Team
Julien Gastaldi, CEO
Julien Gastaldi has 15 years' experience working on Climate Change, Waste Management, Pollution Pricing, Carbon Markets, Land Management and Community Development. He has an acute sense of social justice and is an advocate for a 'Just Transition' to a low-carbon economy. Julien works through building loyal partnerships to redirect climate finance towards the realisation of local social, economic and environmental benefits. He also brings connections to international carbon markets in Europe and the South Pacific to its local governments, indigenous groups, farmers, and corporate clients. He is the chair of national carbon division of the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR), and holds both a Masters of Civil Engineering (Environmental Management / Solid Waste Management) from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and an Ecole Polytechnique’s Masters of Management, Science & Environmental Physics (Climate Change Dynamics).
Robin Beatty, COO
Robin Beatty has 20 years professional fire management experience in diverse natural environments and socio-economic systems in the fire prone settings of southern Africa, Australia and Latin America. He is the Managing Director of 321Fire, a specialist fire management company focusing on building the capacity of people and governments to develop and implement integrated fire management strategies. Advising, training and skills transfer are amongst 321Fire’s key services to support the use of fire as a land management tool at landscape scales. Robin promotes innovative Community-Based Fire Management (CBFiM) initiatives in protected areas and communal lands to integrate traditional fire management knowledge into contemporary fire management frameworks. His professional qualifications, including a BSc (Zoology) and MSc (Tropical Environmental Management), provide a sound understanding of ecosystem functioning and management.
Diogo Ladvocat, CCO
With over 15 years of carbon market experience, Diogo Ladvocat has an Earth Systems scientific background and his work is focused on sustainable finance for forest conservation. He has been working with carbon markets since 2006 developing Kyoto-compliant projects for energy and forestry-based sectors working with investment funds, development banks, governments, raising and investing mission-driven capital for communities, climate, biodiversity, food systems, and water towards ecosystem services and social impact.