Media Release: GreenCollar is pleased to announce that existing Board Director, Brendan Foran, has been appointed Chair of the Board as of 9 May.
Brendan, who has been a Director on the GreenCollar Board since December 2023, brings to the position enormous executive and leadership experience, as well as expertise in and life-long commitment to natural resource and environmental issues.
Brendan was the CEO of Greening Australia for 11 years where he led an organisation-wide governance and strategy reform program that enabled greater levels of impact, efficiency and resilience. He was also the inaugural Chair of the Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA), the peak national body representing organisations that work to conserve, manage and restore nature on privately managed land.
“I have worked closely with GreenCollar for many years and greatly respect this company’s pioneering high integrity work in establishing and developing environmental markets, in partnership with private landholders, both as scalable solutions to nature repair and the mitigation of climate change and as a mechanism for attracting private investment to these critical endeavours,” Mr Foran said. “It is now my pleasure to be working with my esteemed fellow Board members, the company and its expert staff to build on this excellent work and make the most significant and effective contributions we can to alter the trajectory of the environmental and climate threats that we are now living with.”
Brendan’s other executive and director roles include Corporate Affairs Manager – Eastern States for Alcoa of Australia, Founding Chair of SeedX and Canopy – Nature Based Solutions, Founding Director of NatureCo, and Non-executive Director of North-East Water and the Gordon Institute of TAFE.
Brendan currently sits on the Boards of AustraHort, a major Australian seed supplier where he also serves as Chair, the North East Catchment Management Authority, Landcare Australia and The Talia Foundation. He also provides strategic advice and coaching to Boards and Executives working in and across the environment sector.
Brendan holds an MBA, an Advanced Diploma in Business Management, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors , was a 2011 Rotary Foundation Group Study Exchange participant in Iceland and a 2016 Harvard Club of Australia non-profit fellow.
Brendan assumes the role of Chair following the departure at the end of last year of previous Chair, Grant King, who brought his immense skills and talent to the Board as it navigated a rapid successful expansion in its portfolio, as well as scientific, policy and advocacy efforts over more than three years.
“Brendan brings with him a wealth of valuable experience and knowledge, including his history of operating at the forefront of nature-based solution development and environmental thinking,” Mr Schultz said. “We are delighted that he has been able to join the Board and take up the position of Chair.”
Fellow GreenCollar Board Directors are Mara Bun, Cathy Harris, Michael Hudgin, Christopher Metrakos and James Schultz.
