Martin Geissdoerfer

Dr Martin Geissdoerfer is an Associate Professor of Circular Economy Transitions at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, an Associate at the Circular Economy Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School, a guest lecturer at several universities, and a former project manager at McKinsey & Company.

Martin leads Monash Sustainable Development Institute’s work in Circular Economy business and policy research, investigating how policymakers and business leaders can accelerate circular models in the Australian economy, overcoming current innovation, investment, and infrastructure gaps. Further research interests include scaling CE to a global level by bringing it to SEA manufacturing and logistics hubs and building responsible and resilient global critical minerals supply chains for green industry.

Martin has published >15 peer-reviewed articles in academic journals, including seminal work on sustainable business model innovation and the definition of the circular economy, widely adopted across academia and practice. At McKinsey, Martin advised global Fortune 500 companies and policymakers on circular economy and sustainability strategy and business building and how to employ policy labs to improve outcomes.