Board & council
Ros Harvey, President
Ros is an activist, innovator and entrepreneur. She has held leadership roles in private, trade union, government, university and community sectors. She was the Founder/CEO of The Yield, which uses AI to grow food more profitably with less environmental impact.
Ros founded the International Labour Organisation’s Better Work program for improving working conditions in apparel supply chains. She brings an international perspective having worked for the United Nations. Ros was named in 2018 as one of the Australian Financial Reviews 100 Most Influential Women.
Ros is an Australian Institute of Company Directors graduate.
Stephen Lightfoot , Vice President
Stephen is a doctor who brings an important medical perspective to the Board. His focus is on the relationship between nature, a safe climate and our physical, mental health and wellbeing. He is uniquely qualified to lead the Board’s work in this space, having postgraduate degrees in health and environmental management, and he is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Stephen is an advocate for sustainable healthcare, and experienced in NGO governance, having served previous terms on ACF Council. He has extensive experience in community engagement leading the ACF Eastern Sydney group. Stephen is passionate about protecting our natural places and working towards a healthy environment, where both nature and Australian communities thrive.
Shar Molloy, Vice President
Shar has over 25 years’ experience working in environmental organisations and her qualifications are in finance, management, governance, mediation and campaigning.
Shar led the Environment Centre of the Northern Territory from 2017 to 2022 and has served on the board of the Environmental Defenders Office (NT) and the Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network (DASSAN).
Shar designed and delivered the 10GW Vision in collaboration with Beyond Zero Emissions, and the successful and award-winning Repower NT campaign in 2020, which changed the conversation about renewable energy in the Northern Territory.
Terence Jeyaretnam, Treasurer
Terence is Director at Foresight Consulting Group specialising in climate change and sustainability based in Melbourne. For the past decade he was Partner and APAC Leader of EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability team. He is an environmental and sustainability advisory and assurance specialist with over 30 years’ experience in advising governments and corporations on sustainability issues. Until its acquisition by EY in 2014, Terence was Founder/Executive Director of Net Balance, Australia's largest standalone sustainability and climate change practice at the time, one of Australia’s first B Corporations.
Terence is a member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of Australia and is the Chair of Amnesty International Australia and Global Citizen Australia. He is also an Associate Professor at Monash Business School.
Leon Cermak, Secretary
Leon has worked in policy roles in energy, climate change and sustainability. Currently working at Tesla across VPP and DER policy and programs, Leon has extensive knowledge of energy systems, economics and finance. Prior to joining Tesla, Leon worked in various ministerial, policy and political roles across state and federal government.
Leon is passionate about ensuring that the transition to sustainable energy is socially equitable and that Australia leads the world in supporting nature. Leon has been an ACF Councillor since 2018, is a BA (Public Policy), MBA, GCM and AICD graduate. He lives and works on Kaurna land.
Sarah English, Board Member
Sarah has led campaigns and communications in environmental, human rights, and political organisations for fifteen years, working with both grassroots groups and national organisations like Amnesty International and GetUp.
Sarah is an advocate for a fast and fair transition to renewable energy in order to address the climate and nature crises, generate jobs and affordable energy, and prevent further damage to First Nations sites. Sarah has served on the ACF Council since 2018, and was elected to the Board in 2022.
Sally Fisher, Board Member
Sally is a Community Organiser with the Real Deal Geelong Alliance on Wadawurrung country. Being raised on a farm increased her appreciation of how fragile our land is and how we all need to care for it.
Her interest in community organising comes after a career in health which saw her work across three states. Living in SA during the Millenium drought increased her understanding that our economic systems are drivers of climate change and inequality and need to be urgently addressed.
Sally is an ACF Geelong Community group leader and passionate about a just transition to a fair economy.