Alix Pearce, General Manager Climate, Social Policy & International Engagement, Insurance Council of Australia

Alix is an award-winning campaigner and policy advocate who has committed her career to accelerating Australia’s trajectory to net zero and strengthening national and community resilience. She is currently the General Manager of the Australian insurance industry’s climate and social policy team, drawing on the industry’s critical role in the economy to drive down climate risk and better protect communities.

Alix has a history of building unique alliances to drive change, her career has seen her work with global security leaders, first-responders, front-line communities, consumer groups, major companies and all tiers of government. She is also a published author, working with Australia’s premier climate experts, economists and policy analysts on landmark reports that have shifted the national conversation.

As the Head of Campaigns for the Climate Council, Alix led the organisation's advocacy and government relations team, focused on driving down emissions this decade. As the Director of Policy and Campaigns for the Consumer Action Law Centre, she led a team of policy professionals, and campaigners in the wake of the Banking Royal Commission. She also worked as the Founder and Director of the Cities Power Partnership, the biggest climate and energy program for cities in the country.

Alix’s leadership and work has been recognised with numerous awards, including a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to travel around the globe in 2025, exploring how to tackle the insurance protection gap being widened by worsening disasters.