Program Speakers 







Alison Dodd | Partner
HSF


Alison is a partner in Herbert Smith Freehills’ Projects, Energy and Infrastructure Group. She specialises in advising sponsors and financiers in relation to the construction and project delivery of clean energy projects. Alison has advised in relation to a wide range of project technologies (including batteries, onshore and offshore wind, solar, hydro, hydrogen and SAF projects) across Australia, Africa and Europe.








Amelia Rahman | Executive Director Energy & Resources
NAB


Amelia Rahman is an Executive Director with the National Australia Bank with over 20 years’ experience covering Energy, Resources and Infrastructure. She has worked on a range of domestic and international transactions across Australia, UK/Europe, US and Asia as a financier and within a corporate in a restructuring and business development capacity.





Andrew Richards | CEO 
Energy Users Association of Australia 

Andrew has over 30 years of energy industry and infrastructure development experience having held a variety of senior management roles in the areas of sales and marketing, public and stakeholder relations, media and communications, strategic planning, policy development, stakeholder engagement and political advocacy.

For the last 9 years Andrew has been Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA).  The EUAA is the peak national body representing Australian commercial and industrial electricity and gas users.   EUAA membership covers a broad cross-section of the Australian economy including significant retail, manufacturing, mining, materials and food processing industries.  

Under his leadership the EUAA has positioned itself as a highly respected thought leader and advisor to energy industry players, regulators and governments and is recognised by these stakeholders as a strong advocate for energy users.  

Immediately prior to his current role at the EUAA, Andrew spent 15 years in the renewable energy industry as Head of External Affairs at one of Australia’s first renewable energy companies, Pacific hydro.  Andrew was a founding director of the Clean Energy Council having been Chair of the Australian Wind Energy Association and Deputy Chair of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy.






Anita Stadler | Partner 
ERM Energetics  

Anita has 30 years’ experience in strategic management consulting, banking and renewable electricity contracting. She led the development of Energetics’ corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) advisory service line, establishing a market leading reputation with ERM Energetics commanding ~25% of the off-site corporate renewable contracting market in the National Electricity Market since 2017 (GWh offtake procured by our clients). 

Leveraging her knowledge of the energy markets, Anita also advises renewable electricity generators on the development of structured products, considering portfolio constructs and risk management approaches to deliver market leading value propositions. She also works with investors in the renewable energy sector on market entry strategies and has supported numerous M&A transactions In Australia. 





Anna Engwerda-Smith | Executive Director, Policy and Research

IFM Investors

Anna is Executive Director of Policy and Research at IFM Investors, a global asset manager owned by pension funds. She leads on public policy analysis, advice and strategy, working with colleagues in Australia and across the world to position IFM and superannuation capital as partners of governments in infrastructure, clean energy and other investment opportunities. 

Previously, she worked for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Australian Embassy in Washington DC and the House of Representatives in the Parliament of Australia, among others. She has masters degrees in public policy from Princeton University in the US and the Australian National University.

 




Anna Freeman | GM, Advocacy and Investment

Clean Energy Council

Anna is General Manager – Advocacy and Investment at the Clean Energy Council – Australia’s peak body for the renewable energy sector, which represents around 1,000 member organisations working across solar, wind, hydro, energy storage and green hydrogen. Anna is responsible for promoting the growth of clean energy investment in Australia and the development of emerging clean energy growth markets as part of the global race to net zero and Australia’s economic transformation.  

Anna has been deeply engaged in energy and climate policy for 20 years, working as Public Affairs Director for two national climate change reviews on behalf of the Australian and state governments (the Garnaut Reviews in 2008 and 2011), and as an adviser to the Climate Change Authority.  She has also held private sector roles in mining, infrastructure and media.

 






Anthony Fowler | CEO
Tilt Renewables    

Anthony is an experienced energy executive with over 25 years in the sector.  

Prior to joining Tilt Renewables, Anthony was the Chief Executive Officer of Lochard Energy, a leading midstream energy infrastructure business owned by some of Australia’s most prominent infrastructure investors. Previous roles include as the Group Executive at AGL responsible for Australia’s largest generation portfolio, energy trading and commercial and industrial retail.  

Anthony has a Bachelor of Science (honours), Masters in Applied Finance and is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program.



Anthony Garnaut | Chief Executive Officer

ZEN Energy Pty Ltd

As CEO of ZEN Energy, Anthony Garnaut is challenging the organisation to accelerate Australia’s energy transformation. As this epochal change progresses, Anthony and his team will continue to drive a reset in the way individuals and organisations think about, produce, and consume energy in the zero-carbon world.

