Paul Hunyor
Paul Hunyor
Wollemi Capital Managing Director and Co-Founder
Paul brings over 20 years of experience as an investor and operator in climate impact, private equity and venture capital. In 2021, he co-founded Wollemi Capital, a global climate specialist investment firm which invests in the businesses and projects which aim to make the net-zero future a reality.
Paul has been at the forefront of corporate venture investing in climate solutions. As the former Head of Asia Pacific and Australia for BCG Digital Ventures, the corporate VC arm of the Boston Consulting Group, Paul co-founded BCG Green Ventures.
He also helped launch Singapore’s voluntary carbon credits marketplace, led a global agribusiness investment into a carbon measurement platform for scope 3 emissions, and co-founded the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) first ever venture in food traceability.
Paul’s early career spans from late-stage private equity at Archer Capital to co-founding a venture capital firm at Folklore Ventures Fund 1. He also founded a start-up that became Australia’s largest independent energy broker.
Paul is the former Co-Chair of the WEF Committee on Sustainable Consumption. Currently, he serves on the Board of Governors at the WWF Australia and the Board of the Investment Committee for Innovation and Science Australia’s Entrepreneur’s Programme. He is also a member of the Mt Wilson branch of the Rural Fire Service.
Paul has a dual master’s (MBA and MPA) from Harvard.
Paul has been at the forefront of corporate venture investing in climate solutions. As the former Head of Asia Pacific and Australia for BCG Digital Ventures, the corporate VC arm of the Boston Consulting Group, Paul co-founded BCG Green Ventures.
He also helped launch Singapore’s voluntary carbon credits marketplace, led a global agribusiness investment into a carbon measurement platform for scope 3 emissions, and co-founded the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) first ever venture in food traceability.
Paul’s early career spans from late-stage private equity at Archer Capital to co-founding a venture capital firm at Folklore Ventures Fund 1. He also founded a start-up that became Australia’s largest independent energy broker.
Paul is the former Co-Chair of the WEF Committee on Sustainable Consumption. Currently, he serves on the Board of Governors at the WWF Australia and the Board of the Investment Committee for Innovation and Science Australia’s Entrepreneur’s Programme. He is also a member of the Mt Wilson branch of the Rural Fire Service.
Paul has a dual master’s (MBA and MPA) from Harvard.
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Innovating for a Net-Zero Future: The Climate Tech Imperative
MON, OCT 16, 11:30 AM
Conference
Reaching net zero calls for major innovation to bring new technologies to market as soon as possible, and trillions in investment in the coming decades. Learn how research organisations, start-ups, investors and corporates are collaborating on the path towards net zero, and the importance of climate tech investment to get us there. Brought to you by CommBank.
