SPEAKERS GUIDE WOMEN IN RENEWABLES MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The lack of female representation on panels and in speaking positions has always been a key obstacle in fulfilling our vision.
Many intelligent, talented and inspirational women work in the renewable energy industry. I meet them every day, in boardrooms and attending industry events.
The number is growing all the time, as more women are attracted to work in an industry on the rise. But the number of women speaking at many of those industry remains eclipsed by their male counterparts. This means many audiences are ultimately missing out on the broader range of insights they would enjoy if there was greater gender diversity in the speaking line-up.
The Clean Energy Council’s Women in Renewables initiative was started to address imbalances such as these, and I am proud to present the third edition of our Speaker’s Guide.
Kane Thornton Chief Executive Clean Energy Council
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Australian Capital Territory 3 New South Wales 9 Northern Territory 26 Queensland 28 South Australia 38 Tasmania 43 Victoria 46 Western Australia 70
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Dr Fiona J Beck Rebecca Colvin Jo Evans RESEARCH FELLOW/ LECTURER KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE DEPUTY SECRETARY AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SPECIALIST DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AND ENERGY
Dr Beck leads a research Bec’s work on renewable energy Jo is the Deputy Secretary group focused on integrating has been focused on wind energy responsible for Climate Change nanophotonics and optoelectronic and the social conflict that can and Energy Innovation at the device design for applications in accompany its development. Department of the Environment renewable energy production, Specifically, Bec studied the nature and Energy, which includes and the next generation of of conflict associated with a wind the Climate Solutions Fund, photodetection technologies. energy proposal in Tasmania, and international climate programs analysed how the community and clean energy innovation. Jo Dr Beck currently holds a consultation process interacted is proud to be the department’s Discovery Early Career Researcher with local dynamics to cause Indigenous Champion. Award from the ARC, as well as conflict. the Future Engineering Research Prior to joining the Department in Leader Fellowship from the ANU. Currently, Bec works as a September 2016, Jo was Deputy She joined the Research School knowledge exchange specialist Secretary at the Department of of Engineering at the ANU as a with the Climate Change Institute Agriculture and Water Resources, research fellow and lecturer in at the ANU. Bec’s role is to where she had responsibility for 2015. She spent the previous four facilitate the strengthening of international trade and market years as a Marie Curie Research links between climate change access and export certification Fellow at ICFO - The Institute of researchers and end users of the services. Jo was also responsible Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, research. Before joining the CCI, for the department’s corporate Spain, employing plasmonics Bec’s research at The University functions. to enhance the performance of of Queensland explored ways novel optoelectronic devices. of understanding social conflict She obtained a PhD from ANU in about the environment through 2011, with a thesis on designing using the social identity approach plasmonic light trapping schemes to interrogate processes of for applications in solar cells. She stakeholder and community has an MSci degree in Physics engagement. Present research from The University of Glasgow, interests include knowledge and was awarded the Eve and exchange, the human dimension Ravenscroft prize for the most of climate change, and the links distinguished graduate from the between social psychology and Faculty of Physical Sciences. decision-making processes.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Leadership • Technology • Communications • Innovation • Science of solar cells • Social impacts • Energy transformation • Women in STEM • Community engagement • Gender diversity • Stakeholder engagement • Environment • Government
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Kirsty Gowans Michelle McCann Shahana McKenzie GENERAL MANAGER, PARTNER CEO PROJECT DELIVERY PV LAB AUSTRALIA BIOENERGY AUSTRALIA ARENA
Kirsty is a highly experienced Michelle has worked in solar Shahana leads Bioenergy commercial lawyer and corporate energy since 1996. She is currently Australia’s contribution on matters governance professional who a consultant to the PV industry including climate science, jobs joined ARENA in 2016 to take and co-founder, CEO and Director creation, regional development up the role of General Manager, of PV Lab Australia. Michelle and energy supply to ensure Project Delivery. Prior to was also the CEO and one of the national benefits for the future. commencing work with ARENA, founders of Spark Solar Australia, She is a vocal contributor to Kirsty was General Counsel for an Australian company seed- Australia’s energy debate. An Indigenous Business Australia funded by a group of German immediate priority for Bioenergy (IBA). She also played a key role experts in the photovoltaic field Australia is to ensure bioenergy in supporting the governance with the mission of raising funds features prominently at all levels of functions of the board and to establish a PV manufacturing government as they plan energy overseeing IBA’s governance, company in Australia. Prior to this, strategies. compliance and legal risk she worked in the photovoltaic management framework. group at the University of Shahana is a member of the Konstanz in Germany, where she International Energy Agency’s In addition to her legal was group leader of the novel Bioenergy Australian Exco Joint qualifications, Kirsty has devices group. Michelle has twice Committee, the Commonwealth postgraduate qualifications in held a world record for high- Fuel Standards Consultative Aboriginal and Torres Strait efficiency solar cells. Committee, the NSW Forest Islander Studies. She is a member Industries Taskforce R&D Advisory of the Australian Institute of Group, the ACCC Fuel Consultative Company Directors and the Law Committee, the NSW Government Society of the ACT. Biofuels Expert Panel and the Queensland Bio futures Industry Advisory Group.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Women in leadership • Renewable energy • Leadership • Energy storage • Startups • Energy transformation • Energy transformation and • Renewable energy renewable energy • Gender diversity • Indigenous/Native title • Career progression • Community engagement • Environment • Dispute resolution • Communications • Human rights • International law • Risk management • Contract law
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Nicola Morris Melissa Pang Anne Pellegrino CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER DIRECTOR, PROJECT SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER ARENA ARENA PELLEGREEN
Nicola commenced as Chief Melissa is Director, Project Anne manages a portfolio of Operating Officer at ARENA in Solutions at the Australian business clients who are on the July 2016. She provides oversight Renewable Energy Agency journey to become sustainable of the Strategy, Human Resources, (ARENA). Throughout her career, businesses. Corporate Affairs, Legal and Melissa has worked as a consulting Projects teams. engineer in industries such as She provides tailored consulting defence, building services and advice on implementation of Nicola previously worked at energy efficiency. The past five business sustainability actions to ARENA as General Manager years have been spent at ARENA become energy efficient and gain and General Counsel. She was in multiple roles: developing and energy independence. also the head of the ARENA contributing to ARENA’s solar R&D Establishment Team in the lead to commercialisation strategy, up to the commencement of managing ARENA’s marine and ARENA. Previously Chief Lawyer geothermal energy portfolios, for the Department of Resources, navigating the multi-dimensional Energy and Tourism and a and multi-stakeholder issues lawyer in private practice, Nicola surrounding the grid integration has transitioned to program of renewable energy technologies management, with a particular and, finally, managing a team interest in innovation programs to deliver ARENA’s complex and the intersection between contracts. public sector programs and private sector expertise and delivery models.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Women in leadership • Renewable energy • Leadership • Gender diversity • Energy storage • Energy storage • Innovation • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Career progression • Career progression • Legal/risk/governance • Environment • Working with boards • Technology • Private/public partnerships
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Dr Marnie Shaw Sandra Trittin RESEARCH FELLOW CO-FOUNDER AND CSO AUSTRALIA NATIONAL TIKO ENERGY SOLUTION LTD UNIVERSITY
Dr Marnie Shaw is co-head of the Sandra began her career at Data Engineering group in the a management consultancy Research School of Engineering working in the areas of process at the Australian National optimisation/restructuring and University and convenor of the supply chain management Energy Efficiency research cluster for different companies in the at the ANU’s Energy Change automotive, food processing and linkedin.com/in/marnie-shaw-7a257434?originalSubdomain=au Institute. Her research interests telecommunications industries. are in applying data analytics and machine learning for a wide range She joined Swisscom in 2002, of applications, including energy reorganising process and analytics for the global transition organisational structures to to clean energy. She has a PhD increase process efficiency for (physics) from the University of the service delivery and network Melbourne, was previously at construction. Afterwards she was Harvard University and Heidelberg leading teams in software design/ University in Germany. She has development for the construction published over research 40 papers, of IP-based communication which have been cited more than services. She joined the strategy 1100 times to date. team of Swisscom and is now co- founder and CSO of tiko Energy Solutions. Sandra has studied business administration and holds an MBA at the Business Schools of Mannheim, Copenhagen and Warwick.
INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy storage • Leadership • Energy transformation • Innovation • Renewable energy • Energy storage • Technology • Energy transformation • Science - data analytics • Technology • Smart grid • VPP • DR
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Jennifer Abbot Barbara Albert Dani Alexander SENIOR MANAGER, CORPORATE CO-CEO RESEARCH PRINCIPAL COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC 100% RENEWABLES INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE AFFAIRS FOR ASIA PACIFIC FUTURES FIRST SOLAR AUSTRALIA
Jennifer currently leads First Barbara is the Co-CEO of 100% Dani Alexander is a passionate Solar’s corporate communications Renewables. She is a consultant, advocate for promoting energy and public affairs work for the educator and speaker and the solutions for a sustainable future. Asia Pacific region, focusing author of ‘Energy Unlimited - Four Her experience in the energy on Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Steps to 100% Renewable Energy’. sector is broad across policy, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand She works with businesses and program management, governance and Vietnam. Jennifer focuses on governments on their sustainability and engagement, all towards strategic marketing initiatives in strategy and specialises in helping promoting Australia’s transition to support of First Solar’s commercial organisations with their journey a low-carbon economy. offerings in addition to external to 100 per cent renewable energy communications, marketing and or zero carbon. She is often asked Her background is cross- regulatory strategies. to share her experience of clean disciplinary, between both the energy pathways at conferences, hard and social sciences, reflecting Since 2014, Jennifer has supported workshops and seminars. the nature of her work bridging First Solar’s business development the gap between new technology efforts, contributing to the She is a preferred supplier for the successful deployment of utility- NSW, ACT and Commonwealth and existing markets. Dani has scale solar projects across Asia governments and a trusted advisor a working knowledge of a wide Pacific. to several local government range of energy and enabling jurisdictions. technologies, with a focus on Prior to joining First Solar, distributed energy resources. Jennifer worked in the corporate and public affairs division at Burson Marsteller, where she led issues and crisis management, government relations and strategic marketing campaigns for energy, infrastructure, resources and technology clients.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Renewable energy • Leadership • Innovation • Gender diversity • Innovation • Energy storage • Environment • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Communications • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Environment • Gender diversity • Technology
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Preeti Bajaj Anna Bruce Yang Cao CEO SENIOR LECTURER TECHNICAL DIRECTOR CLIPSAL SOLAR UNSW GHD
Preeti has enjoyed a diverse Anna is a Senior Lecturer at Yang has over 25 years’ experience career spanning across roles in the School of Photovoltaic and in power, renewable energy, business development, general Renewable Energy Engineering at instrumentation, and PLC/SCADA management, operations, strategy UNSW and Research Coordinator control system engineering for and transformation for a mix of (Engineering) at the Centre utility, infrastructure, mining, companies including; Brookfield for Energy and Environmental hydrocarbon and water industries. Multiplex, Metcash (Top 100 Markets. Her research focuses ASX), Intuit Real Estate Solutions, on energy transitions, including Vision Software and most recently renewable and distributed energy Schneider Electric. systems and energy market modelling. Current research projects include Energy Data for Driven to stay relevant in a fast- Smart Decision Making through changing world, Preeti has forged the Australian Government’s Smart a path in commercial leadership Cities and Suburbs Program, and through tenacity, raw drive and Integrated Smart Home Energy a highly strategic mind-set that Management Technologies is comfortable and confident in through the CRC-P program. defining future business visions. She participates as an Australian expert in the IEA’s Photovoltaic Power Systems and Demand Side Management technology collaboration programs.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Energy transformation • Energy storage • Innovation • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Technology
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Gloria Chan Elizabeth Charlesworth Olivia Coldrey LARGE-SCALE SOLAR LEAD AND PARTNER LEAD FINANCE SPECIALIST DIRECTOR, CORPORATE AND HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL PROJECT FINANCE (SEFORALL) CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION
Gloria is a Director in Corporate Elizabeth has more than 12 years’ Olivia advises SEforALL on and Project Finance at the Clean experience advising on financing strategy and interventions to Energy Finance Corporation, and and development of renewable support universal access to energy co-leads the large-scale solar energy projects, and acquisitions by 2030. This leverages her business platform in support of and divestments of such assets. experience of financing renewable Australia’s growing renewable In this sector, she has worked energy technologies from R&D energy sector. on a range of international and through commercial deployment domestic transactions across the gained through previous roles at Gloria has over a decade of UK, Europe, Africa and Australia. REEEP and the Australian Solar institutional banking experience, Institute, and as an independent spanning over project and advisor to governments and She is passionate about ensuring corporate finance as well as investors. As a finance lawyer, we transition to a low carbon credit. Gloria was previously a Olivia has worked with Baker & environment and believes Director at the Commonwealth McKenzie and Latham & Watkins renewable energy and other low Bank of Australia, financing and in-house at Australia’s export carbon technologies have a key projects and corporates across credit agency, Efic. a variety of industries, including role to play. renewables, utilities, mining and Olivia is Australia’s Alternate mining infrastructure, and oil and She has acted for both financiers Representative on the Executive gas. Gloria is also a solicitor to and sponsors on a wide variety of Committee of the IEA’s the Supreme Court of New South projects including wind (onshore & Photovoltaic Power Systems Wales. offshore), PV solar, coal to biomass Programme and a Non-Executive conversion projects as well as Director of the Australian PV energy from waste. Institute and Ekistica.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy transformation • Innovation • Innovation • Renewable energy • Energy storage • Energy transformation • Technology • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Gender diversity • Career progression
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Tracey Cooper April Crawford-Smith Penelope Crossley PRESIDENT PROJECT MANAGER REMOTE SENIOR LECTURER IN ENERGY AND THE VALLEY CENTRE ABORIGINAL SOLAR RESOURCES LAW PINGALA THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, SYDNEY LAW SCHOOL
Tracey has run The Valley Centre April has a vision for building Penelope specialises in the for the last 25 years, action empowered, creative, self- complex legal issues associated researching this process of sustaining communities and has with the energy and resources sustainable community building been working in social justice and sectors. In particular, her research with a number of other sectors environmental campaigning for at Sydney Law School focuses including youth, wellbeing, many years. on the fields of comparative conservation, education and renewable energy and energy rehabilitation. With 30 years’ Currently Project Manager for storage law, electricity market experience working in education, The Valley Centre – an on-the- governance and the intersection small business management, ground sustainable community between tort law and the energy community facilitation, action- building and youth empowerment and resources sector. research, sustainable community organisation, focusing on working building and creative expression, with Aboriginal communities Penelope is the Senior Industry her experience in community across the country. Advisor to the Australian Energy capacity building has played an Storage Alliance on regulatory and integral part in the roles she has April is also the Convenor of policy issues and is the Chair of undertaken. Pingala Community Renewables the Product Listing Review Panel for Sydney, which has a vision to for the Clean Energy Council. More recently, Tracey has been unlock the value of community Her PhD on ‘Reconceptualising the leading Community Facilitator finance in developing community Renewable Energy Law: A in working with Aboriginal owned and run solar farms. Comparative Study of the National communities right across Australia Laws Designed to Accelerate the as The Valley Centre is invited to April has extensive experience Deployment of Renewable Energy,’ work on sustainable community in campaigning, community was awarded in 2015. building projects, where solar facilitation and project power plays a crucial role. management, with a passion for creative, community-driven solutions addressing climate change and resilience issues into the future.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Renewable energy • Young women leadership • Leadership • Sustainability • Community energy • Innovation • Community building • Aboriginal renewable energy • Energy storage • Gender diversity • Energy transformation • Environment • Traditional energy • Renewable energy • Public policy • Energy law