ZEN is Australia’s first energy company to have a near-term science-based emissions reduction target in line with limiting global warming to 1.5° C. ZEN has contracted renewable energy and environmental certificates from a significant portfolio of solar and wind farms and is actively growing its firmed renewable energy supply. ZEN’s key customers include the South Australian Government, Bunnings in Victoria and South Australia, CSIRO’s sites in New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital
Territory and the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) which comprises twenty-five councils in New South Wales, four of them in the top ten by size.

Anthony's passion, knowledge and experience in the renewable energy market is extensive. Known for his acute observations, critical analysis, and bold decisions, he is
respected for both his tenacity and ability to question the status quo. His focus is on harnessing technologies and leveraging financial instruments to ensure clean and green
energy is affordable, reliable, and sustainable.

Anthony is leading ZEN to establish new and innovative partnerships to accelerate the energy and utility sector’s transition to 100% renewable. He recognises that every development in energy carries with it a social impact and is passionate about leveraging this transition to also address financial, health and social inequalities.

Under his leadership, ZEN’s national footprint of customers, energy and asset portfolio has grown significantly. In the 5 years since ZEN obtained their electricity retail license,
they have brought together a community of sustainability driven customers (governments, businesses and industries), renewable energy suppliers and capital partners.

Anthony has had a diverse career including being responsible for the development and oversight of major projects and strategic partnerships at Colonial First State
funds management with a focus on investment advisory to Australian companies investing in Australia, a Lecturer and Research Fellow in Chinese History at Oxford University History and the University of Melbourne.

Anthony’s doctorate was on the life of the Muslim religious leader Ma Yuanzhang (1853–1920), read under Geremie Barmé at the Division of Pacific and Asian History, The Australian National University.

 






Cameron Sheild | Strategic Risk Advisor 
Lockton

Cameron has more than 35 years’ insurance industry experience including 25 years of international brokering experience, having worked in various roles in five countries. Cameron has been involved in major energy, construction, power & infrastructure projects, including hands on in dealing with clients from major power stations (both project and operational – coal & gas fired), energy (Up, Mid and Down Stream) through to renewables (solar, wind & BESS).






Chad Hymas | CEO

Aula Energy Holdings Pty Limited 

Chad is the founding CEO of Aula Energy, a Macquarie Asset Management portfolio company headquartered in Australia and focused on building an onshore renewable energy business.  Chad joined Macquarie in March 2023, working with the Green Investments team to establish Aula Energy which was officially launched in November 2023.  Aula Energy announced its flagship project Boulder Creek Wind Farm, reaching financial close in partnership with CS Energy in October 2024.  

Chad has more than 24 years of experience in the energy industry across strategy, growth, regulation, operations, safety, and finance.  Prior to joining Aula Energy, Chad led strategic market and business development, innovation, and all aspects of growth in existing and emerging markets for AusNet, where his portfolio included advocacy, government relations and development policy.




Chris Macalpine | Investment Manager - Energy Transition

HMC Capital

Chris has 10 years experience in energy, corporate finance advisory and investing.

Chris joined HMC capital in early 2024 and is currently Investment Manager, Energy Transition. Chris is focused on establishing HMC’s Energy Transition Platform- a unique strategy in the Australian energy investing landscape with a focus on building the real assets required to drive Australia’s energy transition. Since joining Chris has led the acquisition of the HMC Energy Transition Platform seed assets- StorEnergy (a top 10 BESS developer and owner in the NEM), Neoen Victoria portfolio (a top 10 wind/solar/BESS operational portfolio in the NEM) and a strategic investment into Green Gravity (a novel LDES technology developer). The Platform is already a leading clean energy owner and operator in Australia.

Prior to HMC, Chris was most recently a Senior Manager in QIC’s Global Infrastructure team, where he was primarily involved in the asset management of Tilt Renewables (one of Australia’s largest renewable energy businesses) as well as origination efforts across the energy, utilities and digital sectors. Before this, Chris was in J.P. Morgan’s Investment Banking Division, covering Energy & Utilities clients around the Asia-Pacific region.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the University of Sydney.

 





Christiaan Zuur | Director Market | Grid and Investment

Clean Energy Council

Christiaan is the GM, Marketing Operations & Grid and project leader working on the transition to a decarbonised grid. Christiaan’s work is about facilitating new investment in renewables and improving outcomes for renewable generation and storage businesses. 

