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Introducing Sharps Track

It is a story of regeneration and reconnection to nature that forms the basis of Sharps Track Advisory, providing solutions that benefit nature and promote pathways to a sustainable planet.

Located in the heart of the Great Otway National Park, ‘Sharps Track’ is a trail that was once the site of a timber mill owned by John Sharp, an ancestor of Founder Nigel Sharp. In 1887 John Sharp advised the government on protecting Victorian forests to ensure their long-term viability. Over 130 years later, this area is now dense cool-temperate rainforest, a flourishing ecosystem and a protected national park, providing trails and camping for people to connect with nature.

The Sharps Track team take a collective and consultative approach to advisory, linking organisational action and intent to real-life, nature benefitting projects. Backed by decades of solution-demonstrating projects within the Sharps Track organisational network, the team is perfectly placed to scale this knowledge and experience, working with others to achieve their ESG objectives.

Founder - Nigel Sharp

Nigel Sharp is an Australian biodiversity impact investor, conservationist, and environmental business innovator. Nigel builds and invests in “nature-first” businesses, having tangible positive impacts on nature and the community, while being profitable, successful companies.

Nigel’s passion for agriculture and conservation started on the family farm in South West Victoria. Nigel would spend his summers helping his father with Soil Conservation Authority projects. As they planted trees along the creek lines and gullies, he knew he would pursue a purposeful life working in conservation.

Before beginning in biodiversity recovery, Nigel worked in senior positions across the property and fund management industries. Starting as a rural land valuer, he became an Associate Director for Knight Frank, prior to establishing Australia Asia Investment Management (AAIM).



As CEO of AAIM, Nigel oversaw the ASX listing of Flinders Industrial Property Trust, growing it to a $300 million property portfolio when it was taken over by Stockland in the early 2000s. Until 2018, Nigel was also Chair of Kilter Rural, a farmland and ecosystem investment manager.

Nigel began pursuing his original passion for conservation in 2001 when he and his wife Rosemary, purchased property on French Island, to conserve and regenerate remnant vegetation and support native fauna. Following its success, he turned to threatened species recovery in 2003 purchasing Mt Rothwell and growing it to be Victoria’s largest feral predator-free ecosystem (473ha), housing several successful captive breeding programs and 80% of mainland Eastern Barred Bandicoot population.

Mt Rothwell was not only building vital threatened species’ populations – they were also building valuable partnerships and growing a successful business.

Nigel used what he learnt at Mt Rothwell to create ‘The 7Cs’, an investment and organisational framework that encompasses commercial and Impact outcomes. The framework ensures business still achieve maximum Cashflow and Capital, but these are managed amongst interrelated outcomes for Creatures, Climate, environmental Corridors, the Community and Culture.

Today, Nigel plays an integral role directing the strategy and growth of the ‘nature-first’ organisations he has founded over the past 15 years, using the 7Cs Impact Framework and philosophy.

Nigel envisages a future where all businesses are ‘nature-first’, striving to increase their bottom-line and biodiversity, through clearly demonstrating they not mutually exclusive goals.

Positions Held

  • Sharps Track Advisory

    Founder & Director - Sharps Track

    Sharps Track is a a specialist biodiversity and climate advisory and investment firm, with the purpose of finding Nature Positive Solutions to complex problems.

  • Founder & Executive Chair - Odonata Foundation

    Odonata Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation supporting biodiversity impact solutions, with a focus on threatened species management.

  • Co-Founder, CEO & Director - Tiverton Agriculture Impact Fund

    Tiverton Agriculture Impact Fund (TAIF) invests in diversified food production assets and other businesses that aligns with its overall strategy of combining regenerative agriculture, biodiversity solutions and natural capital value for superior returns.

  • Founder & Executive Chair - Tiverton Rothwell Partners

    Tiverton Rothwell Partners (TRP) is an impact investment company, primarily focussed on regenerative agriculture, sustainable food production, biodiversity sensitive urban communities and nature conservation.

  • Co-Founder & Director - Wildlife Recovery Australia

    A joint venture between the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital and Odonata, Wildlife Recovery Australia (WRA) is a not-for-profit organisation, established to roll out mobile wildlife hospitals nationally.

  • Executive Chair - Dragonfly Envirocapital

    Dragonfly EnviroCapital is an entrepreneurial investment company, investing in business ventures that are inspired by holistic human wellbeing and a sustainable planet.

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