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Renate Egan Emma Fagan Jacqueline Fetchet CO-FOUNDER, ASSOCIATE NETWORK ACCOUNT MANAGER SOLICITOR PROFESSOR, CHAIR AND POLICY ADVOCATE HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS SOLAR ANALYTICS, UNSW, TESLA AUSTRALIAN PV INSTITUTE
Renate’s 25-year career spans Emma has managed Tesla’s Energy I am an experienced renewable industry, university and not- Policy team across Asia Pacific energy lawyer working across for-profits. She has managed since December 2016, with a focus the commercial, regulatory and technology development in on market reforms for utility-scale financing aspects of all scales of Australia and Germany and led storage and distributed storage. renewable energy development industrial research projects with Emma also chairs the Clean in Australia and Asia. I began China. Renate is a Co-Founder of Energy Council’s Energy Storage my career in energy and climate Solar Analytics, Australia’s largest Directorate. change policy in the NSW independent energy monitoring Government and had a stint as a provider. Before joining Tesla, Emma lawyer for the EPA before moving spent eight years working into private practice. In 2015 I was Renate also works at the University in clean energy and carbon an Australian youth ambassador of New South Wales (UNSW), management policy development to the Paris COP21 climate leading UNSW’s activity in the in consulting roles and for the conference. Australian Centre for Advanced Federal Government. Emma has Photovoltaics and is Chair of Bachelor’s degrees in both Law the Australian PV Institute. The and International Relations and a In 2016 I founded the Renewable mother of two teenagers, Renate Masters in Energy Studies. Cities Young Ambassadors and is passionate about using her Poles & Wires networks for young skills and knowledge to make a people in the renewable industry. I difference through the increased helped established and am on the uptake of solar energy. board of the Pingala community energy co-operative.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Energy storage • Leadership • Innovation • Energy transformation • Innovation • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Environment • Law • Policy • Regulation • Climate change
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Nicole Ghiotto Ana Gomiero-Guthrie Karen Gould TECHNICAL OPERATIONS SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTMENT DIRECTOR SUPERVISOR BAKER MCKENZIE PALISADE INVESTMENT PARTNERS FIRST SOLAR AUSTRALIA
Nicole is in a Technical Operations Ana is a special counsel at Baker Karen is an Investment Director role in the Operations and McKenzie’s Sydney office. Ana with Palisade, where she is Maintenance team, overseeing acts for domestic and international responsible for renewable energy HSE, plant operations and financiers, borrowers and sponsors asset origination, acquisition, performance engineering for First in relation to all types of debt development and management. Solar’s 200 MW portfolio of utility- financing, focusing on project, Prior to joining Palisade, Karen scale solar plants under operation infrastructure, energy, acquisition was a Senior Vice President with in the Australia-Pacific region. and structured finance. Ana has Macquarie in London for five years, advised on complex projects where she focused on principal She has over 20 years of across a diverse range of industries investments in renewable energy experience in the PV industry, including renewables (solar, wind, projects. Prior to this, Karen was including 10 years in engineering hydro), oil and gas, financial a renewables and climate change and project management of PV services, infrastructure, transport, lawyer with Baker & McKenzie, systems in a wide variety of on- chemicals, manufacturing and a senior policymaker and UN and off-grid applications. telecommunications. Prior to climate change negotiator with moving to Sydney, Ana worked in the Australian Government and an She first worked for Sydney the firm’s Sao Paulo and Chicago engineer with CH2M Hill. Electricity (now Ausgrid) as offices and headed the corporate, a network engineer and PV banking and finance group of a Karen holds a Bachelor of contract manager, and set-up Brazilian law firm. Chemical Engineering (First Class Australia’s first PV rebate program Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws at the NSW Sustainable Energy (First Class Honours) from the Development Authority. University of Sydney.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Investment • Gender diversity • Project development • Career progression • Energy policy • Project financing • Climate change policy • Waste to energy
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Eva Hanly Kirsten Hannen Hannah Heath EXECUTIVE MANAGER - STRATEGY, DIVISION DIRECTOR CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY MACQUARIE CAPITAL HANWHA ENERGY RETAIL TRANSGRID AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Eva has 18 years’ experience in Kirsten Hannan is a Division Hannah is responsible for infrastructure across the energy, Director within the Infrastructure, strategy, risk management, legal transport and mining sectors. Utilities and Renewables team at and regulatory compliance, Macquarie Capital in Australia, and corporate and stakeholder Her experience includes focusing on renewable energy relations. procurement and delivery of generation projects., infrastructure and establishing new Her 16 years of energy experience businesses, driving growth and She works closely with debt spans the wholesale, network leading transformational change. financiers and institutional and retail sectors as well as solar Before joining TransGrid in 2018, investors and has a deep and emerging markets. Hannah’s Eva held a number positions at diverse roles across Origin, understanding of the issues Transurban including General the AEMC and NSW Treasury faced in evaluating, financing, Manager NSW Development. means she understands the acquiring, managing and divesting In previous roles Eva was also unique commercial, physical and infrastructure projects. responsible for Origin Energy’s regulatory dynamics of Australia’s investment in the Australian energy markets. She now focuses Pacific LNG project, LNG portfolio Kirsten has led Macquarie Capital’s on finding ways to unlock value management and establishing transaction team within Macquarie for customers using sustainable and leading the gas marketing Capital responsible for the energy solutions. business. development of the Murra Warra Wind Farm in Western Victoria She is a Fellow of the Australian Eva sits on the Dean’s Advisory where Macquarie Capital has is Institute of Energy and was a Council for the Faculty of been co-developer, equity investor finalist for the 2019 CEC Women in Engineering at UNSW. and financial adviser. Renewables AICD Scholarship.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Renewable energy • Leadership • Innovation • Career progression • Innovation • Energy storage • Financing and investment • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Career progression • Technology
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Zoë Hilson Kirstin Hunter Nicky Ison PARTNER MANAGING DIRECTOR FOUNDING DIRECTOR BAKER MCKENZIE FUTURE SUPER COMMUNITY POWER AGENCY
Zoë specialises in energy law Kirstin is the Managing Director of Nicky is a Founding Director of and projects in the renewable, Future Super, Australia’s first fossil the Community Power Agency, electricity and gas sectors. She fuel-free superannuation fund. She a Research Associate at the has extensive experience in is democratising Australia’s clean Institute for Sustainable Futures advising government and private energy revolution by empowering at the University of Technology, clients on energy contracting Australians to use their savings to Sydney, Coordinator of the (including financial, offtake and create a fairer, brighter, renewable Coalition for Community Energy retail arrangements), as well as energy-powered future. Previously, and a Strategist for the Repower regulatory matters (including the Kirstin worked at Bain & Company Campaign with Climate Action debundling of energy services, as an advisor to some of the Network Australia. such as metering and ancillary largest companies and charities services). She has advised the in Australia and Canada, with She is an expert in the field of NSW Government on various expertise in technology-driven energy policy and community aspects of the privatisation of the transformation, organisational renewable energy and has NSW electricity industry, including design, due diligence and worked with and visited over the sale of the state-owned retail productivity improvement. 60 community energy groups businesses, separation of the Kirstin is an experienced speaker, in Australia, Europe and the US. network businesses and the sale of panelist and facilitator across Nicky has a detailed understanding a number of power development topics including doing business of the working of Australia’s projects. with purpose, ethical investing, energy system, having co- superannuation, strategic planning, authored the Homegrown Power women and leadership, flexible Plan, lead authored the National working and gender parity. Electricity Market Report Card and the National Community Energy Strategy.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Corporate PPAs • Leadership • Leadership • Innovation • Innovation • Gender diversity • Energy transformation • Career progression • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Environment • Communications • Technology
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Tanya Jackson Justine Jarvinen Carola Jonas ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES CEO, CHAIRMAN, DIRECTOR CEO/CO-FOUNDER MANAGER UNSW ENERGY INSTITUTE, EVERTY RES WATTWATCHERS, MILTON CORPORATION, POLLINATE GROUP
Tanya is currently the Asset Justine Jarvinen (JJ) future-proofs Carola is the CEO and co-founder Management Services Manager the energy sector. She has a track of Everty, a new electric vehicle at RES and is directly involved in record of helping organisations (EV) charging network and the delivery of construction and and their boards to anticipate charging station management asset management services to change, reposition strategy, platform. Everty works with EV four significant renewable energy conceive new business models, owners, businesses, utilities and projects across Australia: create partnerships and build other organisations to increase the capabilities. uptake of EVs and making • 72MW solar Farm-Emerald QLD EV ownership and use easier. • 226MW, 61 turbine Murra Warra JJ is CEO of the UNSW Energy wind Farm Stage- Horsham VIC Carola also works as a Institute, building partnerships • 2 40MW 75turbine Ararat Wind sustainability and marketing between corporates, government Farm &; consultant. She has worked with and the university to accelerate • 220MW,60 turbine, Lal Lal brands such as Enphase Energy the energy transition. Wind Farm, Ballarat to bring storage solutions, micro inverters and smart software to She manages project obligations She is also Chairman of market. She assists EnergyLab, and compliance for all key Wattwatchers, an energy the first clean energy accelerator project documents, while technology startup; Director of in Australia, to build and grow a providing practical inputs to Milton Corporation, an ASX-listed vibrant start-up community of scopes of works, project delivery company; and Director of Pollinate clean-tech companies and female methodology and design. Energy, a social enterprise. entrepreneurs. SPV management including coordination of Project Directors and associated Project Board Activities.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Renewable energy • Radical transparency across the • Leadership • Gender diversity electricity value chain • Innovation • Environment • Emerging technologies • Environment • Communications • New business models • Electric vehicles • Start-ups • Sustainability • University partnerships • Entrepreneurship • Startups
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Linda Koschier Beatriz Lopez Begona Menendez HEAD OF PARTNERSHIPS, FUTURE HEAD OF ASSET MANAGEMENT SENIOR CONSULTANT ENERGY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BLUESHORE PTY LTD ROBERT WALTERS ORIGIN ENERGY
Linda is currently the Head of Beatriz has over 4 years of Begona is a degree-qualified Partnerships, Future Energy & experience as an asset manager mine engineer with four years’ Business Development at Origin managing medium scale solar specialist engineering recruitment Energy. sites. Her experience covers experience across Europe and several areas including monitoring Australia for Robert Walters. She has over 18 years of systems, contract and site experience in solar energy, management, and operations She is currently based in Sydney ranging from R&D to business supervision. as part of the national engineering development and extended practice and specialises in experience in high-value Prior to working with Bluefield, permanent and contract roles B2B customer relationship across the energy (conventional/ Beatriz gained experience in management. renewable), infrastructure, EPC electrical supply chain construction, naval and defence management at Asea Brown Linda’s previous role as the industries. Boveri, including the specification Director Strategic Development of electrical equipment for supply UNSW (School of Photovoltaic and Following the completion of a Renewable Energy Engineering) to high voltage substations and PV Mine Engineering degree from focused on establishing strong projects. Politecnica Madrid University, links with industry and alumni of Begona trained as an engineer at the school to secure funding for Beatriz studied a Master’s a small engineering firm before collaborative R&D projects and in Industrial Engineering at moving to Ernst & Young as a sponsorship of prizes, scholarships Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Risk Consultant for engineering and academic chair positions. specializing in electronics and companies. process automation, followed Linda holds a PhD in Photovoltaics by an electrical engineering and an MBA from UNSW. intensification.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Career progression • Solar • Renewable energy • Innovation • Gender diversity • Start-ups • Career progression • Emerging technologies • Sustainability
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Monique Miller Lynn Morrison Kristy Old LARGE-SCALE SOLAR LEAD AND PARTNER DEVELOPMENT MANAGER DIRECTOR, CORPORATE AND ERNST & YOUNG CWP RENEWABLES PROJECT FINANCE CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION
Monique is a Director in Corporate Lynn is a partner at EY Sydney’s Kristy graduated from the and Project Finance at the Clean assurance practice. She is the University of Melbourne with Energy Finance Corporation and first assurance partner with a degrees in Engineering and co-leads the large-scale solar mainland China background Commerce. She quickly landed business platform. Monique has in “big 4” accounting firms in a job as a wind analyst with over 15 years’ experience in clean Australia, specialising in auditing Garrad Hassan (GH) in Melbourne. energy and environmental finance. and providing financial advice to She had the great fortune to her local and inbound renewable spend four months in the GH Monique’s team at CEFC has energy clients throughout the head office in Bristol, learning provided debt finance to over renewable project development from international wind energy 1 Gigawatt of large scale solar life cycle, covering greenfield champions. Since then, Kristy projects throughout Australia over acquisition, financial close, has had experience working in the past several years. Monique construction, completion and energy efficiency and waste joined CEFC at its inception in operation. Lynn is an effective management with Newcastle City 2013 and previously worked in leader who relates well to cross- Council, as a Trainer with Aconex Macquarie Bank’s Environmental culture teams and is known and in the Middle East, as a secondary Financial Products team in London respected as a trusted professional school mathematics teacher and and Sydney, trading environmental advisor by clients and the a mother of two. Kristy is now commodities and investing in clean marketplace. in the renewable energy sector energy projects on bank balance developing wind and solar projects sheet. for CWP Renewables.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • STEM subjects • Renewable energy • Career progression • Renewable energy • Technology • Leadership • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Career progression • Financial reporting • Environment • Accounting • Low waste living • Work/life balance
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Fiona Orton Marija Petkovic Kristina Photios FUTURE GRID MANAGER MANAGING DIRECTOR DIRECTOR TRANSGRID ENERGY SYNAPSE CLEAN ENERGY STRATEGIES
Fiona is Future Grid Manager at Marija is the Founder and As Director of Clean Energy TransGrid, where she is responsible Managing Director of Energy Strategies, Kristina is the lead on for long-term electricity Synapse, a respected energy a large PPA project that brings transmission system planning. She research and advisory firm. more than 1000 SMEs under one has a special interest in energy Marija is a leading energy industry umbrella. system transformation, and transition expert and has worked how technology, regulation and internationally across Australia, It will be one of the first aggregate consumer preferences will shape New Zealand and the United PPAs of this kind, especially for future energy markets. States. Her commentary and a large load of circa 1 TW per Prior to joining TransGrid, Fiona analysis have been featured on annum. It is due to reach close in worked as a consultant and for ABC News, the Sydney Morning mid-2018. AGL Energy in roles spanning Herald, RenewEconomy and sustainability, energy policy, others. Kristina has over 10 years’ climate change, scenario planning experience in corporate strategy, and strategy. Marija is known for her innovative mergers, acquisitions and approach, having developed corporate finance. She has published several articles ground-breaking predictive on the need for energy policy, models of wholesale energy Kristina is a passionate leader in market design and business markets, negotiated some of the conservative space for climate models to respond to the changing the first demand response deals policy and renewables. energy system and consumer of their kind in Australia and requirements. negotiated a corporate renewable energy deal worth nearly $1B in the US.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Energy markets • Leadership • Energy storage • Demand response • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Predictive analytics • Renewable energy • Traditional energy • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Energy storage • Environment • Environment • Energy transformation • Government relations
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Monica Richter Karin Stark Jasmine Solanki SENIOR MANAGER GENERAL MANAGER PROJECT MANAGER LOW CARBON FUTURES STRATEGY AND MARKETING GHD LTD WWF-AUSTRALIA REAQUA
Monica heads up WWF’s Low Karin currently works in strategy Jasmine has been involved on Carbon Futures Program and development for ReAqua, a major projects around NSW is a member of the leadership national solar pumping business. such as Sydney Metro and team. She is an economist and Her international and professional WestConnex. She comes from a social ecologist with extensive history combines 17 years of mining background and has now experience in sustainability and engagement with communities moved into the renewables sector, business engagement, with an around contemporary working alongside engineers with interest in accelerating the uptake environmental issues. Karin has a vast knowledge about this sector. of low carbon technologies. passion for renewable energy in For over 15 years, Monica has agriculture, living on a cotton farm worked in the not-for-profit herself. It’s this passion that helped environment sector, including for drive the installation of a 500 four years at WWF and 10 years kW solar diesel hybrid pumping at the Australian Conservation system in September 2018, the Foundation. biggest in the country.
