Terence Jeyaretnam

CEO

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia32 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Leader in sustainability and climate change consulting.
  • Advocate for cultural diversity and inclusion.
  • Founder of Australia's largest sustainability practice.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Sustainability and Climate Change expert with extensive governance and nonprofit experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

SustainabilityClimate ChangeGovernanceNonprofit OrganizationsBiodiversity ConservationSocial ImpactEnvironmental Management

Other Skills

Climate riskNature-based solutionsHuman rightsModern slaverySustainability educationClimate change educationCapacity buildingIndustry engagementGlobal povertyInternational developmentAuditingAssuranceEnvironmental advocacyNature conservationStrategic direction

About

Terence Jeyaretnam is an advisor in sustainability, climate change, social impact and health, safety and environment working to help grow private sector clients and provide solutions to government and non-profits by addressing their sustainability value propositions, and integrating into their core business. Terence, and his family are survivors of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_July in Sri Lanka, and subsequently moved to Australia under refugee status. He ia therefore passionate not only about helping in the healing and reconciliation efforts in Sri Lanka via his work with https://bridginglanka.org/, but also in the intersection of multiculturalism and corporate Australia. He is EY's national co-leader for cultural diversity. He is also an internal diversity and inclusion champion helping lead D&I initiatives in EY's Melbourne office. He was formerly EY's Indigenous Reconciliation leader. His story: One planet, one family, one life (that is whole-food, plant-based)!

Experience

Monash business school

2 roles

Professor, Monash Business School

Promoted

Feb 2026Present · 2 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

  • My role is Professor of Practice focused on sustainability and climate change education and capacity building via industry engagement supporting the Department of Accounting within the Faculty of Business and Economics of Monash Business School.
Sustainability educationClimate change educationCapacity buildingIndustry engagementSustainabilityClimate Change

Associate Professor, Monash Business School

Mar 2024Feb 2026 · 1 yr 11 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

  • My role is Associate Professor of Practice focused on sustainability and climate change education and capacity building via industry engagement supporting the Department of Accounting within the Faculty of Business and Economics of Monash Business School.
Sustainability educationClimate change educationCapacity buildingIndustry engagementSustainabilityClimate Change

The royal society of victoria

Councillor

Dec 2025Present · 4 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

  • Bringing corporate networks, climate change expertise, skills in member-based organisational growth, governance and diversity and inclusion capacity to RSV.

Proveg international

Non Executive Director

Nov 2025Present · 5 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

  • As a Non-Executive Director of ProVeg Australia, I contribute to strategic governance and mission alignment in advancing plant-based innovation and sustainable food systems. My role focuses on strengthening partnerships across industry, research and policy to accelerate Australia’s transition towards climate-resilient, health-focused, and ethical nutrition. Drawing on my background in ESG leadership, sustainability assurance, and systems thinking, I support ProVeg’s work in driving market transformation and behavioural change that benefits people, animals and the planet — aligning environmental impact with evidence-based, commercially scalable solutions for a more sustainable food future.
GovernanceStrategic direction

Sunwize

Founding Director

Nov 2025Present · 5 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Governance and oversight
GovernanceOversight

Foresight consulting group

Director

Oct 2025Present · 6 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · On-site

  • In my role at Foresight Consulting Group, I focus on expanding our work in climate risk, sustainability, nature-based solutions, human rights and modern slavery, and strategically support the growth of the firm, its partnerships, alliances and capabilities.
Climate riskSustainabilityNature-based solutionsHuman rightsModern slaveryClimate Change

Amnesty international australia

2 roles

Chair

Jul 2025Present · 9 mos

Non Executive Director

Nov 2022Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Amnesty International is the world’s largest and most-respected human rights organisation. Information obtained by Amnesty's researchers allows the organisation to campaign against abuses of human rights around the world. In Australia and across the globe Amnesty brings torturers to justice, changes oppressive laws and frees people jailed for voicing their opinions. Amnesty is independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religion. Amnesty is a diverse and democratic movement of people who demand dignity, freedom, justice and equality for all. I am also a member of the Governance Committee of the Board.
Human rightsGovernance

Global citizen

2 roles

Chair

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Non-Executive Director Australia

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

  • Global Citizen is an Australian-grown global not-for-profit organisation dedicated to ending extreme poverty by 2030. We do this by encouraging people to learn and take action on our platform, and those actions seek new funding commitments to international development initiatives. Terence is a member of the Australian Board (https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/about/governance/)
Global povertyInternational developmentNonprofit Organizations

