Nick Wood

Experience

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  Yorkshire Water

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1997

  Manager Air Pollution
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  Environmental Intelligence Limited

  Nov 1997 - Dec 2002

  Director

  An environmental consultancy company that provided research, analysis and training on issues ranging from carbon trading and emission verification through to environmental awareness and pollution monitoring.

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  Entec UK Ltd

  Jun 2004 - May 2008

  Principal Consultant

  Climate change policy research for UK Government and business. Carbon management for FT 100 listed companies

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  KPMG Australia

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2014

  Associate Director

  Led the Carbon Advisory practice. Developed new services on carbon costs in the supply chain, emission trading and climate change risks (mitigation and impact)

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  Climate Policy Research

  Aug 2014 - now

  Director

  I established Climate Policy Research Pty Ltd in 2014 in order to bring a technically sophisticated and agile approach to the challenge of dealing with climate change as a financial problem; one of resource allocation, valuation, and risk transfer. This strategy has been very successful, and the business model allows me to seek out challenges, engage directly with regulators, governance bodies and Australia’s world class climate change science. I specialize in collaborating with large multi-disciplinary teams at client organizations to achieve groundbreaking results across climate risk assessments, net zero / decarbonisation strategies and emission reporting and assurance. Show less

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  Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub

  Jan 2017 - Mar 2019

  Chair - Stakeholder Advisory Group, Member of Steering Committee

  I feel very honoured to have served as the Chair of the Stakeholder Advisory Group and member of the Steering Committee for the Earth Systems and Climate Change . The group has a clear remit to engage with end users of the research on climate change. These are interesting times.The details of the research programs, covering everything from extreme weather, water availability and coastal hazards can be found at:http://nespclimate.com.au/home/

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  Energetics

  Jan 2019 - Nov 2024

  Climate Risk Expert

  In 2018 I formed a strategic alliance with the energy consultancy, Energetics PL, in order to maximize the value of my deep professional networks in the climate science community that I had built over the previous four years. The arrangement was an outstanding success from the start and allowed Energetics quickly to take a market leading position in the conduct of climate risk assessments. Detailed projects were undertaken for a wide range of organisations from sectors including banking, retail, agriculture, aquaculture, utilities, resources, telecommunications and national transport infrastructure. As the Climate Risk Expert, I play a key role in developing the risk assessment methodologies, in designing the project workflows and in accessing the required climate change data from national and state-based science agencies. The outcome of the risk assessments were particularly confronting for the clients in sectors such as broad scale agriculture in Western Australia and aquaculture in Tasmania. I used my extensive knowledge of assurance to ensure that all the work was robust, fully transparent and backed up by the best available science. Show less

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  WSP in Australia

  Dec 2024 - now

  Executive Advisor – Climate scenarios & disclosure