Some of her career highlights Karin previously worked for the include facilitating the WWF NSW Government, where she Renewable Energy Buyers Forum, established the Solar Irrigators establishing a Community of Working Group to bring together Practice for companies setting farmers, industry representatives, science-based emission reduction peak bodies and other targets and establishing the organisations to encourage and Business Roundtable on Climate further discussions on energy use Change. in the irrigation sector.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Innovation • Leadership • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Innovation • Environment • Environment • Traditional energy • Technology • Communications • Renewable energy • Irriga tion and energy • Environment • Agriculture • Technology
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Anita Stadler Mary Stewart Kay Stuart RENEWABLES MARKET LEAD COO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MANAGING DIRECTOR ENERGETICS ENERGETICS RBC CAPITAL
Anita is a nationally recognised Mary is a chemical engineer with I have been an active participant expert on the commercial and more than 25 years’ experience in in the Infrastructure and Utilities technical energy markets aspects sustainability and deep technical sector in Australia for more than of renewable corporate power knowledge in energy efficiency, 15 years, with previous experience purchase agreements (PPAs). She reporting, strategy and policy. in the UK. Currently, I am a senior is the main energy markets author She is also an internationally team member in the Infrastructure of the NSW Guide to Corporate recognised expert in life cycle M&A team at RBC which is a PPAs, developed with Norton assessment. Mary has advised leading global infrastructure Rose Fulbright and WWF; and a Australia’s largest companies from advisory and financing bank and I member of the Technical Advisor all sectors of the economy, helping lead the RBC renewables initiative. Panel of the Business Renewables them address the challenges of Centre-Australia. climate change and the transition Key clients I have advised on towards a low carbon future. Her renewable transactions or Anita played a lead role in expertise was acknowledged in financings include; DIF, WestWind successfully concluded corporate 2016 when she was appointed to Energy, Lighthouse Infrastructure, PPA deals, including the Melbourne the UNFCCC’s Technical Executive Renewable Energy Project buying Committee as a business observer. Palisade, Infigen and ICG. group, Sydney Metro North West, Monash University and Dexus; and In 2017, Mary won the Women’s is advising ongoing transactions Agenda award for Leadership in across the ITC, industrial, the Private Sector. infrastructure and other sectors.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy transformation • Innovation and policy • Leadership • Renewable energy • Diversity, flexibility and • Energy transformation • Corporate PPAs inclusion • Renewable energy • Investment appraisal • Energy efficiency • Gender diversity • Corporate strategy • Equity investment • Climate risk for executives • Financing
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Bianca Sylvester Shani Tager Caroline Taylor ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - SENIOR CAMPAIGNER EXECUTIVE MANAGER, POLICY AND GOVERNMENT AND SOLAR CITIZENS CORPORATE AFFAIRS (ACTING) STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS TRANSGRID CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION
Bianca Sylvester is an Associate Shani is the Senior Solar Caroline has extensive experience Director in the Government and Campaigner at Solar Citizens. in the energy industry, particularly Stakeholder Relations team She has spent 10 years leading in the areas of economic at the Clean Energy Finance campaigns to move Australia away regulation, policy development Corporation, leading the CEFC’s from old and polluting sources of and market reform. In her role, relationship with the New South energy. Hailing from the sunshine Caroline plays an integral role Wales, Victorian and Tasmanian state, she worked with farmers, guiding TransGrid’s engagement State Governments, as well as tourism operators and scientists with the regulatory and policy international stakeholders. to protect farmland and the Great environment in Australia. Prior to Barrier Reef from inappropriate joining TransGrid, Bianca has over 10 years’ coal developments. In her short experience in clean energy time with Solar Citizens, she has Caroline was the Director and climate change, across 20 led work to stop solar taxes, get of Infrastructure Investment countries. Prior to joining the fairer feed-in tariffs and produced at Infrastructure Australia, CEFC, she spent six years as a cut-through communications where she led assessments of climate change/energy specialist on the benefits of solar. She is Australia’s infrastructure needs at the World Bank based in experienced building coalitions, and advised governments on Washington DC, and three years communicating complex issues funding mechanisms for nationally as a trader in J.P. Morgan’s in clear and compelling ways and significant projects. She has commodities sales and trading getting political outcomes. also previously held positions team based in Singapore and at the Australian Energy Market Sydney. Commission, Commonwealth Government and Ofgem (the UK’s energy regulator).
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Leadership • Renewable energy • Communications • Innovation • Consumer perspectives • Regulation • Political action • Energy policy
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Mirjam Tome Sally Torgoman Muriel Watt SENIOR MANAGER, PROJECT MANAGING DIRECTOR - LEGAL PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT DEVELOPMENT APAC (INFRASTRUCTURE LEAD ADVISORY) ITP RENEWABLES FIRST SOLAR PWC
Mirjam is the Senior Manager A dual-qualified lawyer and Muriel is highly regarded responsible for the management electrical engineer who is internationally for her expertise of First Solar’s Australian project passionate about renewable in renewable energy policy. She pipeline. With over 10 years of energy projects, Sally is Managing has worked with government experience in the wind and solar Director of Legal, Infrastructure agencies, universities and industry, Mirjam consulted on a Lead Advisory at PwC. The industry in the areas of renewable range of on- and offshore wind team offers integrated legal and energy development, policy and farms in Europe and was involved commercial services to clients in application since 1980. Dr. Watt in the development and delivery the renewable sector and supports has extensive experience in policy over 400MW of renewable end-to-end transactional services. and program development for renewable energy use in remote projects in Australia. Prior to this role, Sally served areas, developing countries and as General Counsel of EEW, an grid-connected applications, Mirjam has experience in all international energy company, and has been at the forefront project phases including feasibility and has worked at Origin Energy, of programs developed for studies, site development, Energy Australia, BlueScope Steel Australia. She has also evaluated negotiation of various contract and Better Place EV Infrastructure. and reported extensively on models, stakeholder management, international solar PV efforts EPC contractor selection, grid Sally speaks about the legal since 1997, via the IEA PV Power connection process, financing context of large-scale renewable Systems Programme, and has processes and construction projects as well as energy storage. advised on PV policies in the management. Pacific.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Innovation • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Energy storage • Gender diversity • Career progression • Renewable energy • Career progression • Environment • Technology • Communications • Technology
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Anna Williams Rachele Williams SENIOR CORPORATE COUNSEL ENERGY SERVICES MANAGER INFIGEN ENERGY TRANSGRID
Anna is a Senior Corporate In her current role as Energy Counsel at Infigen Energy, a Services Manager, Rachele is leading ASX listed company that working on the largest capital develops, owns and operates deferral in Australia, the renewable energy generation demand management project assets in Australia. Anna is for Powering Sydney’s Future. primarily responsible for the land, Her responsibilities also include planning and environment aspects providing expert information on of Infigen’s projects from a legal emerging technologies, trialling perspective. new technology and dispatch methodologies for potential non- network options. Prior to joining Infigen, Anna Rachele has over ten years of worked for a top tier law firm experience working in demand for over 10 years, specialising management within both in property, planning and distribution and transmission environment law, with a focus on networks. During this time, she has the energy sector. She has acted developed expertise in the value for proponents of solar, wind, gas and use of demand management and mining projects in New South in the efficient investment in Wales, Queensland and Victoria. electricity networks.
INTERESTS INTERESTS • leadership • Innovation • Innovation • Energy storage • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • Traditional energy • Environment • Gender diversity • Land arrangements • Demand management
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Sara Johnston Rebecca Mills GENERAL MANAGER GENERAL MANAGER, NEW ENERGY INTYALHEME CENTRE FOR FUTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY ENERGY TERRITORY GENERATION
In her current role as General Rebecca holds Bachelor degrees Manager of the Intyalheme Centre in Mechanical Engineering and for Future Energy, Sara fosters Economics. Through various roles partnerships to expand renewable in Power and Water Corporation energy technology and knowledge and Territory Generation, she has for the Northern Territory and tests gained extensive experience in new ideas that facilitate greater major project development and uptake of renewable energy delivery, and is responsible for the nationally. Intyalheme offers a current Owen Springs and Tennant test bed for the demonstration Creek gas-fired power station of innovative renewable project expansions and the NT’s first grid- concepts across the value chain. connected battery energy storage Sara has close to a decade’s project in Alice Springs. Rebecca experience in the renewable also has experience in business energy industry in the Northern analytics, strategy, commercial Territory, with a focus on contracts and the development of remote Indigenous community the NT wholesale energy market. power supply. Sara’s roles have Rebecca was awarded Young incorporated project management, Professional Engineer of the stakeholder engagement, Year for the Engineers Australia strategic planning and providing Northern Division in 2016. technical advice to inform policy development.
INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Energy storage • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Traditional energy • Career progression • Renewable energy • Indigenous community systems • Gender diversity
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Sonja Basson Heather Bone Kate Cahill TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR - PROGRAM DELIVERY PARTNER RENEWABLES VEOLIA AUSTRALIA & NZ HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS AURECON
Sonja has been active in the Heather is currently driving Kate practices in the energy, renewable energy industry operational solutions across resources and infrastructure since 2007, where she started water, waste and energy for the sectors, working across project as an electrical engineer. Her Veolia business as the Director development, financing, experience spans the value of Program Delivery. With a operations, privatisations and chain of electricity generation, diverse background spanning private M&A. She has acted for transmission and distribution, environmental/sustainable energy & mining companies, and she has worked on behalf of development law, behavioural governments & investors developers, manufacturers and safety, business development on renewables, mining and consultants. Given Sonja’s work and marketing roles in mines, infrastructure assets. Kate has across the EMEA region and energy, transport, logistics in a unique insight into increasing ongoing professional memberships Australia and internationally, female participation in senior in Ireland and South Africa, she Heather has worked extensively management. In 2010 she was the brings extensive international with government departments, sole female partner in the Brisbane experience and perspective to the industry associations, scientific office and is now one of seven Australian renewables sector. A seasoned speaker for STEM career bodies, OEMs and international (40% of Brisbane partners). development, her passion extends organisations. to Engineers without Borders as A member of the CEC’s Utility the Queensland president, a career Heather was the inaugural CEO PV directorate, Kate is qualified mentor at QUT and co-founder of the Biofuels Association, is the in laws and commerce and holds of ERES (Energy, Renewables, Deputy Chair and a Director of a graduate diploma of applied Environment and Sustainability). Bioenergy Australia, and sits on finance & investment from FINSIA. the Boards of a number of start up innovation businesses. Heather is a versatile and entertaining speaker with a wealth of industry and leadership experience.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Innovation • Innovation • Innovation • Energy storage • Energy storage • Energy transformation • Traditional energy • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Traditional energy • Environment • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Technology • Gender diversity • Information technology • STEM career development & resilience
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Julia Coates Carleen Collier Elizabeth Cruice PRINCIPAL COMMUNICATIONS AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - LEAD TOWN PLANNER ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT ENVIRONMENT ICUBED CONSULTING AECOM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AECOM
Julia Coates is an experienced Carleen Collier is the Team Leader Elizabeth has worked in the communication and stakeholder of the Approvals & Environmental development industry for over 12 engagement consultant, and Planning team within the Brisbane years, specialising in the area of author of the Queensland Solar Environment Group at AECOM urban and regional town planning, Farm Guidelines. She specialises Australia Pty Ltd. with her work highly recognised in providing strategic advice on Carleen has a Master’s in and commended by various complex, issues-rich projects, and Environmental Management for governing bodies. has worked with the Queensland Business and her professional Elizabeth has worked on a number Government and regional councils experience is in impact of major projects throughout to engage with stakeholders and assessment, environmental Queensland and Australia, and has an intimate understanding of the community about renewable planning, design and management. the planning approval and project energy projects and climate management process, particularly change. She has worked for a variety in regards to renewable energy of clients and sectors but most projects. Her most notable work Julia is a sought-after and recently and notably is her includes the 80 MW Emerald Solar engaging public speaker, and experience in the renewables Farm, which acquired the first recently presented at the sector. Her team has unrivaled private PPA in Queensland with International Association of experience of obtaining State Telstra, the 100 MW Yarranlea Public Participation Australasian approval for wind farms within Solar Farm and the two stage 150 Conference, Australasian Land Queensland. MW Clermont Solar Farm. and Groundwater Association Conference, and Power to Change.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Planning • Communications • Environment • Renewable energy • Stakeholder engagement • Planning and approvals
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Anne Foster Lauren Kirkwood Joanna Leigh SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT SPECIAL COUNSEL, HEAD OF ASSET MANAGEMENT QUINBROOK INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS QUINTAS ENERGY AUSTRALIA PARTNERS BAKER MCKENZIE
Anne is a global clean energy Lauren is special counsel in Baker Experienced Director with investment manager with McKenzie’s Environmental Markets a demonstrated history of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners group, and leads this group for the working in the Renewable and ambassador for the group’s firm in Brisbane. Lauren advises Energy industry. Skilled in Asset ESG and UN PRI initiatives, a clients on energy and climate Management, Project Finance, mentor at UTS/OriginEnergy change law and policy issues and Fund Management and M&A cleantech incubator EnergyLab the environmental and tenure transactions. and a Director of one of Australia’s aspects of major infrastructure, largest baseload renewable energy energy and resources projects. generators. She has supported over US$2b Recently, she has advised on of clean energy generation, the development and financing storage and technology of renewable energy projects investment across the US, Europe in Queensland, and is currently and Asia-Pacific, including the advising the Queensland largest clean energy fund of Government on their $500m Land 2012. She has advised companies Restoration Fund. She is included from start-ups to Forbes 500 in Best Lawyers in Australia businesses, including Royal Dutch for Planning and Environment/ Shell and BHP Billiton, on lower Climate Change Law, and sits on carbon and climate strategies. the Queensland Climate Advisory Anne specialises in battery Council. storage, generation and new digital technologies.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Sustainable development • Traditional energy • Leadership • Clean energy financing • Renewable energy • Energy storage • Technology development • Gender diversity • Energy transformation • Career development • Environment • Renewable energy • Innovation • Career progression
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Edwina Marks Bernadette McCabe Marteena McKenzie CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PRINCIPLE SCIENTIST PRINCIPAL PROJECT MANAGER BULLOO SHIRE COUNCIL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT, QUEENSLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MINES AND ENERGY
Edwina is the Chief Executive Bernadette is a principal scientist Marteena is a Project Manager Officer for the Bulloo Shire at the Centre for Agricultural specialising in Indigenous Council based in Thargomindah, Engineering, University of and remote energy efficiency Queensland. Edwina has held Southern Queensland. Bernadette and service delivery projects. a range of senior management is Australia’s National Team Leader Marteena currently manages positions in NSW, the Northern for the International Energy the design and roll-out of a Territory and most recently Agency Bioenergy program Task renewable energy and community Queensland. 37: Energy from Biogas and is benefit program for four remote a Board Director at Bioenergy Indigenous communities in North She has a background in both Australia. Queensland with the Queensland corporate and public sector Bernadette has a background Government. Previously, she management and holds a PhD in in agricultural biotechnology worked in the Northern Territory Fine Art from the University of and has 20 years’ experience with the Center for Appropriate Newcastle. Edwina also holds a as an academic and researcher. Technology and its engineering Master of Business from Charles Bernadette’s research interests in arm, Ekistica, in management, Sturt University, and has a keen energy capture, resource recovery research and project delivery interest in the business of the arts of waste and biofertilisers has roles. Marteena has demonstrated and how commercial and public attracted over $3m in nationally success in all aspects of project sector values intersect to impact competitive grants since 2010 and management and program design upon the sustainability of the has been applied to the livestock and has managed several large arts as part of social and cultural and cropping sectors (both on and Indigenous service delivery development. off farm) and water utilities. programs from inception through to implementation, evaluation and reporting.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Renewable energy • Leadership • Innovation • Environment • Innovation • Geothermal energy • Technology • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Biogas • Renewable energy • Science • Scientific studies • Gender diversity • Cultural policy • Career progression • Local government • Environment communications
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Kelly Matthews Sarah Merret Stephanie Moroz DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL ECOLOGIST SPECIAL COUNSEL PRINCIPAL GREEN TAPE SOLUTIONS BAKER MCKENZIE DAVANZ
Kelly is a consultant with 18 Sarah is a Special Counsel in Named one of Australia’s most years professional experience Baker McKenzie’s Commercial Innovative Engineers in 2016, across a wide range of industries Real Estate Practice Group in Stephanie Moroz has over 20 and locations within both the Brisbane. She has more than nine years of experience developing government and private sectors. years’ experience advising on and commercialising energy Kelly provides strategic and expert real estate transactions, property technologies in North America, advice on environmental matters developments, infrastructure Europe and Asia in companies related to the assessment of urban projects and tenure issues. ranging from high volume developments, governmental manufacturing to venture capital projects and renewable projects. Sarah’s practice relates backed startups. predominantly to renewable Her core skills comprise the energy projects, having advised Stephanie has particular expertise development of environmental developer and investor clients in hydrogen technologies and strategy, ecological (flora and extensively regarding land batteries. Prior to consulting with fauna) assessment, environmental arrangements for a number Davanz she was Chief Executive management plans, impacts of solar and wind projects in assessment and environmental Queensland, Victoria and South Officer at Nano-Nouvelle, legislation. She helps her clients Australia. developing high performance obtain development approvals lithium ion battery materials, and to facilitate the success of their earlier roles included leading projects and to grow their the fuel cell integration into the businesses. Mercedes F-Cell vehicle and developing solid state hydrogen storage systems.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Innovation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Electric vehicles • Environment • Gender diversity • Energy storage • Technology • Career progression • Renewable energy • Land arrangements • Technology • Hydrogen
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Marianna O’Gorman Kiri Parr Penny Prasad ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR GENERAL COUNSEL DIRECTOR CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE ARUP THE ECOEFFICIENCY GROUP CORPORATION
Marianna is a lawyer and public Kiri is a Principal with Arup, Penny is a Chemical Engineer policy expert and has been an a global engineering design (Hons) with over 23 years advisor at the highest levels of consultancy that seeks ever better of experience working with government, including to the ways to imagine, reimagine and manufacturing industries. former Prime Minister, Deputy reshape the built environment. Penny has completed a Master Prime Minister, Treasurer and Globally, Arup has more than of Energy Studies and is also Climate Change Minister. 14,000 staff operating out of 87 a Certified Measurement and She began her career in offices in 34 countries. Kiri heads Verification Professional through Washington D.C. in the US the legal services team for Arup’s the Association of Energy Congress and World Bank and Australasia region. Engineers and Efficiency Valuation has since represented Australia at Organization. multilateral and bilateral climate Kiri’s areas of particular interest change negotiations in the Middle are strategic procurement of major She is a founding director of The East, US, Asia, UK and Europe. projects and the practical delivery Ecoefficiency Group established in of ethics inside corporations, and 2013. She worked on the World Bank’s she regularly speaks on these first ever climate change learning topics. Kiri is the president of program, the development of Consult Australia and a Senior Penny is experienced in AS3598 Australia’s first national price on Fellow at Melbourne University, energy audits and carbon carbon and on the formation of where she lectures on major footprints and regularly advises Australia’s first green investment project delivery. businesses on renewable energy bank. opportunities as well as energy and water efficiency and waste reduction opportunities. Penny consults to food, foundry and numerous other sectors.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Climate change • Leadership • Energy transformation • Renewable energy policy • Strategic procurement • Renewable energy • Leadership • Environment • Traditional energy • Communications • Coal to renewables • Technology • Renewable energy • Energy, water and waste • Gender diversity efficiency • Career progression
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Jennifer Purdie Vivienne Roberts Larissa Rose ENERGY AND RESOURCES ADVISOR PROJECT MANAGER, RENEWABLES MANAGING DIRECTOR WSP QUEENSLAND RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION
Jennifer has had an extensive Vivienne is a Mechanical Engineer, As the founder of the Queensland career in leading mining Project Management Professional Renewable Fuels Association, companies in Australia and and Certified Energy Manager. Larissa is committed to delivering overseas. She is the author of an energy outcomes for the renewable fuels contracts book, Considering industry now and into the future. She understands deeply the Contracts, and is the founder of an Larissa has successfully engaged customer needs of energy- online energy publication, Energy government, regional and rural intensive industries, having spent Ramblings. communities and secured strong over 20 years in the aluminium domestic and global partnerships. industry in operational, technical Vivienne is currently WSP’s Project and functional roles, including as Manager for the construction of Larissa is an energetic and resilient GM of Alcoa’s Pt Henry smelter. three different solar farms each professional with a comprehensive over 100 MW as Lender’s Engineer knowledge of renewable fuels, More recently, she served as or Owner’s Engineer. She has environmental sustainability Executive Vice President – worked on some of Australia and and biofuels, carbon and waste Enterprise Services at rail freight South Africa’s largest utility-scale management, flora and fauna company Aurizon and as Global renewable energy development assessment, project management Practice Leader – Technology and construction projects, through and business development. Delivery for Rio Tinto, leading project development, construction, a global network of in-house commissioning and operation. She With a career spanning grassroots technologists and suppliers to has also worked within the City engagement to high-level political deploy innovative technologies of Cape Town’s strategic Energy negotiations, Larissa exemplifies across Rio Tinto operations. and Climate Change unit tasked understanding of gaps and with addressing long-term energy hurdles that must be addressed to concerns. facilitate development of a robust renewable fuels industry for both Queensland and Australia.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Leadership • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Innovation • Traditional energy • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Environment • Career progression • Career progression • Solar • Environment • Technology • Transport
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Madeline Simpson Michelle Taylor Jillian Vanderstoep SPECIAL COUNSEL MANAGER, INTELLIGENT GRID NEW MANAGER MARKET HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS TECHNOLOGY AND CUSTOMER ANALYTICS ENERGY QUEENSLAND ERGON ENERGY RETAIL
Madeline leads HSF’s QLD Michelle manages the Jillian has extensive experience Environment Practice, advising development and deployment in leading international teams in energy, mining, infrastructure, of new technologies into the energy and investment banking. property, and government clients Queensland distribution network. on approvals and permits for She has a proven history of major projects and developments. Her key experiences are with delivering quality policy and She focuses on compliance, renewable and energy storage regulatory advice and stakeholder contaminated land, EIS, offsets, technologies. She and her team engagement in energy, renewables incident response and appeals in are working to enable greater and climate control. She has both Planning & Environment and customer choice and increase delivered practical commercial renewable energy penetration in infrastructure financing solutions Land Courts. Queensland. across diverse business jurisdictions. Recognised by Australia’s Best Michelle is also on the Australian Lawyers for Environmental Law, Standards committee (EL42) for She currently leads a team in the Doyle’s for Environment and renewable energy and has driven analysis and forecasting of energy Heritage and Who’s Who Legal to increase the safety and quality wholesale markets and customer (Environment), Madeline is a of energy storage and renewable and tariff insights. member of the QRC Environment energy systems in Australia. Committee and the Editorial Committee for the Australian Environment Review. She chairs HSF’s QLD Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Energy storage • Traditional energy • Energy storage • Renewable energy • Predictive analytics • Energy transformation • Technology • Energy markets • Traditional energy • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • Innovation • Environment
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Nicola Wilkins Merryn York SENIOR ENGINEER RENEWABLE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ENERGY POWERLINK QUEENSLAND DOWNER
Nicola is a Senior Engineer with Merryn is Chief Executive of Downer in Brisbane. She has Powerlink Queensland, a leading over 15 years’ experience in provider of electricity transmission the renewable energy industry network services. Merryn’s encompassing electrical design, background as a power systems feasibility, project management engineer positions her uniquely to and consulting both in Australia understand the physical matters and abroad, including five years in associated with renewable energy, Germany. while her experience in market and economic regulation matters For Downer, Nicola provides provides strategic insights. technical expertise for solar farm engineering, procurement and She has more than 25 years’ construction functions, especially experience in the energy industry, energy yield, solar farm layouts 21 of which have been spent and electrical design. in senior leadership positions. Merryn is a Fellow of The Nicola is a Chartered Engineer Institution of Engineers Australia, and holds a Master of Science a Graduate of the Australian in Renewable Energy from Institute of Company Directors Loughborough University and and is an articulate, versatile and a Bachelor of Engineering from compellingly qualified speaker Monash University. She was the with a wealth of energy industry recipient of the 2017 Clean Energy and leadership experience. Council Women in Renewables Scholarship.
