Chris Lock

Chris has a Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) from RMIT and a Masters in Applied Finance from the University of Melbourne. Chris has previously worked in various roles including as a Fund Manager in both the listed and unlisted property funds management sector, being responsible for investment analysis, fund modelling and the structuring of transactions including equity and debt-raising. Chris graduated with a Masters of Applied Finance while working full-time as a fund manager.His career has mainly been dedicated to Funds Management, working with un-listed and listed funds-managers and family offices, before starting the Impact Investment Group (IIG) in 2012 with Daniel Almagor and Berry Liberman of Small Giants. IIG is a fund manager that delivers attractive commercial, social and environmental returns across sustainable real estate, renewable energy infrastructure and venture capital. In the years since establishing the Impact Investment Group, Mr Lock led the company from its first investment in a small commercial property in Byron Bay, to having a client list of more than 400 co-investors from around the world with more than $800m in assets under management. IIG now owns and operates a portfolio of solar farms from the ACT to WA in Australia’s first Solar Investment Fund and recently partnered with Lendlease to deliver Australia’s tallest timber office building. Chris was the recipient of the 2017 Business and Economics Rising Star for Young Alumni Award.