Patty Akopiantz

Patty is committed to the role that businesses can play in decarbonisation and is passionate about the role of women in the net zero transition. She has a portfolio of climate-focused roles including: • Co-Founder of Assembly Climate Capital, an impact investment firm focused on climate solutions. • Member of the Climate Change Authority, an independent body providing advice to the Australian Government on climate change policy. • Chair of Environmental Leadership Australia which works to build bipartisan support for bold, evidence-based climate policy. • Director of Sea Forest, a start-up commercialising seaweed supplementation to reduce ruminant methane emissions by 90%. • NED of KPMG which works across the Australian landscape on climate change and environmental issues. She has deep strategic and business-building expertise having spent over 35 years as a top ASX company board director and senior manager in companies including Coles Myer, Energy Australia, Ramsay Healthcare, AMP, AXA Asia Pacific, McKinsey, and David Jones. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School.