INTERESTS INTERESTS • Renewable energy • Innovation • Gender diversity • Energy storage • Career progression • Energy transformation • Technology • Traditional energy • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Career progression
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Alison De Backer Jennie Burdeniuk Sam Craft MARKETING AND BUSINESS SENIOR CONSULTANT DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT GHD NRG SOLAR NATURAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
Alison is a qualified designer with Jennie is a passionate power Sam is a Director and experienced many years experience in the industry professional with 15 years’ Operations Manager at NRG Solar. building, sustainability and creative experience in both the consulting She implements and develops key industries. Alison is a marketing and Government sectors. strategic initiatives to strengthen and business development officer and encourage professional, for Natural Technology Systems She has strong experience in valuable and customer focused in South Australia, where she leading Owners Engineer teams experiences. works with customers, businesses for the delivery of Wind and and communities to identify their BESS projects across Australia, Sam completed her Bachelor of power needs. and assisting clients through Law and Legal Practice in 2014 the increasingly complex and before joining the Renewable Demystifying renewable energy evolving registration and licencing Energy Sector. Passionate about for the consumer and making processes to connect their projects her work, Sam strives to ensure technical information easily to the NEM. that NRG Solar continues to live by understood and relatable is of their core values in every business great importance for Alison. She Jennie oversees GHD’s technical draws on many years of training excellence as the Leader for decision, demonstrating that experience in the public sector and power distribution. In this role, NRG Solar is a responsible and private sector. she facilitates global knowledge sustainable organisation. sharing and people development She has previously worked for across the business. She also has Sam is also a Director and Board Sustainability House and Solar an interest in mentoring the next Member at the Smart Energy Shop Australia and has additional generation of power engineers. Council. qualifications in training, energy efficient building design and local government.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Environment • Leadership • Leadership • Communications • Energy storage • Innovation • Energy efficiency • Energy transformation • Energy storage • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Career progression
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Emily Driscoll Eliese De Oliveira Briony O’Shea CO-FOUNDER & BUSINESS NATIONAL SERVICE MANAGER PROJECT MANAGER - ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER SOLARGAIN PV PTY LTD RENEWABLES OFF-GRID ENERGY AUSTRALIA GPA ENGINEERING
Emily is a Senior Manager and In 2010 I graduated with An experienced carbon, energy Founding Member of Off-Grid a bachelor commerce in and sustainability professional Energy Australia, and has over 10 international business with an with a demonstrated history years’ experience in the renewable optimistic outlook despite my of performance and delivery in energy industry. hilariously titled degree at the the energy industry. Briony’s peak of the GFC. key strengths are leadership in Emily’s career in renewable both operational and project energy began by chance, when After a tough first year in the environments, stakeholder she found herself working for a workforce I came to Solargain on engagement, strategic thinking solar company after studying a a temporary 3 month accounts and change management. completely different discipline. A contract during the solar boom in happy accident that completely WA. I am now the National Service She has a strong engineering shifted the direction of her life, Manager, and in June will transition background with a Master of Laws career and ambitions. A jack(jill)- into a new role of National Sales (LLM) in International Law from of-all-trades, Emily has worked in and Procurement. Oxford Brookes University, which almost every business department in domestic solar and storage, focused on international carbon giving her a diverse knowledge I have a strong technical policy implementation. of what it takes for a business to understanding of solar panels and grow and succeed in the industry. inverters given my time in service and have built the department from one (myself) to a team of 25 nationally and a loss centre into a profitable arm of the business.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy storage • Leadership • Leadership • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Innovation • Career progression • Gender diversity • Energy storage • Career progression • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Environment
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Jenny Paradiso Heather Smith Kathryn Walker MANAGING DIRECTOR ENERGY SPECIALIST PARTNER SUNTRIX UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA COWELL CLARKE
Jenny Paradiso is co-founder and Heather Smith is a Churchill Fellow, Kathryn is the Team Leader of Managing Director of the national electrical engineer and policy Cowell Clarke’s environment, solar and storage company, maker. In 2016 she traveled to planning and energy practice Suntrix. industrial economies to investigate group and a member of the the role of community energy building, construction and Since starting the business in in provoking change in each infrastructure and property 2009, Jenny has grown Suntrix country’s energy transition. practice groups. from the kitchen table into a multi- She has commenced a PhD, million dollar company. working with CSIRO, researching Kathryn advises on all aspects the new energy paradigm that of environmental and planning Jenny is a board member of the and renewable energy projects, could be created by microgrids Clean Energy Council, Premier’s including Environment Protection and distributed energy. Climate Change Council and Act compliance, development Entrepreneurship Advisory Board. approvals, Native Title, native Heather has a strong technical Jenny is also a committee member vegetation, land and groundwater background across energy and of DELWP Victoria’s Women in contamination, infrastructure, Water Leadership Program and climate change issues. She electricity regulatory compliance, the Don Dunstan For Purpose specialises in industrial energy embedded network projects and Council. Jenny has been listed efficiency and cogeneration, and renewable energy technologies. among Smart Company’s top 30 has worked for state government female entrepreneurs in 2014, 2015 in energy and climate policy and 2016 and was awarded the development. Heather chairs the Australian Telstra Business Woman Coalition4Community Energy Entrepreneur of the Year in 2016.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Future of energy • Innovation • Energy storage • Solar PV • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Battery storage • Renewable energy • Electricity regulatory • Women in business • Technology compliance • Entrepreneurial journey • Governance • Native title • Managing a fast growth • Community energy • Project development company • Planning advice • Work life balance • Development applications • Positive work culture • Infrastrcture projects
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Catherine Way DIRECTOR, COUNTRY MANAGER DP ENERGY
A specialist in renewable energy development, Catherine brings a deep understanding of the complexion of the Australian market to her role with DP Energy. With more than 15 years of renewable energy experience, she has worked in the mining sector for BHP Billiton; with the South Australian Government’s RenewablesSA; and in the not for profit sector.
She has Masters degrees in both Business Administration and Environmental Management, qualifications in company directorship and leadership, and is a current board member of Regional Development Australia.
INTERESTS • Leadership • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Career progression • Environment
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Tammy Chu Bess Clark Sarah FitzGerald MANAGING DIRECTOR GENERAL MANAGER - GHD PRINCIPAL ENTURA PROJECT MARINUS GHD PTY LTD TASNETWORKS
Tammy was appointed Managing Bess is the General Manager of Sarah is highly experienced in Director of Entura in May 2011. TasNetworks’ Project Marinus, delivering complex infrastructure She is responsible for Entura’s investigating the potential for projects with multiple approval business strategy, performance further Bass Strait electricity bodies. Sarah has over 20 and services to clients, and is part interconnection. TasNetworks years’ experience in developing, of Hydro Tasmania’s Leadership is Tasmania’s electricity implementing, managing and Group. Tammy joined the business transmission, distribution and evaluating community and in 2000 and has held a range of telecommunications network stakeholder engagement and positions at Entura, from Technical business. communication strategies. Professional to Project Manager, Business Development Manager Previously Bess was the General Sarah has exceptional facilitation and Water and Environment Group Manager of TasNetworks’ Strategy experience and is able to Manager. and Stakeholder Relations team, maintain an independent focus and has held leadership roles in her facilitation work. Sarah has She has extensive managerial and at Transend, Tasmania’s former previously worked as a teacher, business development experience in the consulting engineering transmission business. Bess started coach, program evaluator and industry within Australia and her professional career at Sydney government advisor. internationally, focusing on Water in a range of project, She is a member of GHD’s business strategy, change and stakeholder and government Diversity and Inclusion Group and transformation, international sales, relations roles. a Champion for Women in GHD culture and profit and revenue and Reconciliation. growth.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Renewable energy • Energy storage • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • Energy transformation • Traditional energy • Environment • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Communications • Climate resilience • Career progression
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Catherine Searle SENIOR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT JACOBS
Catherine has had a diverse portfolio career in Australia and the UK as an archaeologist; political advisor; senior government executive and stakeholder engagement consultant, working on hundreds of major projects.
Catherine’s real passion is getting communities on board and making a robust business case for social license to support sensible, sustainable development. She was at the cutting edge of the development of Co-Design in the UK.
Catherine has an honours degree in Archaeology, an MSc in Middle East Politics, and is doing a PhD to develop a framework for Peace & Conflict Impact Assessment.
INTERESTS • Communications
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Catherine Anderson Meredith Anderson Heidi Asten CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER SENIOR PROJECT DEVELOPER PARTNER POWERSHOP AUSTRALIA PACIFIC HYDRO HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS
Catherine is an integrated Meredith is a Senior Project Heidi is a specialist environment marketing communications Developer for Pacific Hydro, where and planning lawyer with extensive specialist with over a decade of she develops wind and solar farm experience advising on energy experience on both a client and projects around Australia. Meredith project approvals, land assembly, agency side in the Asia-Pacific has been working in the renewable compliance and stakeholder region. energy industry for over four years, relationships. Heidi enjoys undertaking due diligence on practising in renewable energy, Prior to her appointment to greenfield sites, securing planning assisting her clients to thrive in this Powershop, Catherine worked approvals and progressing projects complex and evolving regulatory for multinational brands such as through the various stages from environment, responding to The Coca-Cola Company and site identification to Notice to technological developments, Siemens. Catherine was appointed Proceed for large-scale wind and emerging issues and changing Powershop’s Chief Customer solar farms. community expectations. Officer in July 2018, having previously been Head of Marketing Over the last 12 months, Meredith With qualifications from both since February 2016. has had a strong focus on the Haughton Solar Project south of the University of Melbourne and Townsville, which commenced University of Cambridge, Heidi is construction in Q1 2018, and also accredited by the Law Institute the development of the Clarke of Victoria as a Specialist in Creek Solar Farm south of Mackay environmental and planning law. and the Prairie Solar Farm in northern Victoria.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Innovation • Environment • Gender diversity • Gender diversity • Environmental science • Environment • Career progression • Communications
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Kate Axup Maja Barnett Eliza Bartlett PARTNER MANAGER NEW TECHNOLOGIES SPECIAL COUNSEL ALLENS PACIFIC HYDRO MINTERELLISON
Kate is a partner in the projects Maja is Manager, New Technologies Eliza is a specialist energy lawyer. group at Allens. Kate leads Allens’ at Pacific Hydro with 15 years’ She has extensive experience renewable energy practice and experience in the renewable advising on renewable energy acts for developers, investors, industry. She began her career projects (covering almost every offtakers and financiers on with Pacific Hydro in 2002 and renewable energy technology). renewable energy projects across has experience in all stages of She also advises on energy Australia. Kate was part of the renewables development, from storage, off-take arrangements, Allens team that advised AGL site feasibility to operational asset gas and electricity market dispute Energy on the establishment of the management. resolution processes, trading in Powering Australian Renewables wholesale energy markets, and Fund (PARF) and led the Allens Maja has implemented and transmission and distribution team on the transfer into the PARF managed software systems to augmentation projects. Eliza of the Nyngan and Broken Hill assist in the development and has advised the Governments of solar farms, and the Silverton and operation of a global asset South Africa, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Coopers Gap wind farm projects. portfolio. In her current role, she Mexico, Malaysia, and the UK on During Kate’s career, she has been is responsible for assessing the based in the Allens Hong Kong, feasibility of new projects and various energy market reform Beijing, Shanghai and Melbourne technologies to help maintain measures. offices and is a Mandarin speaker. Pacific Hydro’s development pipeline. She holds degrees in Eliza has a particular interest in Environmental Engineering and the developing hydrogen sector in Environmental Science from the Australia, as well as the integration University of Melbourne, and has of DERs, and the uptake of EVs. completed an Advanced Diploma of Electrical Engineering.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy transformation • Innovation • Innovation • Renewable energy • Energy storage • Energy storage • Gender diversity • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Career progression • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Technology • Gender diversity • Career progression • Hydrogen
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Stephanie Bashir Lucy Best Lyn Bowring PRINCIPAL MANAGER ENGAGEMENT, AEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUSINESS NEXA ADVISORY AUSTRALIAN ENERGY SYSTEMS & OPERATIONS FOUNDATION SOLAR HOMES TRANSITION, DELWP
