Dr Charlotte Kirk currently leads technology investments across Europe for Clean Energy Ventures, a US-based climate VC fund. Previously Head of Technology & Investments at Fortescue, Charlotte is a recognized specialist in industrial transformation, renewable fuels & zero-carbon products.

Charlotte leverages a decade of global investment & operational experience helping revolutionary climate technologies both come to market & scale commercially.

She has a unique combination of technical & commercial expertise across pathways that enable deep decarbonization & advance renewable innovation, originally stemming from her pioneering Chemistry PhD research at Oxford University.

Since then, she has led strategies & programs for technology development, directed investments, driven commercial market analysis, & managed policy translation to unlock high-growth market opportunities in frontier, innovative & breakthrough decarbonization solutions.