He is currently focussed on improving the connections process, promoting energy storage, developing new system security services, and exploring ways to improve the NEM process for transmission investment. Christiaan’s role is focussed on regulatory advice and public policy advocacy. With a large and growing network, he fosters collaboration and the supply of the right information when and where it’s needed.

 




Darren Brown | Co MD Renewables

Octopus Investments

Darren brings over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, specialising in energy infrastructure across acquisition, development, and operations. His career spans leading roles in energy and infrastructure companies across renewables, transmission and oil & gas.  

Over his career Darren has been instrumental in enabling over $2 billion of renewable energy assets. Darren sits across the whole asset life cycle from origination through to operations at Octopus with a strong focus on expanding the company’s portfolio of wind, solar, battery, and hybrid assets. Since joining Octopus in 2020, Darren has led the significant acquisitions of Dulacca Wind Farm and Darlington Point Solar Farm, which are now both part of Octopus’ growing portfolio and enabled fundraising of $900m for our flagship OASIS fund.

 






Dennis Freedman | Managing Director ANZ
Aquila Clean Energy 

Dennis Freedman is the Managing Director ANZ for Aquila Clean Energy. The Aquila Group has over AUD$20b of renewable assets across 17 countries. Aquila Clean Energy has a pipeline of over 3GW in wind, solar, BESS and hybrids across Australia and New Zealand.

Dennis has more than 17 years of Australian energy experience across renewable generation and electricity transmission.

Dennis is a Board member of the Clean Energy Council.







Edward Consett | Managing Director

Alvarez & Marsal

Edward Consett is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Melbourne and leads the firm's Infrastructure Tax team in Australia. He specialises in the planning and execution of core, core plus and value add infrastructure transactions and major projects, with a particular focus on the investments required to effect Australia’s energy transition.

 






Elena Olevanova | Executive Director - Infrastructure & Energy Finance
Natixis CIB Australia

Executive Director at Natixis, Infrastructure and Energy Finance team. With more than 15 years of experience in financial services and corporate and investment banking, Elena has supported growth in the Energy sector across Australia, APAC, Europe, and US.



Fahmi Hosain | Chief Risk Officer 
Future Group

Fahmi Hosain is the Chief Risk Officer of Future Group – one of the fastest growing superannuation businesses in Australia.  Future Group’s mission is to change the planet today to secure a better future by using the power of money to invest ethically and sustainably, while advocating for a future worth retiring into.  In the 10 years of its operation, Future Group has grown to over $15bn in funds under management and advice with over 300k members.  His responsibilities include leading Future Group's regulatory and political engagement, with a particular focus on contributing to the evolution of the superannuation sector to better support ethical and sustainable investment strategies.  Fahmi was a member of Federal Treasury’s Technical Working Group, which was established to advise the Government on refinements to the Your Future, Your Super Performance Test settings.

Fahmi has worked in financial services for over 25 years.  17 of these years were spent at APRA, where he was APRA’s inaugural Head of Governance, Culture & Remuneration. In this role he was responsible for establishing and leading the development of APRA’s approach, supervisory practices, and industry engagement on these interrelated topics. During his time at APRA, he was also responsible for leading teams that supervised entities across the superannuation, banking and insurance sectors.  Between 2012 and 2014 Fahmi had a senior policy development role where he led the team that created APRA’s cross-industry risk management prudential standard CPS 220, as well as APRA’s conglomerate supervision framework. Fahmi was a member of the Financial Stability Board’s Working Group on Corporate Governance and has assisted the International Monetary Fund as a Technical Expert on conglomerate and pension fund supervision, which involved participating in missions to advise foreign governments. 

Fahmi has a Bachelor of Economics from the Australian National University as well as a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investments from the Securities Institute of Australia.





Jørn Hammer | CEO
Copenhagen Infrastructure Service Company Pty Ltd    

Jørn Hammer is a Partner at global renewable energy investment leader - Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) - based in Melbourne. He leads CIP’s Australian and New Zealand investment and development portfolio. 

Jørn has nearly 30 years’ of experience in energy across several sectors including international renewable investment and development, supply chain opportunities and setting up operations in new markets.  

His extensive experience working on the clean energy transition includes executive roles at global wind turbine supplier Vestas, serving on the Clean Energy Council’s board for a decade and leading capital raises for large-scale renewable investments.  

At CIP, Jørn is responsible for a development pipeline of large-scale clean energy totalling more than 30GW. He leads a team focused on securing future energy needs through investment in offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, pumped hydro, battery storage and green hydrogen.  