Stephanie Bashir is a well known Lucy is an expert in Community Lyn has over 20 years experience, industry leader, who has forged an Engagement and offers input with senior leadership roles outstanding reputation through to the engagement elements of responsible for delivering her 16-year career working for all AEF projects. The Australian business growth, improving energy market leaders such as Energy Foundation (formally the customer experience and driving AGL Energy in complex, matrix Moreland Energy Foundation) is transformational change. style environments. a national not-for-profit with a vision for an equitable zero She is passionate about helping She is passionate advocate of carbon society. Australians move to a clean, energy customers and whole-of- reliable and affordable energy ecosystem approaches. Stephanie Lucy develops and delivers future and is directly contributing has held leadership roles spanning content for a wide variety of to this through her current role the energy value chain in technical, uses and is acutely aware of enabling the scale-up of the commercial, strategic, policy and the nuanced ways that we can Victorian Government’s Solar advisory with expertise in energy communicate with others on Homes which aims to provide markets, energy technologies and climate change: mitigating its upwards of 750,000 households innovation, customer centricity, effects and adapting to the with energy saving solutions. networks and grid modernisation. impacts already affecting our Stephanie branched out to found daily lives. Prior to joining Vic Gov, Lyn led the Nexa Advisory. Solar, Storage & Home Solutions Lucy has skills as a public speaker business at Origin Energy with Utilising her deep experience, she and MC and has a background of responsibility for sales, service, is focused on helping businesses community engagement in the arts solutions and programs across and organisations navigate new and is still an active artist, writer Residential, SME & Commercial energy opportunities and solve and performer. markets. complex problems. Some of her most recent clients include Service She is a graduate of the Australian NSW, Clean Energy Council and Institute of Company Directors and GoEvie providing them with a Women on Boards member. trusted value-added and future proofed solutions. INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Solar energy • Leadership • Energy storage • Energy transformation • Innovation • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Energy storage • Renewable energy • Climate change • Energy transformation • Customer innovation • Communications • Renewable energy • Future energy policy • Behaviour Change • Gender diversity • Energy efficiency • Career progression • Community engagement
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Dr Jill Cainey Trish Chapallaz Maryanne Coffey GENERAL MANAGER NETWORKS OWNER AND DIRECTOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & ENERGY NETWORKS AUSTRALIA SOLAR 4 RVS PROJECTS MANAGER CLEAN ENERGY COUNCIL
Dr Jill Cainey is General Manager Trish co-founded multi-award- Maryanne is Emerging Networks, at Energy Networks winning Solar 4 RVs in 2013, Technologies and Projects Australia, the national industry specialising in sustainable off- Manager at the Clean Energy body representing Australia’s grid power solutions for mobile Council and is responsible for electricity transmission and applications. leading policy and advocacy distribution and gas distribution for emerging technologies and networks. Trish’s skills in marketing, business emerging industry issues. This planning, business innovation, includes all forms of energy Jill works with electricity networks business systems design and storage, product stewardship and to transform Australia’s electricity public speaking are well utilised skills gap research. system to accommodate new at Solar 4 RVs. She has a Master and innovative approaches to Degree in Professional Education Maryanne has a depth of delivering sustainable energy. and Training, a Diploma in people management, policy and Jill represented the interests of Business (Frontline Management), strategic project and stakeholder electricity storage in the UK and an Advanced Certificate in engagement practice. She has Europe and was appointed MBE Information Technology plus experience working for global for services to Energy Technology other qualifications. financial services firms, both in in 2017 for work in electricity Australia and the UK. Maryanne policy and regulation. Trish’s passion for sharing her recently completed Women in knowledge and experiences is Leadership, Australia’s intensive Jill also has over 25 years of evidenced by the mentoring she leadership development program experience internationally in has provided over her career and designed to equip leaders with the climate change and is very the guest speaker invitations insights, skills and confidence to interested in the interaction of she has accepted, including the accelerate their own progression extreme weather and electricity ‘Women on the Go’ exhibition as they simultaneously strengthen systems and developing resilient and forum. the performance of their team. network infrastructure for the Maryanne was also once an Aussie future. Rules field umpire – back in the days when girls were not allowed to play the game.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Electricity networks • Innovation • Renewable energy • Energy storage • Career progression • Technology • Science education • Communications • Energy storage • Climate change • Management • Energy transformation • Meteorology • Marketing • Innovation • Planning/strategy • Leadership • Personal development • Career progression • Mentoring • Gender diversity
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Natalie Collard Anna Collyer Marilyne Crestias EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTNER AND HEAD OF FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL POLICY & GOVERNMENT INNOVATION RENEWABLE ENERGY INSIGHTS ROADS AUSTRALIA ALLENS
Natalie is a highly regarded Anna has been a partner at Marilyne is a leader in the energy advocate for renewable energy, Allens law firm since 2001, and and government sectors, with agriculture, innovation and is currently Allens’ Head of a wealth of experience in the women’s leadership. She was Innovation and a member of the economics of energy markets, awarded Woman in Renewables firm’s executive committee. renewable energy auction design, of the Year, 2018 for her work as Anna’s practice has focused on climate change and environmental Chair of Women in Renewables the energy sector throughout its policy advice. (Australia) and EGM Industry evolution, from the initial reforms Development at the Clean Energy in the 1990s to its current period Prior to specialising in energy, Council. In 2013, she was named of major transformation. Marilyne worked for more than the Telstra Business Woman of the a decade in various roles in the Year - Victoria for leading industry Anna has been intimately involved Victorian Department of Treasury transformation as the CEO of in policy and reform work acting and Finance, notably in the State Australian Dairy Farmers Ltd. for government and key market Budget and Tax forecasting teams. institutions, as well as advising She has also advised on key She is currently a member of the industry participants and major large-scale infrastructure projects, Victorian Government Agriculture users on significant transactions particularly in the water and Energy Investment Plan (AEIP) and projects. Anna has been energy sectors. Independent Advisory Council, advising on renewable energy a Business Mentor for APEC projects since the start of the RET. Marilyne has a Master of Women’s Renewable Academy Economics and International and a Board Advisor to Women in Finance. She is a member of Renewables Asia. the Zero Carbon Communities Investment Reference Group led by Beyond Zero Emissions.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Innovation • Victorian Renewable • Innovation • Energy transformation Energy Target • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Victorian Renewable • Renewable energy • Gender diversity Energy Policies • Gender diversity • Career progression • Renewable energy • Career progression
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Victoria Chantra Aylin Cunsolo Elisa De Wit PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIAL COUNSEL PARTNER CONSULTANT BAKER MCKENZIE NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT AECOM AUSTRALIA
Victoria is an Environmental Aylin is a Special Counsel at Elisa is a partner in the Melbourne Consultant with over 12 years Baker McKenzie in Melbourne. office of international legal industry experience across Asia- She advises on the acquisition, practice Norton Rose Fulbright Pacific Region. Her focus is on divestment, development and and heads the firm’s Climate delivering city resilience and ongoing operation of significant Change and Sustainability practice. , climate change adaptation businesses and projects in the projects, including energy energy and renewable energy She has over 27 years of legal transformation, to broad range of sectors. experience and has practised in sectors. three Australian jurisdictions and Aylin has extensive experience in the UK. Elisa is considered one advising clients on financing and of Australia’s preeminent climate As a social and environmental development of new renewable change lawyers and advises scientist, she is acutely interested energy projects, mergers and clients on policy, regulation and in the interactions between acquisitions, government compliance issues. people and nature and the many privatisation, energy contracting challenges this presents for cities – including connection, retail, Elisa is a Director of the Carbon in the 21st Century. hedging and offtake arrangements Market Institute, Beyond Zero (including corporate PPAs) – Emissions and the Grampians Victoria has been a Strategy and energy regulatory matters, Wimmera Mallee Water Partner for 100 Resilient Cities for including the application of laws Corporation. five years, working with cities to to innovative models of energy delivery Resilience Strategies in supply. Melbourne, Christchurch, Bangkok, Singapore and Jakarta. Aylin currently holds the position of Secretary and Board Member for Women in Energy, an organisation formed to address the gap in female leadership within the energy industry in Australia.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Environment • Traditional energy • Environment • Climate change and resilience • Energy storage • Energy regulation/policy • Gender diversity
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Yasmia Dkhissi Harriet Floyd Anna Freeman NET ZERO PROGRAM STRATEGY SENIOR ADVISOR - FUTURE ENERGY DIRECTOR, ENERGY GENERATION MANAGER AURECON CLEAN ENERGY COUNCIL MONASH UNIVERSITY
Yasmina is the Strategy Manager Harriet is a Senior Advisor in Anna is Director Energy for Monash University’s Net Zero Aurecon’s Future Energy team, Generation at the Clean Energy initiative, an ambitious program working with a range of clients Council and is responsible for driving the transition for Monash’s including developers, networks leading policy and advocacy Australian campuses to 100 and large energy consumers to for the wind and large-scale per cent renewable power and identify opportunities that unlock solar sectors. net zero emissions by 2030. To value from their assets and within ensure a smart, cost-effective projects. Anna has been deeply engaged and reliable transition to 100 per in energy and climate change cent renewable power, Monash As a Chartered Systems Engineer policy issues for almost 15 years, at University is developing and and Certified Project Manager with both the national and state levels, implementing a microgrid on extensive experience in the end- and her driving passion is to help its Clayton campus, which will to-end delivery of projects, Harriet realise a low-emissions future, effectively manage energy leverages her skills to tackle starting with the electricity sector. demand and response on a ‘wicked’ problems with the intent network with high penetration of of making the complex simple. Anna was the head of public distributed energy resources. In affairs for the two separate particular, Yasmina’s role is to work With a passion for sustainable Garnaut Climate Change Reviews with industry and government to energy, Harriet’s previous work commissioned in 2007 and 2011 ensure the program unlocks the has included options analysis, by successive Commonwealth relevant solutions while fostering feasibility studies, market research, Governments, which innovation and enabling shared and lenders’ engineer roles for recommended the introduction of learning opportunities. ‘Big 4’ banks. an emissions trading scheme.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Innovation • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Energy storage • Communications • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Wind • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Large-scale solar • Technology • Career progression • Social licence • Technology
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Mohadeseh Ganji Alison George Helen Gibson AI AND ADVANCED ANALYTICS ACTING CEO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE LEAD REGNAN AEES GROUP MONDO
Mohadesh is a PhD qualified data Alison leads Regnan’s advocacy Helen enjoys making science science leader who has helped program across environmental, communication simpler to organizations in the social and corporate governance understand through spoken, telecommunication, energy and priorities and provides oversight print and video formats – finance industry to adopt AI and to Regnan’s research and she’s an advocate for using advance analytics. engagement activities in corporate clever technologies in solving governance. environmental challenges. She has taught machine learning in the Melbourne business school She has worked across all As a geologist, Helen has and is an honorary fellow at the aspects of Regnan’s activities authored over 60 client reports and published regional studies University of Melbourne. She has in her more than 12 years with on topics including: thermal been ranked 5th in top the top 25 the team, including leading the history reconstructions of central analytics leaders awards by IAPA development and implementation Australian basins and heat flow in 2019. of Regnan’s climate change modelling of the north Perth research methodology, which has Basin for geothermal resource She is also an experienced repeatedly been shown to provide assessment. panelist and speaker at various investment signals. industry events, including the AI In 2008, Helen held a leading and Machine Learning Summit A Chartered Accountant, Alison design role in developing a 2018 and 2019. also holds a BA (Jurisprudence) new geothermal module for and a Master of Environment. Her 3D GeoModeller software and Mohadesh is passionate about experience spans professional subsequently delivered geothermal applying her expertise in smart services (EY), regulation and software training and three client clean energy industry. She is also research. studies. She’s an accomplished passionate about empowering speaker in conference, workshop women to achieve their full and training-room forums. career potential.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Energy transformation • Leadership • Innovation • Traditional energy • Innovation • Renewable energy • Environment • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Climate disclosures • Environment • Career progression • Communications • Technology • Technology • Geothermal resource assessment • Solar PV
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Tatenda Gwekwe Claire Johnson Jane Hall ASSET MANAGER CO-FOUNDER & CEO SENIOR ASSOCIATE JOHN LAING HYDROLYTICS ASHURST
Tatenda is an Asset Manager Claire Johnson is the Co-Founder Jane specialises in complex at John Laing, an international & CEO of data analytics startup, projects, including renewable infrastructure investor and Hydrolytics. energy projects, and sites involving asset manager. With over 11 a range of difficult and inter- years’ experience in project Capable of capturing the entire related environmental, planning management and engineering, hydrogen value chain within one and heritage issues and approval Tatenda specialises in the delivery cloud-based platform, Hydrolytics requirements. of complex renewable energy provides data intelligence to projects. Her extensive experience create and deploy more hydrogen Jane’s secondment to AGL to in development, construction and energy. assist with its Crib Point Jetty operation of large-scale wind LNG Import Project has deepened and solar PV projects uniquely Prior to launching Hydrolytics her energy expertise, as has her positions Tatenda to understand in 2019, Claire was the CEO of work on the Kwinana waste to the physical and contractual Hydrogen Mobility Australia, the energy project (the first to reach matters in these projects. industry association representing financial close in Australia), a Tatenda has worked on utility- Australia’s hydrogen sector. South Australian pumped hydro scale renewable energy projects project and numerous wind energy in Africa and Australia; as a Claire has a background in policy facilities. developer and consultant, giving development and government her exposure to projects at relations across the private and different life-cycle stages. At John public sectors, including as Laing, Tatenda provides technical manager of government affairs at insights into the investment and Toyota Australia. delivery of projects. In this role she led the government advocacy program for a range of transport policy areas, including the introduction of hydrogen vehicles to Australia.
