Lara Gaede

Lara leads the EY Financial Services Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice and co-leads the Sustainable Finance Campaign. She spent 20 years as a securities regulator in Canada, first in Corporate Finance and then as Chief Accountant and CFO before shifting to focus exclusively on sustainability as a partner at an international consulting firm and more recently joining the EY partnership and moving to Australia 2 years ago.  She assists clients with reporting useful sustainability information, preparing for upcoming mandatory reporting and assurance and integrating sustainability in strategy, operations and reporting.