Jady is an environmental policy, climate and resilience specialist with over 20 years’ experience working across the Asia–Pacific in environmental governance, REDD+, safeguards, and natural resource policy processes. He has worn many hats, starting with ecotourism at Australian resorts, then working internationally on Cambodia’s first biodiversity policy, agro-biodiversity in Laos, marine protection in Vietnam, sanitation in Indonesia, post-tsunami recovery in the Maldives, REDD+ in Thailand, and heritage management for PNG and the Solomon Islands. For two decades, he has supported work in Cambodia, building on traditional knowledge to mitigate floods and droughts and enhance community livelihoods at the Angkor World Heritage site. This diverse experience supports his interest in continuous learning, and he has recently been researching water management for wildfire mitigation, particularly irrigated green firebreaks in SE Queensland. He is looking forward to working with the Indigenous Carbon Industry Network to facilitate complex, contested policy environments and support the development of rights-based, evidence-informed policy and advocacy positions that care for country.