The SEAOAK team

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer​​

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Victorian High Country (VIC)

Ebony is an experienced business and technology strategist who is passionate about working with clients in the agriculture sector to improve farm profitability, productivity and resilience through nature-based strategies, and developing climate resilience and adaptation solutions for regional communities.

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Throughout her 15-year career Ebony has been a trusted advisor to some of Australia's largest organisations and executives across the agriculture, mining, renewable energy, financial services and retail sectors. Prior to opening SEAOAK, Ebony held various senior positions at Deloitte over 7 years including within the climate advisory and emissions solutions team. 

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Ebony is passionate about homesteading and on a small block of land in rural Victoria currently grows apples, plums, peaches, apricots, lemons, limes, oranges, blueberries, mulberries, grapes, olives, and a large variety of seasonal vegetables.

 

Key competencies & areas of interest 

• Agriculture and agribusiness

• Organisational resilience 

• Climate risk, adaptation and mitigation

• Carbon and nature-repair projects

• Stakeholder engagement and strategy

• Business and technology advisory

• Nature-based solutions

• Sustainability and decarbonisation strategy

 

Education & training

• Currently completing a certification in Climate Change Awareness and Action from University of Tasmania

• Certified in Nature-based Solutions for Disaster & Climate Resilience from UN Environment Programme

• Certified in Sustainable Business Strategy from Harvard Business School

• Certified in Social Science from Australian College of Applied Psychology 

Co-Founder & Chief Sustainability Officer

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Northern Rivers (NSW)

Carli is an experienced sustainability strategist with a background in regenerative agriculture. Carli’s work has spanned from farm to fork, including addressing the complex challenges and opportunities within waste prevention, regenerative agriculture, soil health, biodiversity, and more.

 

Carli has held sustainability-related positions at PwC, Calm the Farm, Yumi Foods, and R.M. Williams, and is also the co-owner of a certified organic commercial farm in Northland New Zealand where they produce organic avocados, bananas, pineapples, and multi-species pasture silage. 

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Key competencies & areas of interest 

• Regenerative agriculture

• Organic farming

• Hide / beef / cotton traceability

• Sustainability reporting & carbon footprinting

• Modern slavery & supply chain

• Reconciliation action plans

• Impact Investment & sustainable procurement

• Circular Economy & lifecycle analysis

• B Corp & other sustainability certifications

 

Education & training

• Master of Business from Crummer Graduate School of Business (Florida, USA)

• Bachelor of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development from Rollins College (Florida, USA)

• Graduate Certificate in Science from University of Southern Queensland

• Certified Agile practitioner

• Permaculture Design Certificate

• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Programme (Shenzhen)

Partner - Sustainable Agriculture Advisor

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Brisbane & Cairns (QLD)

Ian is a senior sustainable agriculture industry advisor with more than 20 years of global project experience - including Australia, The United States, Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. 

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Key competencies & areas of interest 

• Agribusiness

• Sustainable agriculture

• Carbon auditing

• Agricultural economics and cost/benefit analysis modelling 

• Regenerative agriculture

• Carbon project development, management and auditing

• Biodiversity and soil restoration

• Climate risk and responses

• Water management

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Education & training

• PhD Sustainable Development (Agriculture) from Bond University

• Master in Sustainable Development from Bond University

• National Sustainable Afforestation Association

• International Agriculture Chemical Advisory Committee (ACAC)

• International Human Rights Board (ECLT)