Women's agenda

Member, Judging Panel

Jul 2024Dec 2024 · 5 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

JudgingQuality controlGovernance

Australian conservation foundation

Board Member

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • For more than half a century, ACF has protected nature, advocating for all living things to live in harmony on the planet. At the heart of Australia’s environment movement, ACF works with the community, business and government to protect, restore and sustain the nature we all love. The Australian Conservation Foundation is governed by a board. It is a skills-based body, which consists of president, the vice-presidents, four councillors and up to four co-opted members. I am also member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee of the Board.
Environmental advocacyNature conservationBiodiversity Conservation

Auditing and assurance standards board

Board Member

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Melbourne · Hybrid

  • AUASB Standards establish requirements and provide application and other explanatory material on the responsibilities of the auditor and the assurance practitioner, as appropriate, when performing audits, reviews, assurance or related services engagements.
AuditingAssuranceGovernance

Jeyaretnam family foundation & endowment fund

Trustee

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

Social impactCommunity engagementSocial Impact

Bridging lanka ltd (australia)

Ambassador

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Australia

  • Bridging Lanka works bridge ethnic, religious and geographic divides through people-inspired action for peace and prosperity in Sri Lanka and Australia. Bridging Lanka is an Australian-registered DGR charity that aims:
  • To respond to social, economic and environmental issues in the lagging regions of Sri Lanka, and further afield
  • To act as a credible knowledge, business and investment link between expatriate Sri Lankans and nation-building opportunities in Sri Lanka
  • To work towards improving relations through constructive engagement between expatriate Sri Lankans and the Government and polity of Sri Lanka
  • To explore a Sri Lankan approach to diversity management that affirms the notion of a religious and ethnically-cohesive nation
  • To pursue the relief of poverty, suffering, sickness, disability, helplessness and distress by providing social and economic empowerment and welfare programs for the benefit of people in need of relief both in Australia and overseas
GovernanceOversight

Ocean decade australia

Ocean Business Leaders’ Summit 2023 Advisory Group

Aug 2022Mar 2023 · 7 mos · Australia

  • Ocean Decade Australia is dedicated to providing opportunities for the Australian Ocean Stakeholder community to provide their thoughts on what success would look like after a decade focused on the Ocean, how we would measure success and what it would take to make it happen.
Thought leadershipExpertise assistanceSustainability

International sustainability standards board

Member, Technical Reference Group

Jun 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Remote

  • ISSB's Technical Reference Group - a diverse group of subject matter experts who bring key expertise on current market practice, reporting and subject matter capability to the ISSB.
GovernanceStrategic direction

Australian accounting standards board

Member, Sustainability Reporting Project Advisory Panel

Jun 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Australia

Sustainability reportingMarket practiceSustainability

Agostini homes

Director

Feb 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

  • Governance and oversight
Plant-based innovationSustainable food systemsSustainability

7news young achiever awards

Judge, 7News Young Achiever of the Year

Feb 2022Apr 2022 · 2 mos · Victoria, Australia

Fiba women's basketball world cup 2022 local organising committee

Member, FIBA Basketball Women's Basketball World Cup Sustainability Advisory Committee

Nov 2021Nov 2022 · 1 yr · Australia

Government of india

Member, Sustainable Finance Taskforce, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance

Jun 2021Mar 2022 · 9 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Climate disclosure standards board

Member, Technical Working Group

Oct 2020Jun 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos · Australia

Sasb – sustainability accounting standards board

Senior Advisor Australia

Sep 2020Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Australia

  • Act as key point of engagement for SASB in Australia

Saari collective

Advisor

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 3 mos · Australia

Australian packaging covenant organisation (apco)

Committee Member

Jun 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fairtrade australia & new zealand

Non Executive Director

Dec 2018Mar 2024 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • Fairtrade ANZ is overseen by a board elected by Fairtrade ANZ member organisations. As a member of the Board, I supported the broader governance function and provide strategic direction to Management. I also chaired the Finance Committee of the Board for two years.
  • Fairtrade advocates for better working conditions and improved terms of trade for farmers and workers in developing countries. It’s about supporting the development of thriving farming and worker communities to have more control over their futures, and protecting the environment in which they live and work. I also Chair the Finance Committee of the Board.
Strategic directionRisk managementGovernance

Food frontier

Non Executive Director

Sep 2018Dec 2024 · 6 yrs 3 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • Non-executive Director at Food Frontier, a start-up Non-Profit aspiring to sustainably feed the world into the future and improve public health, working to diversifying our protein supply with healthier, greener options, like plant-based proteins and meat grown from cells. By supporting Australia and New Zealand to invest in this emerging sector, we can become leaders in protein innovation for the Asia Pacific region, home to 60% of the world’s population and where meat consumption is set to double in coming decades.