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Allison Hawke Ruby Heard Rachel Hogan CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER DIRECTOR SENIOR ENGINEER ESCO PACIFIC ALINGA ENERGY CONSULTING AECOM
Allison is COO of Australian Ruby Heard is an electrical Rachel is a systems engineer solar farm developer, owner engineer and energy consultant with experience in renewable and operator ESCO Pacific and from Melbourne. After graduating technologies including solar PV, volunteers for MESOLshare, a from VU, she started a consulting solar thermal, wind and battery Bangladesh microgrid company. role with Arup. In 2015 she storage. Her early work focused As part of the start-up team at transferred to San Francisco on solar applications in the solar ESCO Pacific, Allison lead the to specialise in complex solar photovoltaic industry with an development of a project pipeline arrays and microgrids, working increasing experience portfolio including 500MW to pass the predominantly with Google. In including work on wind and critical financial close milestone. 2018 Ruby spent six months battery projects over the past five In this time she has gained volunteering in Ethiopia through years, with a particular interest in experience in development Engineers Without Borders, managing feasibility studies for strategy, network connection, supporting the United Nations new generation and connection financial close and construction High Commissioner of Refugees works. processes, community and media energy team. Ruby then returned engagement, court appeals and to Australia and formed Alinga Rachel has international work stakeholder lobbying. Energy Consulting to continue experience with leading solar her work in the renewable energy industry specialists as part of a Allison is currently Chair of the and microgrid space with a focus central inverter factory product Clean Energy Council’s Solar on off-grid applications, remote management team. Directorate and is the recipient of indigenous communities and the 2019 Women in Renewables islands. Australian
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Merrily Hunter Heather Hurree Lina Khalil DIRECTOR TECHNICAL MANAGER - SENIOR POWER MAC ENERGY EFFICIENCY GROUP WIND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS ENGINEER WSP WSP
Merrily is the founder and CEO Heather is Technical Manager for Lina is a power system engineer of MAC Energy Efficiency Group, Wind Engineering at WSP. She with over seven years of a national quality assurance and has over nine years of experience experience in the Australian training business that specialises working in the wind industry in power industry. Lina’s main areas in state-based energy efficiency Australia, New Zealand, India and of expertise include detailed schemes and has more recently South East Asia. Over the years, modelling of power systems expanded to include PV and she has been involved in a range and large-scale wind and battery installation quality of developer-support activities solar generation grid management. for greenfield sites such as pre- connection studies. construction energy assessments, Prior to founding MAC, Merrily layout optimisation, noise Lina has worked on several wind managed the energy efficiency assessments and site climatic and solar farms grid connection compliance for AGL, one of condition reviews. studies, with the most recent being the largest renewable energy a 700 MW solar farm connection. companies in Australia. She is a Heather has significant experience Lina’s main areas of expertise key policy and program advisor with the assessment of operating include detailed modelling to government and industry on wind farms. She has been of power systems, including energy efficiency schemes. With involved in refinancing due renewable generation, conducting over a decade of experience diligence studies of large wind steady state and dynamic network working across a variety of farms in Australia, including the studies and assessment of the schemes, she brings a unique identification of operational issues National Electricity Rules access perspective to the policy design, thereby assisting owner-warranty standards. She is also involved in compliance auditing and the claims. providing training to junior staff. training needs of tradespeople. Lina completed her Masters of Engineering (Electrical) in 2011.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Innovation • Career progression • Gender diversity • Career progression • Environment • Energy efficiency • Training and compliance
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Krista Kim Donna Luckman Natalie Lukies ENGAGEMENT AND EXTERNAL CEO ENGINEERING MANAGER - WIND AFFAIRS MANAGER ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY WSP PACIFIC HYDRO ASSOCIATION
Krista manages Pacific Hydro’s Donna is the CEO of Renew Natalie is Engineering Manager community engagement, (formerly known as the Alternative for wind power projects at communications, and Technology Association), a WSP, primarily responsible for external affairs. not-for-profit organisation that independent engineer and owner’s inspires, enables and advocates for engineer capabilities. Natalie With experience on the people to live sustainably in their has 14 years of experience as a construction of major homes and communities. Donna mechanical engineer with nine infrastructure projects with has 20 years’ experience working years of experience within the complex engagement and for government, not-for-profit energy (wind, solar and energy communication needs, she is and research organisations. She from waste) industries in Australia, an accomplished IAP2-qualified specialises in leading teams and India and the UK. community engagement developing innovative strategies practitioner, and has contributed to enact change, from large Natalie has practical experience to the delivery of projects international programs right down in delivering wind energy projects cumulatively worth in excess to local community initiatives. from feasibility studies to of $8b. technical due diligence for project Donna has extensive networks transactions including new and Krista has been a key influencer in the sustainability sector, is existing wind farm projects. Natalie at the Clean Energy Council a director of Embark and is on is currently providing technical Wind Directorate, helping to the steering committee of the advice to lenders throughout raise the bar in both community Coalition for Community Energy. construction for a number of engagement and complaints She has a Bachelor of Arts from Australian wind farm projects. management, and is a trusted Melbourne University. advisor.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Innovation • Communications • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Consumers (pro-sumers) • Gender diversity • Clean energy future • Career progression • Environment • Communications • Community engagement
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Catriona McLeod Kate Nicolazzo Kate O’Carroll INVESTMENT DIRECTOR HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER, REGULATED ESCO PACIFIC AUSTRALIAN ENERGY FOUNDATION ENERGY SERVICES BUSINESS DELIVERY AUSNET SERVICES
Catriona is Investment Director Kate is the Head of Business Kate is a Project Manager, at leading solar farm developer Development for the Australian Regulated Energy Services ESCO Pacific. ESCO Pacific has Energy Foundation (AEF). She Business Delivery at AusNet developed projects totalling nearly is responsible for developing Services. 500MW which are now under strategic partnerships, programs construction or operational. and services that deliver on AEF’s Kate works on projects in ambition for a zero carbon future demand management and energy Catriona has brought more than for all communities. education that are helping 30 utility scale solar and wind transform the distribution network farms to financial close as lead Prior to this, Kate was the Manager to a higher penetration DER future. of AEF’s Positive Charge program, Kate is vice chair of Women equity representative, and has where she led the team of in Energy, a not-for-profit worked on due diligence, contract dedicated staff delivering energy organisation addressing the gap negotiations, procurement, and efficiency and renewable energy in female leadership within the economic evaluation for dozens of advice, products and services to energy industry in Australia. additional utility scale renewable householders, businesses, schools energy projects. Her experience and community groups. Women in Energy regularly hosts spans across Australia, Europe and networking and technical events. select Southeast Asian markets, Kate has also been Treasurer and includes 5 projects supported and Secretary of Beyond Zero by corporate PPAs. Emissions and regularly mentors Fellows from the Centre for Sustainability Leadership.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy transformation • Leadership • Innovation • Renewable energy • Innovation • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • Financing and investment • Renewable energy • Career progression • Environment
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Catherine O’Riordan Leanne Olden Linda O’Mullane SENIOR ENVIRONMENT AND SENIOR ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT PLANNER BAKER MCKENZIE INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY PACIFIC HYDRO PTY LTD ERNST & YOUNG
Catherine is a senior environment Leanne is a Senior Associate in Linda is passionate about and development planner at Baker McKenzie’s construction energy economics and has solid Pacific Hydro with over 15 years’ team in Melbourne. experience in solving commercial, experience as an environmental regulatory, policy, financial and professional, the last three of She has experience in a wide strategic issues for public and which have been exclusively range of transactional matters in private clients. Linda gained in the renewables sector. She the construction and engineering widespread experience in the initially began her career as an sectors, and in particular, the energy transition, providing ecologist and now advises on renewable energy sector. This advice and recommendations to the environmental and planning includes drafting and negotiating executives at energy businesses aspects of renewable project EPC, O&M and other ancillary in Australia and overseas. Specific development from initial due contract documents for principals, examples include guidance for diligence through to planning contractors, financiers, consultants a first regulatory reset for the approval, construction and and suppliers in relation to the vertically integrated energy operational compliance. Catherine construction of solar, wind and provider in Saba, Malaysia, to has an interest in the sustainable other renewable energy assets development of the large- throughout Australia. capex reduction strategies for scale renewable industry and distribution companies in Victoria, minimisation of impacts on the Australia. environment. Linda also managed the regulatory affairs and relevant strategies associated with the energy assets owned and managed by an Australian Investment fund.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Leadership • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Innovation • Gender diversity • Gender diversity • Energy storage • Environment • Career progression • Energy transformation • Construction contracts • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Environment • Technology
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Kate Osaze Sarah Paparo Liisa Parisot GRID CONNECTIONS MANAGER SENIOR CONSULTANT MANAGER, ESCO PACIFIC MARCHMENT HILL CONSULTING ENERGY MARKET INSIGHTS JACOBS
Kate is an Electrical Engineer Sarah is a Senior Consultant at Liisa Parisot has over twenty and Legal Counsel with extensive Marchment Hill Consulting. years of consulting and energy experience in renewable energy. sector experience and currently Formerly a competition and leads the Energy Market She has lead several high value market regulation lawyer at Insights team at Jacobs. Liisa is connection projects with specific Freehills, followed by various interested in understanding and expertise in the technical commercial and policy roles at forecasting market evolution requirements for grid connections Origin Energy, Sarah has most and understanding the impacts of utility scale solar and wind recently been in London working of policies and regulatory energy projects as well as for UK government agency Low development on market Carbon Contracts Company contractual negotiations across stakeholders. Liisa has engaged on energy market reform entire project’s lifecycles including in multiple studies providing implementation and assessment. feasibility, planning, design, independent analysis on energy construction and operations. policy, retail pricing, demand She is an expert in energy reform forecasting, economic climate framework and the challenges of integrating emerging technology emissions modelling, and cost into established markets. In her benefit analysis of market reforms current role leading MHC Policy and program evaluation. She has and Regulation, Sarah works with also supported new wind and market participants, government solar projects through developing agencies and policy makers market price outlook studies. on Australia’s energy market transformation.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Energy transformation • Energy storage • Innovation • Traditional energy • Energy transformation • Energy storage • Renewable energy • Traditional energy • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Career progression • Gender diversity • Communication • Technology
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Lillian Patterson Kate Phillips Aurore Pont DIRECTOR ENERGY PARTNER OPERATIONS MANAGER TRANSFORMATION BAKER MCKENZIE CLENERGY CLEAN ENERGY COUNCIL
Lillian is the Clean Energy Kate Phillips specialises in Aurore has been working in the Council’s Director of Energy renewable energy projects. She solar industry since 2011 and is Transformation, and is responsible has extensive experience leading currently the Operations Manager for driving the transformation of transactions for private clients at Clenergy, an international the Australian energy system to and government authorities on leading supplier of PV mounting one that is smarter and cleaner the development, financing, sale systems. She is responsible through leading the development and acquisition of medium to for planning, directing and and implementation of the CEC’s large scale solar and wind projects coordinating multiple support electricity market and network throughout the NEM states. services such as management, policy work. She joined the CEC Kate also advised private clients logistics and stakeholder from Origin Energy, where she on distributed energy projects, engagement for the Australian managed regulation and policy and energy storage projects business. She is passionate about development and engagement throughout Australia. renewable energies and has on wholesale and retail electricity extensive experience working and gas market issues. She has In addition Kate has advised and contributing to multicultural also worked in the areas of power various clients on pumped hydro markets at the International projects in Australia. thriving teams. Energy Agency in France and energy security in the Federal In addition to her current role, Kate Aurore holds a master’s degree in Government. also worked as Corporate Counsel International Business from Inseec for CO2 Australia Limited where Business School in Paris and is an Lillian holds a Master in Green she worked predominantly in the active member of Toastmasters, Management and Energy from area of climate change, and more a not-for-profit educational Bocconi University in Italy and a specifically carbon sequestration. organisation teaching public Bachelor of Business (1st Class speaking and leadership skills. Honours in Economics) and Aurore was also a finalist in the Bachelor of International Studies 2019 CEC Women in Renewables from the University of Technology, Your Leadership Voice Scholarship. Sydney.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy transformation • Leadership • Leadership • Traditional energy • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Traditional energy • Gender diversity • Career progression • Renewable energy • Career progression • Gender diversity • Career progression • Environment
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Nasim Pour Cassidy Prent Natasha Reifschneider ENERGY MARKETS ANALYST GENERAL COUNSEL ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - JACOBS ESCO PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AECOM
Nasim specialises in energy Cassidy is General Counsel of Natasha Reifschneider is an industry forecasting, strategic leading solar farm developer Associate Director, Environment analysis and policy development ESCO Pacific. ESCO Pacific has at AECOM. She is responsible and currently works as an energy developed projects totalling for leading the Environmental market analyst for Jacobs. Prior nearly 500 MW in capacity, which Planning team in the Melbourne to her current role, Nasim was are now generating or under Office and performs the role of involved in several R&D projects construction, including the 175 Team Leader for the Environment in Australia and Sweden. Her MW Finley Solar Farm, which is Group. research focused on evaluating backed by a corporate PPA with the role of renewable energies, BlueScope Steel. Natasha has over 20 years carbon capture and storage and of professional experience in Cassidy specialises in renewable energy efficiency technologies in the management and delivery energy, project finance and a sustainable transition towards a of impact assessment and construction and has experience low carbon economy. environmental approvals for the in Australia and internationally industrial and infrastructure sector. (including SE Asia). At ESCO During her academic career, Nasim Pacific, Cassidy has a lead role Natasha’s technical area of focus had the opportunity to present in in projects from development is navigating environmental several prestigious international to financial close and is actively approvals for projects and conferences. Nasim holds a involved in ESCO Pacific’s asset providing clients with strategic PhD degree in climate change management arm, which is advice around how to develop mitigation technologies from the currently servicing the Childers, project to meet environmental University of Melbourne. Susan River and Finley solar farms. requirements.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Leadership • Leadership • Energy transformation • Innovation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Environment • Renewable energy • Environment impact • Career progression assessment • Solar
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Alison Rowe Angela Rozali Bridget Ryan CEO SENIOR ENGINEER - ENERGY POLICY & GOVERNMENT LEAD AUSTRALIAN ENERGY FOUNDATION AECOM GREENSYNC
Alison Rowe is the CEO of the Angela’s passion for solar thermal Bridget Ryan is the Policy & Australian Energy Foundation energy was the catalyst that Government Lead at GreenSync. Limited where she is leading the changed her career from chemical Since 2002 she has worked on equitable transition to a zero engineering towards wind and climate and energy policy with carbon society. She has worked solar power project development leading organisations in both in the sustainability field for and energy storage. Government and private sectors, over 15 years in the transport, including ARENA, the CEC, Pacific communications and energy Angela’s eight years of experience Hydro and VECCI. sectors, with global responsibility covers the project cycle from pre- for strategy development, feasibility through to operation in Bridget brings a passion for designing and delivering locations such as remote Australia, renewables and deep insight to the transformation programs, the Philippines and Antarctica. policy changes that are required commercialising new services, Coordinating contractors and to move the energy sector product development, consulting, owner’s engineer roles including forward, and to understanding marketing and advocacy. developing specifications and the emerging technologies and Alison is Chair of the Infrastructure guarantees, climbing wind turbines business models that are key to Sustainability Council of Australia and visiting solar farms to inspect facilitating this change. and recently Chair of the Future for mechanical completeness have Bridget holds degrees in both Business Council. been her focus. Arts and Asian studies, along with qualifications in Carbon Alison holds an MBA and a Post Management, Sustainability Graduate Diploma in Technology Leadership and Engineering. Management and is a Williamson Fellow.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Innovation • Energy transition • Energy storage • Distributed energy tech • Community energy • Renewable energy • Australian politics • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • Environment • Renewable energy • Career progression • Environment • Technology
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Sanah Al Safadi Chaar Melinda Scaringi Heidi Sick HV ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ACCOUNT DIRECTOR CLIENT DIRECTOR - ENERGY AURECON ELLSI JONES AURECON
