Dr Jemma Green is the Executive Chairman and co-founder of Power Ledger, a blockchain powered peer to peer energy and carbon credit trading platform with projects in the US, Japan, Europe, Thailand and Australia. She is also an expert in residence at Curtin University helping with commercialisation of technology and the startup ecosystem.
Recognised as an EY Fintech Entrepreneur of the Year award, Jemma gives regular talks in Australia and overseas on technology and leadership in business.
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Jemma Green completed a degree in finance, before commencing her career in banking at J.P. Morgan in London. While there, she saw first hand the problems that came with bringing corporate social responsibility to the business world.
Driven by this, as well as her broader interests, Jemma completed two postgraduate diplomas and a Masters in Sustainability at Cambridge University, researching corporate credit ratings and environmental risk. In 2013, Jemma left JP Morgan and returned to Australia to pursue a doctorate at Curtin University in electricity market disruption, which she completed in 2017. This work turned out to be the perfect segue to starting up Power Ledger. Jemma also helped set up Australia’s first fossil fuel free superannuation fund? and has sat on numerous boards championing sustainable business. She serves on the board of Water Corporation
In October 2015, Jemma was elected as an independent councilor at the City of Perth and took an active role in transforming her hometown into a more lively and liveable city to attract digital enterprises and today’s much sought after knowledge workers.
Jemma is the mother of two children.