Jill Riseley AM
Partner (Sustainability, Climate and the Circular Economy)
Deloitte
Jill is the lead Partner for climate and sustainability in Deloitte consulting and is responsible for 17 Partners across a broad range of climate, sustainability and social impact services. Jill is Deloitte’s Asia Pacific Lead Partner for the circular economy and sits on a number of industry and government honorary roles (including as expert contributor to the Global Circularity Gap Report, member of the Circular Australia industry council and expert circular economy panel for the Climate Leaders Coalition). She is currently a member of the subject matter expert panel in the development of the Global Circularity Indicators with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
She is a highly accomplished sustainability Executive and Non-Executive Director with more than 20 years’ experience across public and corporate sectors and has extensive expertise in the provision of advice at Board, CEO and Ministerial level, including highly regulated and crisis environments.
Prior to joining Deloitte, Jill was CEO of the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group. She was appointed in 2019 to help navigate a recycling crisis and support broad circular economy reforms to deliver better outcomes for communities and industry. Her experience covers significant commercial and sector initiatives including the largest waste collaborative tender ever undertaken in Victoria (30 metropolitan councils) and the $7 billion tender for a new waste to energy facility in Melbourne’s south east.
Jill is a passionate advocate of the circular economy, ESG and responsible business and she keenly promotes mechanisms which create measurable organisational value and strengthen intangible assets including reputation, brand, trust, and engagement. Her past experience includes Executive and leadership roles in Vicinity Centres, REA Group and Telstra. Jill’s academic qualifications include a Masters in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge, Graduate of the Circular Economy Masterclass at the University of Exeter Business School as well as Executive Business Qualifications from UNSW.
