Sarah Clarke

Commander
DISC Type : D

Deputy Chair at VicGrid

Greater Melbourne Area, Australia

Overview

Sarah is a senior executive with 25 years of experience leading corporate affairs, ESG, and sustainability for complex organizations. As Group General Manager of Sustainability at Mirvac, she guides their globally-recognized strategy. She also serves as Deputy Chair for both VicGrid and Cladding Safety Victoria. Colleagues describe her as innovative, intelligent, dedicated, and diligent.

Sarahs work is driven by a passion to make a difference and achieve social capital by turning challenges into opportunities. She has helped organizations across property, energy, transport, and social policy become a force for good. Her focus is on building trust and creating measurable value through ethical and executable strategies.

She was named in the 2023 and 2024 Financial Standard ESG Power 50 list.

Personality Overview

Risk-Taker

Decisive

Impact-Driven

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success.  They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact.

Topics They Care About

Corporate Sustainability
Leads Mirvac's globally recognized sustainability strategy, "This Changes Everything, " focusing on decarbonization, waste reduction, and achieving net-positive carbon emissions.
Renewable Energy
As Deputy Chair of VicGrid, she is helping lead the planning and development of new transmission infrastructure to support Victoria's transition to renewable energy.
Ethical Business
Serves on Mirvac's Anti-slavery Steering Committee and provides ethics guidance to support employees in making good choices and eliminating modern slavery from supply chains.

Media Appearances

Sarah has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2025
Deputy Chair at VicGrid
5-2023 - 6-2025
Chair at Homes Victoria
5-2021 - 7-2023
Board Member at Homes Victoria
11-2020
Deputy Chair at Cladding Safety Victoria
2-2020
Group General Manager, Sustainability at Mirvac

Education

Oxford Scenarios Program from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
2018 - 2018
The Prince of Wales's Business & Sustainability Programme from University of Cambridge

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Exp : 8 Location : Greater Melbourne Area, Australia Job Level : Senior Designation : Deputy Chair at VicGrid
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Insights For Selling To Sarah

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Objectively showcase the impact that your product creates
  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship

DONT's

  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sarah is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sarah

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sarah move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Sarah take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Sarah

Personality Compatibility


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