Climate Risk Management in 2025: What does it mean for your organisation?

Angela is a Principal at Deloitte with a distinguished background in public wealth management, sustainability, and responsible investment. She helped lead the establishment of the $14 billion NSW Generations Fund, and co-designed the role of Director of Sustainable Finance at NSW Treasury, focusing on managing climate-related risks on the State's Balance Sheet. As a Senior Policy Fellow at the James Martin Institute for Public Policy, she advocated for government ESG impact disclosures. Academically distinguished, her research is globally recognized and published in academic journals.

Russell is a seasoned risk professional with 20 years of experience in investment and retail banking. He specializes in climate scenario analysis, stress testing, risk governance, regulatory reporting, and project management. A certified FRM and SCR, Russell is passionate about climate risk and was most recently working at Westpac in Climate Scenario Analysis & Stress Testing. 

Professor Eliza Wu is the Head of the Discipline of Finance and a Professor of Finance and Banking at the University of Sydney. She has a joint honours degree in Economics and Econometrics and a PhD in Finance from UNSW. Her scholarly research program is focused on banking, corporate finance and the dynamic behaviour of international capital markets. Outside of academe, Eliza has worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at the Bank for International Settlements’ Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Chris is an investment / market risk manager with experience performing risk oversight of equity, fixed interest, credit and private debt portfolios across asset management, investment banking and hedge fund industries. Areas of focus include stress testing, VaR analysis, risk framework development and risk mitigation strategy. Currently he is a Senior Vice President at Citi, working in Global Market Risk, and is a certified FRM.