Our People
Meet the team behind Planet Ark
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These are the people who are committed to creating programs that make it easy for Australians to take simple, powerful and positive environmental actions.
Our People
Paul Klymenko
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Rebecca Gilling
co-CEO and Head of HR
Ian Bridges
Chief Information Officer
Scott Dickson
Chief Financial Officer
Ryan Collins
Head of Circular Economy Programs
Adam Culley
Head of Partnerships
Claire Bell
Head of Operations
Beau Boundy
Senior Product Stewardship & Marketing Manager
Laura Chalk
Social Media Communications
Sarah Chaplin
Campaigns Coordinator & Research
Dr Nicole Garofano
Head of Circular Economy Development
Katrina Hitchcock
Web Developer
Sarah Hobson
Partnerships Manager
Simone Horder
National Tree Day Manager
Jane Horvath
Circular Economy Hub Manager
Shirley Jin
Information Centre Support Officer
Lucy Jones
Communications Coordinator
Ellice Kelly
Information Centre Support Officer
Mitchell Kirsch
Product Stewardship Coordinator
Alejandra Laclette
Environmental Consultant | Recycling Label & National Recycling Week Manager
Claire Laws
Information Centre Support Officer
Tom Mann
Information Centre Support Officer
Keith Maxwell
Contracts Manager & Digital Asset Management
Karen McGregor
Accountant
Chelsea McLean
ACE Hub Collaboration Portal Community Coordinator
Jennifer McMillan
Campaign Communications
Neha Nagpal
Partnerships Communications Specialist
Rachael Ridley
Recycling Campaigns Manager of Recycling Near You & Business Recycling
Maddie Ross
Events and Administration Coordinator
David Rowlinson
Make It Wood Program Manager
Nicholas Scaltrito
Campaign Coordinator
Luke Symes
Web Developer
Professor Roy Tasker
Chief Scientific Advisor
Liam Taylor
Head of Communications
Steve Walpole
Circular Economy Partnerships Lead
Sarah Wiecek
Visual Content Creator
Meet The Board
Michael Coleman
Chairman
Dr Lyndell Fraser
Deputy-Chair and Non-Executive Director
Paul Klymenko
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
David Burt
Non-Executive Director
Dr Andrew Johnson
Non-Executive Director
Howard Parry-Husbands
Non-Executive Director
Gillian Turner
Non-Executive Director
Ambassadors
Dr Amanda Lloyd
Educator/Executive Director (Outdoors NSW)
Elly Awesome
Author/Vlogger/TV Presenter (Toasted TV)
Layne Beachley
World Champion Surfer/Public Speaker/Author
Costa Georgiadis
Landscape Architect/TV Host
Tanya Lewis
Professional Organiser/Keynote Speaker/Author
Dr Tony Matthews
Urban and Environmental Planner
Magdalena Roze
Meteorologist/Author
Professor Veena Sahajwalla
Scientist, Inventor and Engineer
Jo Taranto & Corina Seeto
Waste Warriors
James Treble
Interior Designer/TV Presenter (Renovate OR Rebuild & Open Homes Australia)
Anita Vandyke
Scientist/Author
dirtgirl
Family Entertainer/Educator (dirtgirlworld)