Australian Energy Week 2025

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Adrian Kemp

Partner
HoustonKemp

Alex Wonhas

Chief Executive Officer
Ampyr Energy

Alison Reeve

Energy and Climate Change Deputy Program Director
Grattan Institute

Alistair Burke

Chief Operating Officer
Aurora Energy

Andrew Bills

Chief Executive Officer
SA Power Networks

Andrew Linnie

Executive General Manager Distribution
AusNet

Andrew Richards

Chief Executive Officer
Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA)

Andrew Thornton

Executive General Manager Integrated Gas
Origin Energy

Angela Karl

Managing Director, Head of Energy Transition
HMC Capital

Anna Collyer

Chair
Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)

Anna Kositsyna

General Manager Energy, Natural Resources and Public Sectors
SAP Australia

Anthony Fowler

Chief Executive Officer
Tilt Renewables

Ben Potter

Journalist

Brendan French

Chief Executive Officer
Energy Consumers Australia

Brett Redman

Chief Executive Officer
Transgrid

Caitlin Trethewy

Head of Virtual Power Plant Operations | Trading
AGL

Cara Graham

Partner, Power & Utilities
Ernst & Young Australia

Caroline Ottmann

Head of Strategy
AGL

Catherine Wolthuizen

Ombudsman and Chief Executive
Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) (EWOV)

Chang Wang

Research Fellow
Monash University

Chloe Hicks

Executive Director, Strategy and Policy
Energy Corporation of NSW (EnergyCo)

Chrys Chandraraj

Director - Strategy, Regulation and Markets
EDF

Clare Archer

Senior Manager - Operations & Compliance
Nectr

Clare Savage

Chair
Australian Energy Regulator (AER)

Craig Stallan

Executive General Manager
Lumea (Transgrid Group)

Damien Nicks

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
AGL

Dan Adams

Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Amber Electric

Daniel Ziffer

Reporter, ‘The Business’
ABC News

Danielle Beinart

Executive General Manager – Networks & Technical
Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)

David Burns

Resources and Energy Industry Lead for ANZ
Accenture Australia & New Zealand

David Perry

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
BOOM! Power

David Prins

Director
Etrog Consulting

Dean Spaccavento

Chief Executive Officer
Reposit Power

Dennis Noaeen

Associate Director, Rewiring the Nation
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)

Dom van den Berg

Chief Executive Officer
Energy Networks Australia

Domenic Capomolla

Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Blue Australia

Elizabeth Molyneux

Deputy Secretary, Energy
Vic Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)

Emma Fagan

General Manager of Corporate Affairs
Akaysha Energy

Felicity Underhill

Energy Transition and Decarbonisation Expert

Frank Jotzo

Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy; Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions
Australian National University (ANU)

Gavin Currie

Consulting Principal
Leonardo

Gavin Dufty

National Director, Energy policy and Research
National Council St. Vincent Paul Society Australia

Gerard Brody

Chair
Vic Essential Services Commission

Gerard Reilly

General Manager of Customer, Communications and Engagement
Powerlink Queensland

Glenn Springall

GM Renewables & Distributed Energy
Energy Queensland

Gordon Taylor

Executive General Manager of Major Projects
Transgrid

Guy Chalkley

Chief Executive Officer
Endeavour Energy

Hao Wang

Senior Research Fellow, Department of Data Science & AI
Monash University

Heather Smith

Energy Specialist and Community Energy Advocate
Changing Weather

Jacob Mahoney

Chief Revenue Officer
Flow Power

Jad El Sebaaly

Vice President
Powerships Australia

Jai Thomas

Deputy Director General - Coordinator of Energy
Energy Policy WA

James Gerraty

Head Telstra Energy
Telstra

Jana Jevcakova

Senior Advisor, Corporate Governance & Sustainability
Sodali & Co

Janine Young

Ombudsman
Energy & Water Ombudsman NSW

Jean-Marie Verrier

Head of Renewables, Power & Utilities
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Jennifer Hughes

