEO of Successystems Pty Ltd, a specialist consultancy to high growth enterprises and has spent the last 15 years developing specific processes to drive the commercialisation and scalability of high growth opportunities. He currently is a director or chairs the advisory board for 7 of his clients. His consultancy clients span leading ASX listed financial and industrial organizations through to professional services firms.
With a powerful understanding of project development built during 10 years of developing purpose-built property projects throughout Australia, Rod is leading Climate Capital to identify and monetize projects which will powerfully honour Climate Capitals mission of 'rebalancing nature & humanity'. As Chairman of Climate Capital, Rod is drawing on a lifetime of passion for sustainability and a belief that social entrepreneurship (the marriage of profit- seeking capital and social outcomes) is the basis for Climate Capital's success.
Rod is also a director of Australia’s largest environmental not-for-profit, and invests significant time, expertise and passion into delivering on the organisations mission of delivering 'landscape scale transformation' for our environment.
Rod retired 15 years ago to his 220 acre property in the hinterland of the Gold Coast where he became interested in the processes of re-vegetating his own property, and then passionate about the challenges of restoring Australia's landscape health. His service on the board of Greening Australia allowed him to develop a deep understanding of the opportunities to use the monetisation of carbon and the environment to fund significant landscape scale environmental repair.
Michael is CEO of Value Adviser Associates Pty Ltd, a leading business and securities valuation firm based in Melbourne. He has over 20 years' experience assessing the value of a diverse range of business, projects, technologies and commercialisation strategies.
Michael is a former partner in the PricewaterhouseCoopers valuation and Applied Decision Analysis practice in Brisbane and Melbourne. Michael has been involved in valuation of carbon-intensive businesses (such as coal- and gas-fired generation), renewable energy (hydro and biogas) and the impact of emissions trading on all sectors of the economy.
Michael has a particular interest in the development of commercialisation strategies for new technologies in emerging markets. As Executive Director of Climate Capital, his primary objective is to match the talents of the Climate Capital community to the mobilisation of capital to support Climate Capital's objective of rebalancing humanity and nature.
Kellie Drew is a Chartered Accountant with over 13 years experience. She commenced her career with Ernst and Young in Brisbane where she worked for two years in the Corporate Recovery and Insolvency division. She was then seconded to work on an International Monetary Fund project based in Moscow, Russia which involved the restructuring of the former Soviet Union's foreign debt. She remained in Europe for two years working from Moscow and London and then moved on to a similar banking project in Seoul, South Korea where she was based for a further six months.
Upon returning to Australia, Kellie joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Manager in the Corporate Finance division where she worked with a variety of clients, in particular the energy sector on a range of Project Finance and Valuation assignments.
Kellie works closely with the management of Climate Capital and is responsible for new initiatives and project management.
Susan Crain is a qualified lawyer who has practiced in Australia and New Zealand for the last 13 years. After working for private law firms predominantly in the area of commercial litigation, Susan worked for a number of organizations including Queensland's Golden Casket Lottery Corporation and Mater Hospital, and Daimler Chrysler Financial Services, New Zealand.
Susan specializes in the areas of compliance, governance and risk management. She works closely with the Board of Directors and Management of Climate Capital, on a range of commercial issues, and assists in the implementation of policies, processes and systems required to address its corporate governance requirements.