Sanah is a Power Network Melinda Scaringi’s work in Heidi is the Client Director for Engineer with 13 years’ experience communications and campaigns Aurecon’s Energy business, in the gas & oil industry. She has has provoked people to think responsible for establishing and extensive experience in analysis and act differently over the past implementing the strategy for the and modelling electrical system 15 years. She has significant energy market in Australia and networks in a variety of projects. experience in shared value, social New Zealand. impact and behaviour change With a multicultural background, having supported government Her 20 years of experience management skills, Sanah organisations, not-for-profits and stretches across three continents also has an ability to adjust commercial companies in the within several industries, covering energy, environment, property and the complete lifecycle of to different environments and education arenas. multidisciplinary, complex projects. address problems creatively and During the last 10 years, Heidi has safely. Sanah is currently working As a director at Ellis Jones, been focused on the provision in Aurecon as a HV Electrical Melinda has led the agency’s of technical advisory services Engineer and participating campaign, research and strategy in the energy sector, and has in major project related with work with various Victorian and successfully created and enabled renewable energy (Solar and Wind federal government departments diverse, highly engaged and high Farms). (including DELWP, DoEE and performing teams along with a ARENA); industry advocacy body, great work culture to support and Future Energy Skills; not for profits navigate our clients through the the Clean Energy Council (CEC) rapid transformation occuring in and the Sustainable Melbourne our energy sector. Fund (SMF); Victorian water company City West Water; and Heidi is currently an active the sustainability team at Energy member of the ARENA Advisory Australia. Panel.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Energy transformation • Leadership • Energy storage • Environment • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Ne w generation Community • Career progression • Gender diversity engagement Communications • Technology • Clima te change and emissions reductions • En vironment and sustainability
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Georgie Smith Kate Summers Dayle Stevens EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER MANAGER ELECTRICAL DIVISIONAL CIO INDUSTRY INTEGRITY ENGINEERING AGL ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY COUNCIL PACIFIC HYDRO
Georgie is the Clean Energy Kate is an electrical engineer and Dayle is an award-winning Council’s inaugural Executive fellow of IEAust, her engineering technology executive. Dayle is General Manager Industry experience covers power system passionate about technology, Integrity. In this role Georgie is control, system operations in people and change, excited about harmonising the CEC’s regulatory the NEM and renewable energy driving impact at scale, solving activities and getting the rooftop control since 2004. She has big problems, taking the less solar regulatory framework ready served four years as the technical trodden path and bringing out to support the next decade of director of Australian Wind Energy the best in people. Dayle is a industry expansion. Association and five years as Divisional CIO at AGL Energy, and Chair of the Grid Directorate for was previously a Divisional CIO at NAB. She is a board member at Georgie joined the CEC from the the CEC. Robogals, an ambassador at Girl Victorian Environment Protection Geek Academy and a tutor and Authority, where she specialised Kate combines a broad practical mentor with the Queen’s Young in regulatory and industry control knowledge of the power Leaders Programme through facilitation roles, developing a system and the integration of new Cambridge University. strong understanding of innovative and old technology in generation. regulation and working with She promotes power system industry to increase compliance. control philosophy highlighting Georgie is passionate about market rules that detract from efficient regulation and believes good control practice and was a that regulation – done right - member of AEMO’s expert panel strengthens industries. for the event report on 25th August 2018.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Leadership • Innovation • Energy storage • Gender diversity • Compliance • Energy transformation • Career progression • Regulation • Traditional energy • Technology • Career progression • Renewable energy • Design thinking • System control philosophy • Business storytelling
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Anastasia Travaglione Maria Vazquez Kate Vinot HEAD OF COMMERCIAL, SERVICE SENIOR RENEWABLE ENERGY MANAGING DIRECTOR OPERATIONS ENGINEER AGEOS CONSULTING SIEMENS GAMESA WSP
Anastasia leads commercial work Maria joined WSP in December A compelling public speaker, for Australia and New Zealand 2017. Maria’s career in the Kate shares her insight in driving Service Operations in Siemens renewable energy sector started in change through 25 years in Gamesa Renewable Energy. 2008 after completing her Masters leadership roles in sustainability in Renewable Energy Engineering and climate change across the Having worked in the energy in Edinburgh. Since then, she water, energy, manufacturing industry for almost a decade she has worked with market-leading and resources sectors and in now focuses on bringing together developers, consultants and a wind local government. Financial Control and Operational turbine manufacturer in the UK Excellence; planning, developing and Australia. Kate has guided the delivery of and implementing commercial award-winning renewable energy service strategies; and supporting She has worked across a range of initiatives such as the Melbourne business and clients in their global markets including Europe, Renewable Energy Project, the sustainability and growth. Africa, India and Asia Pacific on 100 per cent renewable-powered the development, construction Tumut pulp mill and South East CPA Associate, Anastasia holds a and operation of large-scale Water’s in-line mini-hydro facilities. BA (Jurisprudence) and a Master wind and solar farms. She is Her current roles include General of Business Administration. experienced in providing solar Manager, Energy and Resources at and wind resource and energy the Bureau of Meteorology, where yield assessment, technical due she brings the nation’s best data diligence, performance evaluation to help customers solve climate and inspections during the and weather-related challenges; construction and operation stages. Chair of Zoos Victoria and a Board Member of Parks Victoria.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Renewable energy • Leadership • Innovation • Gender diversity • Innovation • Renewable energy • Career progression • Energy transformation • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Career progression • Career progression • Stakeholder engagement • Environment • Communications
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Rachel Watson Dr Winnie Waudo Megan Wheatley CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER STRATEGY MANAGER - ENERGY MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS AND PACIFIC HYDRO DECON TECHNOLOGIES EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SENVION
Rachel is the Chief Executive Winnie is the Strategy Manager- Megan has been working in the Officer for Pacific Hydro, with Energy at Decon Technologies. Her clean energy sector for over two responsibility for the company’s department is a premier provider decades. businesses in Australia, Chile and of energy management and Brazil. Prior to this appointment, renewable energy technologies. She currently manages she was the GM Australia with Winnie has over 10 years’ communications and external responsibility for Pacific Hydro’s experience as a renewable energy affairs at Senvion Australia. Prior Australian project portfolio. Prior analyst within academia and to this, Megan was Head of Policy roles at Pacific Hydro include GM the non- governmental and for the UK Business Council for Group Services, with responsibility private sectors. Sustainable Energy in London. at a group level for human resources, external affairs, health Prior to joining Decon, she was Megan’s career in renewables and safety, legal and technical CEO at PlugIn an energy start- began in the Victorian engineering, and in the Australian up in Nairobi, Kenya. Charged Government, where she led the business for wholesale energy with ideation, business strategy development of the Victorian markets. and leadership, Winnie led PlugIn Wind Atlas and the black balloons when it won the World Bank’s energy saving campaign. She Rachel Watson joined Pacific Negawatt Challenge, Young also contributed to key policy Hydro in April 2006 as Corporate Innovators Award - United Nations initiatives, including the Victorian Lawyer. Rachel has been a director Development Program (UNDP), Wind Energy Planning Guidelines. of the Clean Energy Council since Global Entrepreneurship Summit late 2014 and she currently chairs (GES) and was nominated for Megan is a Board member of the Board of the CEC. several other awards across Africa. the Clean Energy Council and a member of the Monash Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Innovation • Innovation • Renewable energy • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Gender diversity • Career progression • Career progression • Communications
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Emma White Jo Witters Luoluo Zhou POLICY ADVISER STRATEGIC ENERGY CHINESE INVESTMENT MANAGER ERM POWER MARKET LEADER GHD
ERM Power is an Australian energy Jo is an energy market leader with Luoluo is Chinese Investment company operating electricity 20 years experience in energy Manager of GHD. She manages sales, generation and energy markets and regulatory policy, a portfolio of Chinese business solutions businesses. As a Policy both domestically and offshore. clients whose majority direct Adviser, Emma supports ERM Over the past decade, Jo has investments to Australia are in Power to create leading, risk- held executive roles at the system Energy and Resource sector, managed responses to Australia’s operator here in Australia (AEMO), especially in renewable industry evolving energy market, policies leading diverse functions including recently. and regulatory environment. business strategy, regulatory policy and people and culture. With electrical engineering, She draws upon her experience in automation and artificial the energy sector with the Clean intelligence background, Luoluo Prior to living in Australia, Jo Energy Council and the National has previously worked as a held leadership roles with the UK Wind Farm Commissioner. From Product Manager and a Business energy regulator (the Office of Gas her time in energy policy, Emma Development team leader at and Electricity Markets - Ofgem), brings a deep understanding of SIEMENS. She has over ten years Australia’s transitioning energy and roles at the system operator, of experience working in mainland markets, energy management Transpower, and in consultancy in China. solutions, renewable industry her native New Zealand. and best practice in Australia’s burgeoning wind industry.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Leadership • Leadership • Innovation • Innovation • Innovation • Energy storage • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Career progression • Gender diversity • Technology • Career progression
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Lisa Zembrodt DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS - ENERGY MARKETS SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Lisa leads Schneider Electric’s Markets and Strategy teams in the Energy and Sustainability Services division in Australia. She is passionate about leading clients on the journey from passive to active energy management, reducing clients’ costs and improving their sustainability.
Lisa came to Schneider Electric from Ernst & Young in 2006 to forecast global energy markets, contributing frequently to Bloomberg, Dow Jones and industry journals. She has also contributed live to MSNBC as an expert in gas markets. She is an Energy Risk Professional, certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals, and sits on the Energy Users’ Association of Australia Electricity Committee.
INTERESTS • Traditional energy • Renewable energy
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Naomi Boxall Lucile Bourget Gina Dodd RESEARCH SCIENTIST CONSULTANT PRINCIPAL ENGINEER COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC DUPONT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS COLLGAR WIND FARM AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CSIRO)
Naomi is a research scientist Lucile experienced fast growing Gina is the Principal Engineer of at CSIRO Land and Water with beginnings in the solar PV industry Collgar Wind Farm. She is from more than ten years’ experience in France where she delivered the Philippines and received full in mining, waste treatment and €18 million of grid connected scholarships for her degrees at resource recovery from strategic and off-grid commercial EPC Mindanao State University (BSc wastes such as electronic, mine projects. She then built Tenesol Electrical Engineering, 1991) and industrial wastes. Naomi business in Australia from nothing and Murdoch University (MSc completed her PhD in Industrial to $300,000 in the first 12 months Renewable Energy Technology, Biotechnology in 2012 at the and was awarded the Best French 2001). She is a Fellow and University of Western Australia. Young Entrepreneur in Australia in Chartered Professional Engineer 2011. of the Institution of Engineers, After working as an environmental Australia. consultant in acid sulfate soils Wanting to create change from and contaminated sites, Naomi the inside, she led significant Having worked predominantly returned to CSIRO to research cultural improvements across the in male dominated resource and innovative ways to recover metals vast male dominated operational and other value from lithium- workforce of a WA Power Utility. energy projects located in Asia ion battery wastes and other This led her to operational Pacific, Middle East and Africa, electronic wastes. Her areas management consulting, where she has a wide range of electrical of expertise are industrial and she now enjoys helping clients and renewable energy expertise, environmental biotechnology, reduce their environmental impact gained in diverse workplaces the treatment of industrial at a bigger scale. in a span of 25 years. She also wastes and resource recovery, mentored engineering students remediation of contaminated sites, and co-workers. process design, development and optimisation, techno-economic assessment and waste accounting and futures.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Environment • Leadership • Leadership • Science • Innovation • Innovation • Environmental biotechnology • Energy transformation • Renewable energy • Urban mining • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Resource recovery • Gender diversity • Career progression • Environment • Technology
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Tristy Fairfield Kelli Friar Dr Jemma Green NEW PROJECTS AND STAKEHOLDER DIRECTOR STRATEGIC PROJECTS CHAIRMAN ENGAGEMENT HORIZON POWER POWER LEDGER CARNEGIE CLEAN ENERGY
Tristy’s role at Carnegie Clean Kelli is currently working for Setting her career trajectory early Energy is to identify strategic Horizon Power, leading the design on, Dr Green became the voice growth opportunities and delivery blueprint development. Design of sustainability and corporate pathways, track and participate blueprints set the roadmap for social responsibility in the business in electricity sector policy and transitioning Horizon Power towns of big money lending while at regulatory reform and liaise into highly distributed renewable J.P. Morgan in London. She then with stakeholders on project energy networks by determining went on to complete a PhD in development and policy matters. which technologies, customer electricity market disruption In the electricity sector, Tristy’s products and business models will and become a research fellow experience ranges across retail, be required for this new future. at Curtin University, helped set networks and generation, in both In her career, Kelli has worked up Australia’s first fossil fuel free policy and project roles. She has extensively in the strategy and pension fund. particular interest in regulatory business development space and reform, community co-investment specialises in change management, opportunities and developing cross-functional engagement and strategic alliances to deliver collaboration. complex projects. Kelli has over 30 years’ experience As a renewable energy, climate in the energy industry spanning change and sustainability both downstream oil refining professional, Tristy has more than and the electricity generation/ 15 years’ policy, strategy and distribution sectors. project experience across the corporate, government and not- for-profit sectors.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Innovation • Leadership • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Innovation • Renewable energy • Traditional energy • Energy storage • Gender diversity • Renewable energy • Energy transformation • Career progression • Career progression • Renewable energy • Environment • Gender diversity • Regulation • Environment • Off-grid systems • Technology • Community (particularly indigenous co-investment) • Community engagement
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Caroline Lindsey Caren McLaren Beth Morris PARTNER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ENGINEERING CONSULTANT ASHURST POWER LEDGER HFM ASSET MANAGEMENT
Caroline is a Partner at law Caren is an experienced Business In her current role Beth works firm Ashurst, based in Perth, Development and Sales Executive with clients across the property focusing on the energy industry. who has been working in the industry to deliver improved She advises utilities, other Energy Industry in Western energy and water performance. industry participants, investors Australia for the past 18 years with She is an accredited NABERS and and government on energy significant frontline experience. CBD Assessor and is qualified in (including renewables) projects, She has served in a number of Electrical Engineering (Renewable transactional and commercial senior roles over this time working Energy and Electrical Power) and matters (including offtake, grid with and for all main retailers Sustainable Energy Management. access, transportation, trading including Western Power, Synergy, She has also completed a Diploma and supply), as well as energy and Alinta Energy and Perth Energy. of Building Services – HVAC&R. climate change regulation. Caren’s focus has always been Beth has an in-depth knowledge Caroline has a particular interest helping customers take control of of electrical and renewable in advising clients on renewable their energy and assist with their energy systems in the built energy projects in Western supply mix while intelligently and environment and specialises in Australia, where she has advised innovatively managing their usage energy efficiency, renewable on solar, battery, wind and waste- and renewable portfolios. energy feasibility, performance to-energy projects. Caroline’s monitoring, metering and lighting. career experience includes over five years of practice in London.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Energy storage • Energy transformation • Energy storage • Energy transformation • Traditional energy • Renewable energy • Traditional energy • Renewable energy • Built environment • Renewable energy • Gender diversity • Career progression
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Kirsten Rose Jessica Seares Genevieve Simpson HEAD OF LOW EMISSIONS MANAGER - REMOTE COMMUNITIES GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HORIZON POWER / HONORARY RESEARCH FELLOW PARTNERSHIPS WESTERN POWER / UNIVERSITY BHP OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Kirsten is BHP’s Head of Low Jessica is an experienced utility Genevieve is passionate about Emissions Technology, with global professional with over 15 years’ understanding the transition of responsibility for developing and experience in the public and the electricity industry towards deploying sustainable technology private sector. Exploring the a de-carbonised future. Her solutions across all of BHP’s assets challenges of water management, previous research, which has been to drive material improvements in utility regulation and policy setting published internationally, examined greenhouse gas emissions, energy during some of Australia and the the tools that governments can and water use. UK’s worst ever droughts, Jessica use to promote this transition and is highly skilled at bringing teams what the use of these tools may Prior to joining BHP, Kirsten was and organisations together to mean for industry and community the WA State Manager for the troubleshoot wicked problems. members. Australian Institute of Company During the last three years, Jessica Directors and the CEO of the has explored in-depth essential Her experience in energy policy, Sustainable Energy Association. service delivery to remote from working in a government Kirsten supports the innovation communities. energy policy agency to being ecosystem through non-executive government relations manager in director and advisory board She currently heads up Horizon a state-owned energy utility, has roles, and is a member of CSIRO’s Power’s portfolio of services into seen her develop an appreciation Energy Advisory Committee remote Aboriginal communities for what is required for the success and CEDA’s WA State Advisory and is exploring how solar PV of any ambitious energy policy. Council. and battery technologies can deliver reliable, affordable energy Genevieve enjoys presenting to a solutions. varied audience and is comfortable explaining complex ideas in easy- to-understand ways.
INTERESTS INTERESTS INTERESTS • Innovation • Leadership • Energy transformation • Energy transformation • Innovation • Energy policy • Gender diversity • Energy transformation • Career progression • Renewable energy • Environment • Water management • Technology • Emissions reduction
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