John Connor is the Chief Executive Officer of the Carbon Market Institute (CMI) the independent and non-partisan peak industry body for business and climate in Australia.
Prior to joining CMI in May 2019, John Connor served for over two years as Executive Director of the Fijian Government's COP23 Presidency Secretariat.
In that role he managed the Secretariat's strategic, policy and logistical support functions as Fiji presided over the UNFCCC, international climate, negotiations.
[2] Initially trained as a lawyer and working in the Land and Environment Court of NSW he subsequently became a researcher for Peter MacDonald the Independent member for Manly.
He then worked as Campaigns Manager for World Vision, where he also co-convened Make Poverty History Australia.