Sarah Barker is Co-Chair of the WEF's Climate Governance Community of Experts. She is Managing Director at Pollination Law (a member of the Pollination Group of natural capital advisory companies), where she leads the climate and sustainability risk governance team. She was previously a Partner at the Asia-Pacific's largest commercial law firm, MinterEllison. She has more than twenty-five years' experience as a corporate lawyer, and is regarded as one of the world's foremost experts on climate change governance, finance and liability risks.
Sarah brings the practical perspective as an experienced non-executive director, having recently completed two terms on the board of one of Australia's largest pension funds. She teaches the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership's non-executive directors' programme, and is an academic visitor at Oxford University's Smith School.
Sarah is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers (Asia Pacific), and is recognised in the Best Lawyers Guide in both the Corporate Law and Climate Change Law areas of practice. She led the team recognised as global Law Firm of the Year – Impact by Environmental Finance in 2020.