Dr Rob Waterworth has built a decades-long career in forestry and land management, with a focus on climate change. Rob has co-founded and led companies (Mullion Group and FLINTpro) and not-for-profits (moja global), worked in multiple levels of the Australian government, and consulted to corporates, multilateral agencies (FAO, World Bank, United Nations) and National Governments (Kenya, Indonesia).

Rob is particularly known for building collaborative processes across industry, government and NGOs. He brings a global perspective to issues and solutions, having worked in all continents (expect Antarctica), with a strong focus on SE Asia and East Africa. He has received multiple awards for his work, most notably the 2008 Eureka Prize for Environmental Science, the CSIRO partnership award, ESRI Special Achievement in GIS, Australian Export Awards and Telstra Best of Business Award (enhancing innovation). He continues to actively promoted the role of the forest sector in addressing climate change.