Terence Jeyaretnam — CEO
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)!
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Sustainability and Climate Change expert with extensive governance and nonprofit experience.
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Experience: 32 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Governance
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Social Impact
- Environmental Management
Career Highlights
- Leader in sustainability and climate change consulting.
- Advocate for cultural diversity and inclusion.
- Founder of Australia's largest sustainability practice.
Work Experience
Monash Business School
Professor, Monash Business School (2 mos)
Associate Professor, Monash Business School (1 yr 11 mos)
The Royal Society of Victoria
Councillor (4 mos)
ProVeg International
Non Executive Director (5 mos)
Sunwize
Founding Director (5 mos)
Foresight Consulting Group
Director (6 mos)
Amnesty International Australia
Chair (9 mos)
Non Executive Director (2 yrs 7 mos)
Global Citizen
Chair (1 yr 3 mos)
Non-Executive Director Australia (5 yrs 3 mos)
Women's Agenda
Member, Judging Panel (5 mos)
Australian Conservation Foundation
Board Member (2 yrs 9 mos)
Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
Board Member (3 yrs 3 mos)
Jeyaretnam Family Foundation & Endowment Fund
Trustee (3 yrs 3 mos)
Bridging Lanka Ltd (Australia)
Ambassador (3 yrs 8 mos)
Ocean Decade Australia
Ocean Business Leaders’ Summit 2023 Advisory Group (7 mos)
International Sustainability Standards Board
Member, Technical Reference Group (1 yr 6 mos)
Australian Accounting Standards Board
Member, Sustainability Reporting Project Advisory Panel (1 yr 6 mos)
Agostini Homes
Director (4 yrs 2 mos)
7News Young Achiever Awards
Judge, 7News Young Achiever of the Year (2 mos)
FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Local Organising Committee
Member, FIBA Basketball Women's Basketball World Cup Sustainability Advisory Committee (1 yr)
Government of India
Member, Sustainable Finance Taskforce, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance (9 mos)
Climate Disclosure Standards Board
Member, Technical Working Group (1 yr 8 mos)
SASB – Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
Senior Advisor Australia (2 yrs 3 mos)
SAARI Collective
Advisor (6 yrs 3 mos)
Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO)
Committee Member (1 yr 9 mos)
Fairtrade Australia & New Zealand
Non Executive Director (5 yrs 3 mos)
Food Frontier
Non Executive Director (6 yrs 3 mos)
GKR Karate International
Instructor (7 yrs 9 mos)
Group of 100
Chair, Sustainability Committee (7 yrs)
The University of Melbourne
Community and Industry Advisory Board member, Office for Environmental Programs (8 yrs 6 mos)
B Lab
Member, Multinational and Public Markets Advisory Council (2 yrs 5 mos)
EY
APAC Leader & Partner, Climate Change & Sustainability Services (10 yrs 11 mos)
B Lab Australia & New Zealand Ltd
Non Executive Director (3 yrs 4 mos)
ECO-Buy
Executive Director (11 yrs)
Banksia Environmental Foundation
Member, Audit Panel (12 yrs 11 mos)
Suppy Chain Sustainability School
Advisory Board Member (10 yrs 5 mos)
ACCA
Member, Global Forum on Sustainability (13 yrs 4 mos)
AccountAbility
Member, Interim Standards Board & Working Groups on AA1000 AS and AA1000 APS Standards (7 yrs 8 mos)
Australian Legal Sector Alliance
Non Executive Director (13 yrs 6 mos)
Private Wealth Network
Non Executive Director (13 yrs 7 mos)
Engineers Media
Director (3 yrs 11 mos)
University of Southern Queensland
Adjunct Professor (13 yrs 11 mos)
3 Pillars Network
Director (3 yrs)
Ogilvy & Mather
Ogilvy Earth Advisory Board Member (1 yr)
Net Balance
Founding Executive Director, Net Balance Foundation (7 yrs 8 mos)
Founding Executive Director, Net Balance (7 yrs 11 mos)
College of Environmental Engineering, Engineers Australia
Chair (2 yrs)
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy eJournal
Member, Editorial Board (13 yrs 11 mos)
Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering, Engineers Australia
Chair (1 yr)
URS Corporation
Principal (3 yrs)
SIRIS
Principal (3 yrs)
SMEC
Principal (2 yrs)
ERM
Associate/Senior Associate (4 yrs)
Australian Army
Member, Australian Army Reserve (2 mos)
Education
The Prince of Wales’s Business and Sustainability Programme at University of Cambridge
BE (Env) at The University of Western Australia
Integrated Reporting Leadership Programme at Harvard Business School
Masters of Engineering Science (Research) [Thesis Not Completed] at University of Adelaide