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Nature is reshaping how governments, businesses and investors make decisions. For more than a decade, we have built the expertise to help you act with confidence.
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OUR DIGITAL PLATFORM
DATA4NATURE is IDEEA Group’s digital platform for nature intelligence. It brings together spatial data, economic analysis and SEEA-aligned reporting to help organisations understand, measure and act on their relationship with nature.
WHAT IS DATA4NATURE?
NATURE MACRO-ANALYTICS
NATURE ASSET REPORTS
NATURE PERFORMANCE REPORTING
OUR DIGITAL PLATFORM
DATA4NATURE is IDEEA Group’s digital platform for nature intelligence. It brings together spatial data, economic analysis and SEEA-aligned reporting to help organisations understand, measure and act on their relationship with nature.
WHAT IS DATA4NATURE?
NATURE MACRO-ANALYTICS
NATURE ASSET REPORTS
NATURE PERFORMANCE REPORTING
OUR INSIGHTS
OUR INSIGHTS
Our Insights brings together the thinking, evidence and experience behind our work. From thought leadership and original research to case studies that explore how better information about nature can shape policy, strategy and investment.
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WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
We are a small, specialist team bringing together expertise in economics, environmental systems and nature. Here you will find our story, our people and the values that guide our work.
OUR STORY
OUR FOUNDERS
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OUR TEAM

Meet the people helping organisations put a value on nature.

At IDEEA Group, our strength is our people. We are a team of analysts, economists and advisors who share one purpose: helping organisations understand and value nature. Together, we turn complex environmental data into clear insight that supports better decisions.

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OUR ADVISORY SOLUTIONS

Nature is reshaping how governments, businesses and investors make decisions. For more than a decade, we have built the expertise to help you act with confidence.

OUR DIGITAL PLATFORM

DATA4NATURE is IDEEA Group’s digital platform for nature intelligence. It brings together spatial data, economic analysis and SEEA-aligned reporting to help organisations understand, measure and act on their relationship with nature.

OUR DIGITAL PLATFORM

DATA4NATURE is IDEEA Group’s digital platform for nature intelligence. It brings together spatial data, economic analysis and SEEA-aligned reporting to help organisations understand, measure and act on their relationship with nature.

OUR INSIGHTS

Our Insights brings together the thinking, evidence and experience behind our work. From thought leadership and original research to case studies that explore how better information about nature can shape policy, strategy and investment.

WHO WE ARE

We are a small, specialist team bringing together expertise in economics, environmental systems and nature. Here you will find our story, our people and the values that guide our work.

OUR TEAM

Meet the people helping organisations put a value on nature.

At IDEEA Group, our strength is our people. We are a team of analysts, economists and advisors who share one purpose: helping organisations understand and value nature. Together, we turn complex environmental data into clear insight that supports better decisions.

Director

Mark Eigenraam

Leading stakeholder engagement around the practical implementation of natural capital accounting.

Director

Carl Obst

Leading adaptation of SEEA principles to the design of context specific natural capital accounting solutions.

Senior Economic Analyst

Lachlan Dawson

Data analysis and environmental performance reporting.

Senior Economist

Daniel Whitaker

Experienced practitioner in natural capital accounting.

Economist

Ziggy Gelman

Technical analysis of economic and environmental data.

Head of Advisory and Solutions

Muheed Jamaldeen

Helping clients value nature and climate risk to guide investment decisions.

Research Analyst

Maria Angelopoulos

Broad-reaching research work underpinning our natural capital approaches.

Implementation Support

Michelle Butler

Michelle helps clients put their data to work, drawing on 30+ years of experience.

GIS Specialist

Daniel Vardon

Daniel manages IDEEA Group’s spatial data and turns it into accounts-ready formats for natural capital reporting.

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OUR STORY

OUR FOUNDERS

OUR VALUES

Director

Mark Eigenraam

Mark has worked in natural capital accounting for over 20 years. He's helped develop environmental markets. And he's worked in academic institutions and government agencies at all levels.

Mark produced Australia’s first set of experimental ecosystem accounts. He also worked at the United Nations in New York on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) – the international standard.

Mark advises organisations around the world in the application of natural capital accounting. He develops processes and systems that highlight nature-based risks and opportunities.

Mark has a Master of Commerce, Economics, from the University of Melbourne.

DIRECTOR

Carl Obst

Carl is a global leader in natural capital accounting. He helps organisations around the world measure the benefits of nature.

Carl was the lead author of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) – the international standard.

Carl has a background in national accounts, including five years as head of the Australian National Accounts with the Australian Bureau of Statistics. He uses natural capital accounting to help organisations make effective and sustainable decisions.

Carl has a Bachelor of Economics, Econometrics, from the University of New England (AU).

Senior Economist

Daniel Whitaker

Dan is an experienced practitioner in economics, science, risk management and finance.

His expertise includes natural capital accounting, non-market valuation, nature- and climate-related risk analysis, sustainable finance, environmental-economic modelling and carbon and energy economics and accounting.

In his role with IDEEA, Dan supports public and private sector organisations on the use of natural capital data in investment decision-making, risk management and economic analysis.

Dan holds a Master of Applied Economics and Econometrics from Monash University.

Senior Economic Analyst

Lachlan Dawson

Lachlan is an adaptable, curious and details focused economist with a passion for sustainably managing Australia’s natural capital. His experience encompasses environmental economic accounts, carbon and biodiversity markets and economic modelling.

Prior to joining IDEEA Group, Lachlan worked as a Nature-Climate Solutions Manager with BirdLife Australia and as a Consultant in Environmental Economics with Marsden Jacob Associates.

Economist

Ziggy Gelman

Ziggy has experience in compiling accounts in Victoria, having worked on ecosystem accounts for urban Melbourne, the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks, Victoria’s forests and Victoria’s marine and coastal region.

Prior to working at IDEEA Group, Ziggy worked with the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. Ziggy has a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Finance) from the University of Melbourne.

Research Analyst

Maria Angelopoulos

Maria ensures that our client work is accurate, timely and concise. Her broad-reaching research work underpins our natural capital approaches, especially in relation to mapping and collating existing policies and data, and identifying themes.

Maria previously worked as a Research Assistant for Melbourne University’s School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences where she supported the review of the Montreal Process’ Criteria and Indicator framework on sustainable forest management in Victoria.

Maria holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Environment (Master level program) from the University of Melbourne.

Implementation Support

Michelle Butler

Michelle is dedicated to understanding our clients’ needs and helping them to harness their data to achieve meaningful impact stories and actionable insights.

Michelle has applied science, teaching and workplace training experience and qualifications.

Head of Advisory and Solutions