Jørn is a Marine Engineer with leadership qualifications from INSEAD and IMD and is passionate about accelerating the energy transition.





Kim McEwan | Head of Casualty Underwriting

AXA XL

Kim is Head of Casualty and Environmental Impairment Liability for AXA XL, Kim spent 15 years in the London market specializing in complex, multinational and energy risks. 

Relocating to Australia, Kim joined what was formerly AXA Corporate Solutions in Australia in 2016 to establish a local Casualty portfolio. She has been a lead underwriter across all energy sectors including renewables and is recognized for her underwriting expertise in the industry and long-term partnerships with her client base.

 





Karen Gould | Managing Director 
Palisade 

Karen is a board member and Managing Director of Palisade, one of Australia’s largest renewable energy investors with a portfolio of nearly 1.5GW of operating wind and solar farms across Australia. Karen has extensive experience in financing and developing renewables projects. She was previously an Associate Director with Macquarie Bank in London where she invested in global renewables projects. 

Prior to this, she was a renewables and climate change lawyer with Baker & McKenzie, a senior policymaker and UN climate change negotiator with the Australian Government, and an engineer with CH2M Hill. Karen is a director on several boards including the Clean Energy Council, Intera Renewables, Granville Harbour Wind Farm and Life Education NSW. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Honours) and Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (1st Class Honours) from the University of Sydney, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.






Lachlan Creswell | Head of MAM Green Investments, ANZ
Macquarie

Lachlan is based Macquarie’s Melbourne office and is head of Macquarie Asset Management Green Investments in ANZ.  . During his career at Macquarie Lachlan has worked on advisory and investment transactions in 17 countries, based out of Sydney, London, New York, Mexico City and Melbourne, and has completed transactions over 9,500MW of renewable energy generation assets.  He is currently responsible for managing MAM Green Investments’ Australian operations, is a director of MAM Green Investments’ Aula Energy and Vibrant Energy businesses, and is a member of MAM Green Investments' global leadership team.





Laura Caspari | Managing Director 
ENGIE Renewables Australia 

Laura Caspari is ENGIE Australia’s Chief Renewables Officer & Managing Director. In this role she is responsible for leading ENGIE’s renewables business in Australia. 

Previously Laura was ENGIE North America’s Renewables Senior Vice President of Power Marketing and Commercial Strategy, leading ENGIE’s commercial teams in the U.S. and Canada. Laura’s team signed an industry leading 1.2GW of renewables PPAs in 2023. In 2022-2023 she was responsible for acquisitions of more than 10GW of renewables. Laura was featured in both the 2021 and 2022 “Top 100 North American Power List” by A Word About Wind.






Leonard Quong | Head of Australia Research, Energy Transition and Trade

Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Leonard Quong is the Head of Australian Research, Energy Transition and Trade at BloombergNEF where he leads a team of experts examining the future of energy, transport and industry. 

Leonard joined BloombergNEF in 2013 where he has since published over 100 research papers covering technology, investment, economics and policy. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honours in photovoltaic and solar energy engineering from the University of New South Wales.

 






Matthew Warren | General Manager of Corporate Affairs
LMS Energy

Matthew Warren is GM Corporate Affairs at LMS Energy. Previous roles included Chief Executive of the Australian Energy Council, the Energy Supply Association of Australia and the Clean Energy Council. He was also the environment writer for The Australian and has worked for the New South Wales Minerals Council. A professional journalist and economist, until recently he was a regular contributor on energy policy and climate change for the Australian Financial Review and is author of Walkley nominated book "Blackout – How is Australia running out of energy?"






Megan Ward | Head of Origination and Corporate Affairs
NEOEN

As Neoen's Head of Origination and Corporate Affairs, Megan oversees the company's contracting strategy and leads engagement on regulatory and policy matters.

With 15 years of experience in the energy sector, she has worked across large-scale renewable project development, policy analysis, and implementation. Notably, she held several senior roles within the ACT Government prior to joining Neoen, including managing the Territory's pioneering reverse auction program.

 





Monique Miller | Chief Investment Officer - Renewables
and Sustainable Finance
CEFC  

Ms Miller leads the CEFC team responsible for the origination and execution of investments in renewables and sustainable finance, overseeing transactions in the areas of renewable energy, storage and debt markets. This includes the $1 billion Household Energy Upgrades Fund™. Ms Miller has more than 20 years’ experience in clean energy and environmental finance. 

