Dr Vicky Au heads Decarbonisation for the Asia Pacific region at Wood, a global consulting and engineering company where she connects people, technologies, and solutions to help organisations in the energy and materials markets to decarbonise and reach emissions reduction goals. Dr Au has two decades of experience in the innovation ecosystem which includes the delivery of major partnerships and reports informing national and state-level hydrogen, net zero and energy transition strategies and international collaborations at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and the development and expansion of advisory practices in innovation, R&D and technology for a global professional services consultancy. She has a PhD in Physical Sciences and Engineering from the ANU, is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s alternative to the executive MBA program and is qualified as a CPA.