Executive General Manager of Delivery
Transgrid

Jill Cainey

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Erne Energy

Jo De Silva

General Manager Retail Policy
Australian Energy Council

Joel Gilmore

General Manager Energy Policy & Planning
Iberdrola Australia

Jonathan Prendergast

Technical Director
Business Renewables Centre Australia (BRC-A)

Katalin Polus

Head of Customer Marketing
Synergy

Kate Smith

Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company

Kotub Uddin

Chief Engineer
Envision Energy

Krystal Skinner

Executive General Manager Remote Communities
Horizon Power

Libby Dale

Co-Founder
SmartMeasures

Lisa Chiba

Managing Director
Momentum Energy

Liz Westcott

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Australia
Woodside Energy

Louisa Kinnear

Chief Executive Officer
Australian Energy Council

Luke Jenner

Chief Operating Officer
Essential Energy

Lyn Bowring

Executive Director, Consumer, Community, and First Peoples’ Energy Transitions
Vic Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)

Mark Collette

Managing Director
EnergyAustralia

Mark Humphreys

General Manager, Australia
Gentrack

Mark Paterson

Principal
Energy Catalyst

Mark Rees

Chief Technology Officer
Gentrack

Mark Ryall

Executive General Manager Grid Delivery
Transpower (New Zealand)

Mark Sprawson

Chief Commercial Officer
VisNet

Matt Armitage

Director, Energy
Ernst & Young Australia

Matt Cheney

Executive Manager Energy Transition & Sustainability
Western Power

Matt Kean

Chair
Climate Change Authority

Mayur Bhaskar

Managing Director - Utilities Industry Lead for Australia & New Zealand
Accenture Australia & New Zealand

Mekala Krishnan

McKinsey Global Institute Partner
McKinsey & Company (USA)

Melissa Irwin

Chief Data, People and Sustainability Officer
Endeavour Energy

Melissa Perrow

General Manager Energy
Brickworks Building Products

Michael Frangos

Chief Executive Officer
Indigenous Energy Australia (IEA)

Michael Jary

Managing Director, EMEA & APAC
Sense

Mohan Gupta

Vice President, Regional Industry Leader - Utilities, Asia Pacific Japan
SAP (India)

Moragh Mackay

Managing Director
Mycelia Renewables

Natalie Hanna

Energy Market Director
AtkinsRéalis

Peter King

Global Head of Energy Transition and Utilities
Capgemini

Phaedra Deckart

Chief Executive Officer
Solstice Energy

Rachel Watson

Chief Executive Officer
Hydro Tasmania

Rachelle Cooper Kulkarni

Head of Impact and Innovation
Indigenous Energy Australia

Raewyn Moss

Executive General Manager, Customer and External Affairs
Transpower (New Zealand)

Ralph Griffiths

General Manager of Policy and Regulation
AGL

Renate Vogt

General Manager, Regulation
CitiPower, Powercor & United Energy

Richard Wrightson

Chief Executive
Delta Electricity

Rob Wheals

Chief Executive Officer
Squadron Energy

Robert Johansen

Senior Director – Minerals
Private Energy Partners

Rolf Gibbels

Head of Industry Go To Market (GTM), Energy & Utilities
Amazon Web Services (AWS) USA

Ryan Wavish

General Manager Innovation, ENGIE Retail
ENGIE Australia & New Zealand

Sabiene Heindl

Chief Executive Officer
Energy Charter

Sara Taylor

Director - Regulatory and Government Affairs
Hydrostor

Shannon O'Rourke

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Powering Australia

Shreejan Pandey

Director
Monash Energy Institute

Simon Emms

Chief Executive
ElectraNet

Stephanie Unwin

Chief Executive Officer
Horizon Power

Steve Reid

General Manager Regulatory Policy
Origin Energy

Sue Elliott

Operations and Projects Executive
EnergyAustralia

Suzanne Falvi

Executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs
AGL

Suzie Jakobovits

GM Renewable Gas
Jemena

Ted O'Brien

Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy
House of Representatives

Tennant Reed

Director – Climate Change and Energy
Australian Industry Group (Ai Group)

Thorsten Heller

Chief Innovation Officer GridOS, GE Vernova (Norway)
CEO & Co-founder, Greenbird Integration Technology

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