Prior to joining the CEFC, Ms Miller worked at Macquarie Bank and Baker McKenzie in Sydney and London, with extensive experience in renewables and carbon investment and structuring, international emissions trading and policy advice. Ms Miller holds a Bachelor of Arts/Law degree with Honours from the Australian National University and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. 



Rebecca Mikula-Wright | CEO

Investor Group on Climate Change

Rebecca is the Chief Executive Officer of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). She sits on the Steering Committees for Climate Action 100+, the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and the Investor Agenda, as well as the Executive Committee for the Paris Aligned Asset Owners. Rebecca has worked in climate change, sustainability and investment banking for over 20 years in Hong Kong, Europe and Australia.

Rebecca started her career in investment banking working in equity research, credit analysis, commodities and derivatives for groups such as Nomura Securities, BlackRock, Exxon Mobil and JPMorgan. Involvement in early corporate sustainability programs in many of her roles was thecatalyst to move into the nascent sustainable finance and investment field in Asia where she led ASrIA (Assoc. for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia) in Hong Kong.

She is a Board member of Wildlife Conservation International – the umbrella organisation of The Orangutan Project, International Elephant Project and the International Tiger Project, focused on animal and environmental conservation in Indonesia. Rebecca has a BA (Asian Studies/Commerce), Dip. Business Administration and speaks conversational Japanese, French and Czech.

 



Robin Dutta | Head of Infrastructure, Project & Export Finance
ANZ Banking Group Limited 

As part of ANZ’s Project & Export Finance business, Robin leads ANZ’s infrastructure financing team which supports client investment across energy, transportation and social infrastructure in Australia. His team plays a key role in support of ANZ’s goal to fund and facilitate at least $100 billion by 2030 in social and environmental outcomes through customer activities and direct investments. The target includes initiatives that help lower carbon emissions, protect nature and biodiversity, increase access to affordable housing and promote financial wellbeing. 

Prior this role, Robin led ANZ’s Loan Syndications business for Australia as part of which he was responsible for the arranging, underwriting and distribution of syndicated loans for ANZ’s Institutional business in Australia, supporting its activities across corporate unsecured loans, leverage / acquisition finance and project finance.    

Robin joined ANZ in 2009 prior to which he held roles with Citi and UBS across project finance and leverage/acquisition finance in Sydney and New York. 

Robin graduated from UNSW with a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Chartered Accountant.




Scott Bolton | EVP of Global Policies and Regulatory Affairs

Hydrostor

Scott Bolton is an executive leader with over 25 years of experience in the energy and utilities industries, specializing in public policy, regulatory affairs, physical asset and market-based solutions, external relations, and coalition-building to drive results. His expertise and passion lie in advancing energy storage solutions for a cleaner and more reliable grid.

As the Executive Vice President of Global Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Hydrostor, Scott leads the company's policy and regulatory strategy across various markets and jurisdictions. He collaborates with a diverse team of experts and stakeholders to advocate for the adoption of Hydrostor's Advanced-Compressed Air Energy Storage technology. This innovative solution enables the integration of renewable energy sources, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthens grid reliability and resilience.

 




Simon Corbell | Non-Executive Director and Board Chair

SEC

Simon Corbell has extensive experience in renewable energy investment, policy and regulation and climate change policy and adaptation, most recently as Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Clean Energy Investor Group.  Simon has served in a range of energy and climate advisory and consulting roles in the private and public sectors.. He is an advisory board member with the Battery Grid and Storage Integration Program at the Australian National University and recently served as a member of the expert advisory panel for the NSW Electricity Supply and Reliability Check Up. He has previously held the positions of Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra and as Honorary Associate Professor at the ANU Energy Change Institute.

Mr Corbell has also held roles as renewable energy advocate with the Victorian government; member of the Green Building Council of Australia's Green Star Advisory Committee and Chair of the Business Renewables Centre Australia Technical Advisory Panel.  Simon was previously  Deputy Chief Minister, Attorney General and Minister for Energy, Climate Change and the Environment in the ACT Government

 





Sophie Fitzpatrick | Vice President Public Affairs
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Sophie is Vice President of Public Affairs at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) – the world’s largest dedicated investor in greenfield renewable energy infrastructure. She is responsible for politically de-risking CIP’s pipeline of clean energy projects across Australia and New Zealand. CIP’s investments include onshore and offshore wind, green hydrogen and battery storage. 

