Al spent a decade in the global multi-asset financial markets with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Macquarie Bank in Australia and Bloomberg Tradebook in Hong Kong, working across institutional debt, commodities, FX, derivatives and equities as an analyst, dealer and research sales. In 2013 Al pivoted into the private sector, and for the past 9 years has founded, built and invested in decarbonisation and impact ventures across Asia Pacific. Al was an early pioneer of sustainability-related strategies into China and Hong Kong including biofuels, green energy, clean tech, agrifood tech and green logistics. Al holds a post graduate degree in the global food and agricultural industry from the Royal Agricultural College in the UK, and since returning from Asia in 2018 has built a reputation across the APAC region in impact investing via his sleeves-up approach to portfolio management.