Advisory Committee Profiles
Rowan Foley
Rowan Foley comes from the Wondunna clan of the Badtjala people Traditional Owners of K’gari (Fraser Island) Queensland and is the CEO of the Aboriginal Carbon Foundation (AbCF) a not-for-profit company.
Rowan started his career in 1989 working as a ranger at Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park and later returned as the Park Manager. Rowan was the first Land Management Officer at the Kimberley Land Council where he negotiated Western Australia’s first Indigenous Protected Area at Paruku – Lake Gregory. Rowan has been engaged with the Indigenous Carbon Industry in Australia for over 10 years and has worked with Indigenous organisations in New Zealand and Canada to share knowledge and experiences in carbon initiatives.