Executive Team

Energy Leadership Australia Executive Team

Brooke Horne
Chief Executive Officer

Brooke is a qualified lawyer and experienced operator in the philanthropic sector having run major national programs that successfully built bipartisan support for policy changes. He co-founded the Equality Campaign and was a driving force behind achieving bipartisan support for marriage equality in Australia, including working with the ‘Libs and Nats for YES’ movement. Brooke has worked as a workplace relations lawyer at Minter Ellison before branching into the private sector and working in film and television. He is a former Board Director of Australians for Mental Health,  an Adviser to Groundswell Giving and a former Director of the National Art School. Brooke holds a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University.

Anna Rose
Founder, Executive Director

Anna is a well respected leader in the environment movement who has worked for more than two decades to help Australia make progress on climate change. Her work has taught her that bipartisanship is key to creating lasting policy change. Anna’s background is in community engagement, including leading Earth Hour working with councils, schools and small business. Anna is a former Director of Farmers for Climate Action, a Governor of WWF-Australia, a visiting fellow and former lecturer at the Australian National University and an associate at Melbourne University Sustainable Society Institute. Anna is the author of the book "Madlands: A Journey to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic" (MUP, 2012), based on a journey with former Finance Minister Nick Minchin that was also turned into a broadcast documentary. She is a member of Chief Executive Women, a Churchill Fellow, a former Myer Foundation Innovation Fellow and was named one of the Australian Financial Review/Westpac’s 100 Women of Influence for 2019. Anna has a combined Bachelor in Arts and Law with first class honours from the University of Sydney.

Karen Kandur
Chief Operating Officer

Karen Kandur is a Chief Operating Officer recognised for driving impact, growth, and organisational effectiveness across the for-purpose sector. She has held executive roles at ActionAid Australia and Opportunity International Australia, and earlier built her career with Pitcher Partners and BDO Australia.

Karen is a Director and Treasurer of Australians Investing in Women. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (ICAA), and holds a Master of International Development from the University of New South Wales and an Executive MBA from the Australian Catholic University.