Meet the Team

Dee Korab - Founder

Dee Korab founded Sparkd with the objective of redirecting capital towards funding climate transition at scale. She acknowledges the climate funding gap requires new and innovative solutions, approaches and thinking that might not always be available in organisations. If left unaddressed, this gap poses a major risk to organisations and society more broadly. However, if addressed properly, it presents a huge commercial opportunity.

Dee is a sustainable banking advisor and property finance specialist with 10 years of global experience in corporate and institutional banking at HSBC, National Australia Bank and ANZ Banking Corporation. Most recently, Dee was a Director in the London Real Estate Finance team at HSBC. Outside of front-line banking, she has also led credit teams and coordinated bank-wide projects over her career with experience in originating and structuring loans in Australia, the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom, where she is currently based.

Dee holds two bachelor's degrees in Economics and International Studies from Monash University and Certificates in Green and Sustainable Finance and Climate Risk from the Chartered Banker Institute. She is undertaking the Global Real Estate Leaders Program through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Maastricht University, further deepening her expertise in real estate and capital markets.

Dee has previously worked with the Green Finance Institute, co-developing industry-first solutions to decarbonise the built environment, and was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Zinc VC, supporting climate-focused startups. She is currently an advisor to the board of Zero, the UK’s first climate-positive fintech bank.

Her expertise includes sustainable finance, climate risk, and emerging systemic issues, especially where finance intersects with the built environment. She brings a systems-thinking lens to her advisory work, helping clients navigate uncertainty and translate risk into forward-looking strategies.

Dee is also a speaker at global forums, including MIPIM, where she addresses topics such as climate risk and foresight, and financial innovation.

She continues to work with financial institutions, innovators, and public sector bodies to advance sustainable finance and climate risk strategies. If you're navigating complexity or seeking strategic insight on the future of finance and sustainability, feel free to reach out.