Our People
Matthew Shorten BEnvMgt. RABQSA International,
DCCEE 00142/2011
Managing Director
Matthew brings extensive experience and leadership to the
BalanceCarbon® team and clientele, developed over 15
plus years in various positions with industry and government in
environmental policy and advisory roles and as a report
verification, compliance and environmental auditor certified by
RABQSA International. Matt has worked with hundreds of public and
private sector organisations across Australia to build energy and
greenhouse gas inventories and management systems under compliance
and voluntary carbon reporting schemes, environmental management
standards and sustainability programs. He is registered as a
Greenhouse & Energy Auditor (Category 1 - technical) under
Section 75A of the National Greenhouse & Energy Reporting Act,
2007 and has led teams in the development and assurance of numerous
product greenhouse gas lifecycle analysis projects across the
textile, waste and construction sectors.
BalanceCarbon®, which he co-founded in 2006 is
recognised by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) as
one of the first 100 participants of the Climate Neutral Network
(CN Net). This initiative promotes global action and involvement
for low carbon economies and societies.
Professor Anthony Cheshire BSc PhD MAICD
Executive Chairman
Anthony has worked for the last 25 years as an environmental
scientist including roles in private industry, government, and the
higher education sector.
Over the last twelve years he has held a number of executive
management roles including as Head of the Department of Botany at
the University of Adelaide, as Chief Scientist (Aquatic Sciences)
with the South Australian Research and Development Institute
(SARDI) and as Director of Research and Development (SARDI).
Anthony holds a number of key positions including as a Director
of the Cooperative Research Centre for Environmental Biotechnology
and Executive Chair of Balance Carbon Pty Ltd. More recently he has
accepted roles as a member of a number of Ministerial Advisory
Committees including as a member of the SA Natural Resource
Management Council, Deputy Presiding Member of the SA Marine Parks
Council, Chair of the SA Fisheries Research Advisory Board and
Chair of the Scientific Working Group for Marine Parks and Marine
Planning. Anthony is a member of a range of science based
professional associations and is also a Member of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors.
Mr Andrew Watson
Director
Andrew joined the BalanceCarbon® Board following the
successful capital raising in April 2010 with Blue Sky Private
Equity. Andrew is the Managing Director of ResourceCo Carbon Pty
Ltd which is part of the ResourceCo Group of companies. Andrew's
professional background is in financial services, including over 12
years in equity capital markets and mergers & acquisition
sectors with leading international investment banks, BNP Paribas
and Deutsche Bank Australia. Immediately prior to joining
ResourceCo, Andrew was an Executive Director (Merger &
Acquisitions) with Ernst & Young.
Having assisted ResourceCo structure a number of complex financial
transactions, Andrew was well placed to assume responsibility for
the growth and future direction of ResourceCo Carbon, created to
coordinate ResourceCo's activities in the emerging carbon
industry.
Andrew successfully negotiated and completed the recent sale of
over 350,000 tonnes of carbon abatement and is leading the
development of a number of additional carbon abatement generation
projects throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific.
Andrew brings a strong commercial, analytical and corporate
governance background to BalanceCarbon®, as well as
direct linkages to abatement projects through ResourceCo Carbon.
Andrew also holds a number of private company directorships.
Mr Alex Mcnab, B.Econ&Law, MBA.
Director
Alex represents Blue Sky Private Equity on the Board of
BalanceCarbon®. As Strategy Director at Blue Sky Private
Equity, Alex is responsible for sourcing investment opportunities,
negotiating deal terms, building relationships across the
investment portfolio and providing strategic and operational
guidance to investee companies.
Prior to joining Blue Sky Private Equity, Alex was with Bain &
Company, a global strategy consulting firm. During his eight
years at Bain, Alex formulated corporate and business unit
strategies, led performance improvement projects, and influenced
management teams to drive results. He worked with clients across a
range of industries, including financial services,
telecommunications, retail, consumer products, and
technology.
Alex has a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws from the
University of Queensland, and a Masters of Business Administration
from INSEAD. He is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors (AICD).
Debra Liang B. Env. Policy & Mgt, Dip.
Lang
Energy & Emissions Advisor / Auditor
Debra graduated from the University of Adelaide where she
completed a Bachelor of Environmental Policy & Management and a
Diploma in Languages (Mandarin).
She has a strong background in renewable energy, environment
impact assessments and environmental policy. Her interest in
innovation and clean technology has led her to roll's within Origin
Energy, Global Energy Horizons Corporation (British Columbia,
Canada) and within the Public Sector in the South Australian
Government with Renewables SA.
Immediately prior to joining BalanceCarbon® Debra worked as a
freelance consultant for a Canadian Company that develops
award-winning water recycling products - iDUS Controls Ltd. Debra's
role there was to research iDUS's product potential in the
Australian water re-use market and research potential commercial
and public partnerships.
Dr Grant Westphalen Ph.D. B.Sc. (Hons).
Research Associate
Grant Westphalen has 16 years experience in terrestrial and marine
environmental science across the areas of ecology, ecophysiology,
ecosystem health and environmental impact assessment. Prior to his
current work as a private consultant, Grant worked extensively with
Adelaide University and SARDI Aquatic Sciences across a range of
environmental projects. He has worked extensively on reef health
investigations and reporting, but also has extensive knowledge and
experience in the areas of environmental risk assessment, marine
debris research and marine pest monitoring, research and
management.
Casey Mortlock
Office Manager
Casey Mortlock has over 10 years experience in financial
services, including manufacturing and mining industries.