Lisa McLean | Chief Executive Officer
Circular Australia

BA, GAICD
Lisa is a circular economy and zero-carbon business transformation leader. She has been successfully advising industry and governments in developing new policy frameworks and regulations that bring about market change to enable the circular zero-carbon economy over 20 years.

This work has covered the energy, water, waste and mobility sectors in the UK, Australia and across the world's largest cities.

Lisa is the Managing Director and CEO of Circular Australia an independent peak circular economy innovation body leading the transition to a zero-carbon circular economy in Australia.

Lisa has worked to catalyse new circular economy, zero carbon, sustainable markets including initiating and setting up Open Cities Alliance, a peak association for next-gen infrastructure and the circular economy, the Australian Solar Thermal Association (AUSTELA), advising electric mobility providers, and working in the private sector driving circular economy outcomes in water and energy and advocating for policy and regulatory change.

Starting her career as a political journalist working in the national press gallery, she moved to advising Ministers and Premiers, before heading to the UK to help establish the Clinton Climate Initiative and work on catalysing the new zero carbon circular economy.