Martijn Wilder is the Founder & CEO of Pollination, a global
climate change advisory and investment firm. He is also the chair
of the $15B National Reconstruction Fund set up by the Australian
Government and was previously Head of Baker & McKenzie’s
global climate law and finance practice for twenty years working
with governments and bodies to accelerate the global net zero
transition.
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Episode guiding points:
Learn about Martijn’s sunrise in Sydney, Australia being of
British and dutch heritage with his parents having immigrated to
Aus in their early 20’s and a strong family history of working in
the book publishing industry, and influences of his 2 younger
sisters. You may be surprised to learn that Martijn wanted to be
a vet at age 18, and fell into law and business.
Questions our host, Vidit exploring with Martijn include: His
Honours thesis at university in economics focused on antarctic
legal issues, What made him join and then work at the law firm,
Baker Mackenzie for 20 years, How he rose up to partner and his
learnings on backing people, climate solutions projects he worked
on around the world including buying and selling UN sanctioned
carbon credits in 2004, Helping FIJI host the COP, attended by
heads of countries, meeting indigenous leaders for regenerative
agriculture projects and more. Our host, Vidit was particularly
fascinated by how some of these projects actually originate and
the realities behind the scenes. We cover Martijn’s journey to
being on and chairing various non for profit and government
boards including the clean energy finance corporation, the
australian renewable agency and most recently being appointed to
chair $15B National Reconstruction Fund set up by the Australian
Government.
Important aspects of his story that are intriguing include the
role his wife Jane has played in his life, and of course how and
why he decided to set up Pollination nearly 4 years ago now,
their thesis, the first 12 months of setting it up with COVID
hitting, Raising capital and learn about Martijn’s systems and
habits to manage his time and his most recommended newsletter he
religiously reads.
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
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