Greg Combet

Gregory Ivan Combet (; born 28 April 1958) is the chairman of Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund. Prior to this he served as chair of the Australian Government's Net Zero Economy Agency, establishing a government authority to oversee the economic transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy and net zero emissions.

Combet was for many years an Australian labour movement leader. He is a former Labor politician and Cabinet Minister, former leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, former leader of profit-to-member superannuation funds and chair of investment manager IFM Investors.

Combet holds degrees in Mining Engineering and Economics, has a graduate diploma in Labour Relations and the Law, and has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of South Australia, the University of Newcastle, and an honorary doctorate of engineering from the University of New South Wales.

He was elected member for the New South Wales Federal seat of Charlton for the Australian Labor Party at the 2007 election and was immediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement in the First Rudd Ministry on 3 December 2007.

Over the ensuing six years Combet was appointed to numerous Ministerial roles. These included responsibilities in the Climate Change, Defence and Industry portfolios. Combet was the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation in the Gillard Government and in this role successfully negotiated and legislated a carbon pricing scheme that reduced Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Combet announced his resignation from the ministry on 26 June 2013 following Julia Gillard's defeat in a leadership ballot.