Sophie has more than a decade of experience engaging and communicating with a diverse range of communities and stakeholders. She has worked for the Victorian Government delivering large-scale transport projects, as a management consultant and led reputation and issues management for an ASX-listed global tech company. Sophie specialises in the planning and delivery of multi-billion-dollar clean energy and transport infrastructure projects and is passionate about creating value for future generations.




Stan Kaluwin | Principal

Aurecon

Stan is a Principle at Aurecon and leads the Queensland Decarbonisation Business within Aurecon Advisory. Stan has over 18 years of engineering experience with a focus on the development and the commercialisation of energy infrastructure. Stan brings a deep wealth of technical, commercial and market knowledge across a broad range of energy technologies and procurement methods, and is focused on helping shape his clients’ energy transition, future resilience and adaptation pathway. 


Since joining Aurecon in 2018, Stan has advised and helped both Government and Private sector clients procure and sell over 25GWs of energy projects and assets. He is a trusted advisor to Stanwell, CleanCo, CS Energy, Rio Tinto Energy Development and Powerlink and has been relied upon to help inform how value can be created through the energy transition for his clients and their stakeholders.

 




Tim Nelson | Chair 
NEM Review

Tim is the Chair of the Independent Review of the NEM. The Review will provide actionable recommendations to Energy Ministers in late 2025. Prior to this role, Tim was the Executive General Manager, Energy Markets at Iberdrola Australia. In this role, Tim lead the wholesale and retail energy markets functions. He also lead business development for firming and smart solutions. Tim joined Iberdrola Australia in March 2020 from the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC). Up until November 2018, Tim was the Chief Economist of AGL Energy.

He is also a Climate Councillor, a member of the Westpac Stakeholder Advisory Council, an advisory board member for My Net Zero and is on the Research Committee for the Centre for Policy Development.  

Tim is an Associate Professor at Griffith University and is widely published in Australian and international peer-reviewed journals. He holds a PhD in economics for which he earned a Chancellors Doctoral Research Medal and a first-class honours degree in economics. Tim is also a fellow of the Governance Institute (FGIA FCG CS CGP) and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).






Weijie Mak | Head of Australia

Aurora Energy Research

Weijie heads the Australian office of Aurora Energy Research, and has close to a decade of experience in energy market modelling and advising clients across policy makers, utilities, financial institutions and developers in Australia and Europe. 

Prior to joining the Australian office, Weijie was the head of research for North West Europe. Weijie holds a MPHil. Economics from Cambridge University, and a BSc. (Hons) Economics and Econometrics from the University of Nottingham, where he was awarded the School Prize in Economics.

 




Werther Esposito | CEO

Potentia Energy

Leading Potentia Energy (previously Enel Green Power Australia) since January 2021, Werther is a senior executive with extensive experience across the renewables sector. Werther joined Enel Group in 2010 working across international mergers and acquisitions, leading EGP’s business development across North Africa and the Middle East and then as Managing Director for EGP in Morocco. 

Prior to joining Enel Group, Werther held roles within the Italian public and private sectors, focussed on business development, as well as the United Nations.Werther is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, with  a Master of Business Administration (Executive) from Bocconi Business School of Management and extensive post graduate qualifications focussed on corporate finance, renewable energy, and sustainable development, across Harvard Kennedy and Columbia Business Schools. Werther also has a Bachelor of International Relations from the University of Trieste.

 



Zoe Whitton | MD, Head of Strategy and Impact

Pollination

Zoe Whitton is Managing Director, Head of Strategy and Impact at Pollination Group, a specialist climate change investment and advisory firm. Zoe helps companies and investors navigate the impacts of climate change and to build and invest in new businesses and products which take advantage of transition opportunities. She previously led the award-winning APAC ESG Research team at Citi, advising institutional investors globally on climate change and sustainable development. Earlier in her career Zoe covered ESG and climate change at Credit Suisse and at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and served as a youth delegate to the UNFCCC. 

Zoe is the Chair of the Centre for Policy Development, serves on the board of the Investor Group on Climate Change, and is a member of both the Government’s National Hydrogen Strategy Advisory Council and the Expert Advisory Panel for the Federal Powering the Regions Fund.She was previously a member of the ASFI TAG and a member of the Expert Working Group for ASFI’s formation. 

Zoe also sits on the Advisory Council of the Climate Governance Initiative and the Gold Standard Enabling Impact Working Group. Zoe has won numerous awards for her research and work on climate finance and risk, and regularly contributes to the wider conversation on sustainable finance by commentating in the Australian and international press along with various publications.

 


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