Aug 24, 2026 – 6.53pmThe Clean Energy Finance Corporation has promoted its head of natural capital Heechung Sung in a move that broadens her deal-making remit at the federal government’s deep-pocketed funder of green projects.Heechung Sung, a former Macquarie banker, is trading up at CEFC. Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Angira Bharadwaj is a co-editor of Street Talk. She covers IPOs, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions and other breaking news in Australia’s capital markets. Previously, she covered financial services, state, and federal politics. Send tips to @angirab.60 on encrypted messaging platform Signal.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
The government’s $33b green bank bolsters its executive ranks
Heechung Sung, who cut her teeth at Macquarie’s advisory and investing business, has been appointed the CEFC’s chief of strategy and capital management.