Gkr karate international

Instructor

Jul 2018Present · 7 yrs 9 mos · Australia

Group of 100

Chair, Sustainability Committee

Jun 2018Jun 2025 · 7 yrs · Melbourne, Australia

  • The G100’s purpose is today’s leading CFOs creating better businesses for tomorrow. To this end the G100 works to ensure that Australia’s commercial and regulatory environment is one which advances the interests of Australian business and which encourages private and public enterprises to grow and compete in today’s highly competitive environment.
Environmental consultingSustainability leadershipSustainability

The university of melbourne

Community and Industry Advisory Board member, Office for Environmental Programs

Jun 2016Dec 2024 · 8 yrs 6 mos · Melbourne, Australia

Sustainable food systemsPublic healthSustainability

B lab

Member, Multinational and Public Markets Advisory Council

Apr 2016Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Melbourne, Australia

Ey

APAC Leader & Partner, Climate Change & Sustainability Services

Aug 2014Jul 2025 · 10 yrs 11 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • Terence was a Partner at EY in Melbourne, an environmental and sustainability specialist with over thirty years’ experience in advising governments and corporations on sustainability issues. In 2005, Terence was named as one of the top 10 most influential young engineers in Australia by Engineers Australia. He is an Associate Professor at Monash Business School and an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Queensland. Terence holds a degree in Environmental Engineering (UWA), is a Chartered Professional Engineer and a Fellow and Engineering Executive of the Institute of Engineers Australia.
  • Terence founded Net Balance and Net Balance Foundation in 2006, growing the firm to Australia's largest standalone sustainability and climate change practice, twice rated along the way by BRW as one of the fastest 100 growth companies in Australia and one of the first B Corps in Australia. Net Balance was acquired by EY in 2014. Terence is on the Boards of Global Citizen (Australia), Amnesty International Australia, the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of Australia, and the Australian Conservation Foundation.
  • Terence was EY's Indigenous Reconciliation Leader (2016 - 2022) and also founded the firm's First Nations practice. He also founded and grey EY's cultural diversity employee network CD@EY to one of the largest and most active employee networks in Australia/New Zealand.

B lab australia & new zealand ltd

Non Executive Director

Aug 2013Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • I was a founding Director of B Lab Australia & New Zealand post Net Balance being certified as the fifth (and founding) B Corp in Australia. My duties include strategic direction to management, networking on behalf of B Lab and being a public advocate.

Eco-buy

Executive Director

Dec 2012Dec 2023 · 11 yrs · Melbourne, Australia

  • ECO-Buy joined the Net Balance group in 2013 as a member-focussed sustainable procurement advisory group. ECO-Buy continues to operate as a non-profit, now serviced by EY post the acquisition of Net Balance by EY.

Banksia environmental foundation

Member, Audit Panel

Jul 2012Jun 2025 · 12 yrs 11 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • As part of the audit panel, my responsibilities include reviewing the judging process, providing advice on improvement opportunities, reviewing judging outcomes from a quality control perspective, and selecting the Banksia Gold Award.
SustainabilityCorporate governance

Suppy chain sustainability school

Advisory Board Member

Jan 2012Jun 2022 · 10 yrs 5 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • http://www.supplychainschool.org.au/

Acca

Member, Global Forum on Sustainability

Aug 2011Dec 2024 · 13 yrs 4 mos · Australia

  • As part of the Global Forum on Sustainability, I participate in global conversations with ACCA, provide input into thought leadership by ACCA and provide direction to ACCA on strategic areas of focus on sustainability.

Accountability

Member, Interim Standards Board & Working Groups on AA1000 AS and AA1000 APS Standards

Jun 2011Feb 2019 · 7 yrs 8 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • My work consisted of providing stewardship to the Standards during this period.

