The Team

Lisa Tarry is a recognised sustainability career expert advising recent graduates, career transitioners and experienced sustainability professionals on their journeys into and through the multifaceted sustainability field. She is founder and Managing Director of Turning Green Pty Ltd a career consultancy and recruitment firm in operation since 2008 focused on placing candidates with the skills and experience required to embed sustainability into the core of a business to improve cost efficiencies and drive revenue growth. Lisa has worked in London and Sydney in both a consultancy environment and within corporations managing the talent sourcing requirements for Jones Lang LaSalle, American Express and Caltex.  Her academic qualifications include a diploma in Human Resources from the UK, a Cert IV in Carbon Management and she is set to complete a Masters in Business and Technology in 2012 which has focused on organisational sustainability and sustainable energy management. She also sits on the Ethical Policy Review Board for EcoDirectory. lisa@turninggreen.com.au

Frank Hubbard is a Sustainability Advisor with Turning Green, and has comprehensive experience in the sustainability, environmental and safety management fields with more than 30 years experience in corporate, government and consulting roles. His experience includes the hotel, building products, chemicals, finance, construction, transportation, and property management sectors. He combines his extensive management experience with his science and engineering skills and networks, to help organisations improve their performance. Focus areas include helping organisations develop sustainable strategy and brands, improving operational efficiency, and protecting corporate reputation.

In addition to being a well-regarded across the corporate and consulting sectors Frank has an extensive network of industry contacts and maintains an active involvement in community based environmental organisations. He is a long serving Board member of the NSW Environmental Defender’s Office (EDO), a not-for-profit community legal and scientific centre specialising in public interest environmental law and science. He has worked closely with many parts of the NGO sector, participated in the UN Conference on Environment & Development and associated Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and was an Environment Volunteer for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Frank has worked across Australia, New Zealand and many parts of the Asia Pacific region, India, Italy, and North America.  Contact frank@turninggreen.com.au

Anya Solovieva is currently enrolled in a Master of Sustainability at the University of Sydney.  Anya has previously worked in Washington D.C. as an Associate at a leading international development consulting firm. As part of her work she designed the layout for the careers pages of the company website enriching the user experience and improving information delivery.

Having herself transitioned from International Development into sustainability she brings a first hand perspective on what resources are lacking for those wishing to transition into sustainability related careers.  Anya has also provided mentorship and resume reviews for young professionals working in international development through her work with the Society for International Development.  Core skills include, research, market mapping, writing/editing, project management, and maintenance of a vast database of talent.  Contact anya@turninggreen.com.au

Turning Green is committed to the adoption and implementation of innovative and tech-savvy methods to attract and engage talent; this by definition includes the use of emergent web-based selection and recruitment technologies. To offer this to our customers, we have established a strategic alliance with LatinOcean (http://latinocean.com), a leading digital media consulting firm which focuses on the application of Internet tools and services to the recruitment and HR verticals.

Turning Green and LatinOcean will combine know-how and capabilities to deliver talent sourcing solutions based on processes that incorporate innovative online attraction, engagement and retention services; the objective being to have our customers at the forefront of talent management practices. Please contact jorge@turninggreen.com.au for more information.