Donna is a passionate sustainable finance practitioner and researcher with expertise spanning responsible investment, decarbonisation and collaborative investor engagement.

She completed a PhD at UTS on the superannuation sector’s net zero transition, using systems theory to highlight the need for a coordinated climate response and advance sustainable finance.

Donna has experience bringing people together across sectors to address complex climate and sustainability challenges. This includes investor engagement initiatives, facilitating Climate Action 100+ groups and contributing to its global net zero company benchmark and engagement progress committees during her role at IGCC.

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Prior to then, Donna worked at Morningstar in the Manager Research team, where she developed a strong focus on ESG and sustainable funds research and provided thought leadership in these areas. Her diverse professional background also includes practice as a commercial interior designer, where sustainability was a consistent thread - applying passive design principles, embodied energy considerations, and lifecycle analysis in her projects.

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Donna holds a PhD from UTS, a Master of Finance from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Interior Design from RMIT University.