Oliver Yates is currently the Australian country head of GAW Capital and board member of the Smart Energy Council having been the first CEO of Australia’s Green Bank, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. He has global experience in both the private and public sector regarding climate change policy and finance. Oliver was an executive director at Macquarie Bank for more than 10 years, being country head in the United States (1998‐2004), co-head Macquarie Capital Private Placements Group (2004‐2008) and co-head Macquarie Capital Products Group (2001‐2008).