Guy Abrahams

Guy Abrahams is the Co-founder, former Chair and CEO of CLIMARTE and Director of the ART + ENVIRONMENT consultancy. Guy is an Associate of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and a valuer for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program. He was recently Chair of the City of Melbourne’s Art & Heritage Collection Advisory Panel and a member of the Public Art Advisory Panel. Guy was a lawyer before becoming Director of Christine Abrahams Gallery, one of Australia’s leading commercial art galleries. He was President of the Australian Commercial Galleries Association, and Board member of the Melbourne Art Fair and the National Gallery of Victoria Art Foundation. In 2009 he completed a Master of Environment (climate change politics & policy) at the University of Melbourne and received climate communications training from US Vice President Al Gore. Guy is an active advocate for urgent action on climate change.