Rebecca is the ESG & Sustainability Director for Taronga Ventures. She supports our funds and portfolio companies to develop their ESG proposition, and works with our investors and partners to meet their increasing ESG disclosure and action requirements. In addition, Rebecca leads our ESG advisory business to support companies, institutional real asset owners and operators to develop and implement ESG programs.

Rebecca’s career has spanned from in-house ESG focused business strategy development and program deployment to consultancy and advisory. She brings a demonstrated track record of creating meaningful real-world solutions to achieve the vision of the group with a focus on real assets. She has a background in ESG program design and implementation, with a specialist focus on real assets. Rebecca previously worked with the leading real estate managing agent Cushman & Wakefield as their Head of ESG & Sustainability for Asia Pacific, guiding and supporting owners, investors and occupiers to design and realise their ESG visions through program deployment. She has a passion for cutting-edge solutions that promote and advance responsible business practices in the industry and achieve global sustainability goals.

Rebecca’s focus is the intersection of ESG and technology, and how these two specialties come together to drive positive outcomes for real assets.

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Science, Environment (hons) from the University of Melbourne and a Masters Degree in Sustainability and Business Management from Monash University.

Julian is Innovation Director at Taronga Ventures. In this role, he is responsible for delivering innovation programs for partnered corporates and governments through RealTechX and for supporting the implementation of innovation and technologies for clients through Taronga Advisory.

Julian has a background in corporate innovation advisory across real estate, financial services, retail, and government industries. He has designed innovation strategies, governance & operating models and implemented different innovation methods, including open innovation, venture building and incubator & accelerator programs. He has also designed commercialisation programs for research & development corporations and has developed entrepreneurship programs for tertiary institutions.

Prior to his consulting career, Julian worked as a financial analyst in commercial, corporate, and institutional banking, originating new lending and managing credit portfolios. He also worked in corporate and institutional asset structuring, implementing capital preservation and turnaround strategies.

Julian holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town and the Copenhagen Business School.