Byron is a public policy specialist with over a decades’ experience working in international and domestic climate policy, climate aid, development finance, and federal politics.

He represented Australia in the UNFCCC negotiations on the Paris Agreement and Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol. He then served as an adviser to the Co-Chair of the Green Climate Fund Board, managing the approval of USD 1.2 billion worth of funding for private sector focussed climate projects in developing countries.

He served as an adviser to Independent Senator Tim Storer, negotiating the establishment of the 2018 Senate inquiry into electric vehicles and the passage of the 2019 refugee medivac bill. He went on to work as a Net Zero researcher at the University of Oxford and research fellow at Main Street One, a US-based digital campaign firm, in the lead up to the 2020 US presidential election.

Byron is a proud descendant of the Dharug Nation and holds a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Bachelor of Arts (Politics/Theatre), and Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the Australian National University.

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