Australian legal sector alliance

Non Executive Director

Feb 2011Aug 2024 · 13 yrs 6 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • As a founding Director of the Australian Legal Sector Alliance, my duties include strategic direction to management, networking on behalf of AusLSA and being a public advocate.
SustainabilityThought leadership

Private wealth network

Non Executive Director

Jan 2011Aug 2024 · 13 yrs 7 mos · Australia · Hybrid

  • My duties include strategic direction to management, acting in the capacity of a Director on matters of risk, finance, health and safety, solvency of the company and providing input on areas I specialise in.
Strategic directionNetworkingGovernance

Engineers media

Director

Jan 2011Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Sydney, Australia

  • My duties include strategic direction to management, acting in the capacity of a Director on matters of risk, finance, health and safety, solvency of the company, addressing matters raised by the parent Engineers Australia and providing input on areas I specialise in.
Strategic directionNetworkingGovernance

University of southern queensland

Adjunct Professor

Jan 2010Dec 2023 · 13 yrs 11 mos · Melbourne, Australia · Remote

  • My work involves contribution to thought leadership, and providing assistance to USQ when called upon in my areas of expertise.
Sustainable procurementAdvisorySustainability

3 pillars network

Director

Jan 2010Jan 2013 · 3 yrs · Melbourne, Australia

  • My duty is providing input on areas I specialise in.
Sustainability consultingEnvironmental managementSustainability

Ogilvy & mather

Ogilvy Earth Advisory Board Member

Jan 2009Jan 2010 · 1 yr · Sydney, Australia

  • My work involves contribution to thought leadership, and providing assistance when called upon in my areas of expertise.

Net balance

2 roles

Founding Executive Director, Net Balance Foundation

Jan 2007Sep 2014 · 7 yrs 8 mos

  • Net Balance Foundation commenced life as the active purpose focussed arm of Net Balance. Key areas of focus included thought leadership, capacity building and non-profit work. Net Balance Foundation continues to operate as a non-profit, now serviced by EY post the acquisition of Net Balance by EY.
Strategic directionRisk managementGovernance

Founding Executive Director, Net Balance

Oct 2006Sep 2014 · 7 yrs 11 mos

  • I founded Net Balance and Net Balance Foundation in 2006, growing the firm to Australia's largest standalone sustainability and climate change practice, twice rated along the way by BRW as one of the fastest 100 growth companies in Australia. Net Balance was acquired by EY in 2014 when the firm had 55+ advisors across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart, Perth and London.
Thought leadershipCapacity buildingSustainability

College of environmental engineering, engineers australia

Chair

Jan 2006Jan 2008 · 2 yrs · Melbourne, Australia

  • I was responsible for Chairing the Board and overseeing all matters in relation to the College.

Sustainability: science, practice and policy ejournal

Member, Editorial Board

Jan 2005Dec 2018 · 13 yrs 11 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • My work involves contribution to thought leadership, and providing assistance when called upon in my areas of expertise, including editorial assistance.

Society for sustainability and environmental engineering, engineers australia

Chair

Jan 2005Jan 2006 · 1 yr · Melbourne, Australia

  • I was responsible for Chairing the Board and overseeing all matters in relation to the Society.

Urs corporation

Principal

Jan 2003Jan 2006 · 3 yrs · Melbourne, Australia

  • My work involved helping build the sustainability advisory and assurance practice, and looking after my team.

Siris

Principal

Jan 2000Jan 2003 · 3 yrs · Melbourne, Australia

  • My work involved helping build the sustainability advisory and assurance practice, and looking after my team.
Environmental managementProject managementEnvironmental Management

Smec

Principal

Jan 1998Jan 2000 · 2 yrs · Melbourne, Australia

  • I helped build an environmental and sustainability practice at SMEC Victoria.
Environmental managementProject managementEnvironmental Management

Erm

Associate/Senior Associate

Jan 1993Jan 1997 · 4 yrs · Australia

  • Headed up environmental services in Perth and Melbourne offices, managed and directed projects and worked in all aspects of environmental management, health & safety, air and noise, contaminated land, environmental impact assessment, due diligence assessments and stakeholder engagement.
Environmental managementProject managementEnvironmental Management

Australian army

Member, Australian Army Reserve

Oct 1989Dec 1989 · 2 mos · Perth, Western Australia, Australia · On-site

Environmental managementProject managementEnvironmental Management

Education

University of Cambridge

The Prince of Wales’s Business and Sustainability Programme — Cambridge Programme for Executive Sustainability Leadership

Jan 2014Jan 2014

The University of Western Australia

BE (Env) — Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (University of Western Australia)

Jan 1989Jan 1992

Harvard Business School

Integrated Reporting Leadership Programme

Jan 2009Jan 2009

University of Adelaide

Masters of Engineering Science (Research) [Thesis Not Completed]

Jan 2003Jan 2006

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