AuWE2024 Strategic Speakers
Sue McCarrey
Chief Executive Officer
NOPSEMA
Rob Wheals
Chief Executive Officer
Squadron Energy
Erin Coldham
Chief Development Officer
Star of the South
Niny Borges
Managing Director, Australia
Equinor
Daniel Belton
Chief Executive Officer
RWE Renewables Australia
Dave Johnson
Chief Executive Officer, Australia
EDF Renewables
Thierry Kalfon
CEO Renewables Australia & South-East Asia
ENGIE
Steven Oswald
Chief Commercial Officer, APAC
RES
Dr Rochelle McDonald
Executive General Manager, Operations
Squadron Energy
Damien Sanford
Chief Operating Officer
Tilt Renewables
Werther Esposito
Chief Executive Officer
Enel Green Power Australia
Bede Noonan
Chief Executive Officer of Australia & New Zealand
ACCIONA
Penny Pickett
Head of Australia
Corio Generation
Anil Chanana
Country Manager, Australia
Parkwind
Emily Scivetti
Chief Operating Officer
Oceanex Energy
John Titchen
Director
Goldwind Australia
Pelayo Rodriguez Alonso
Head of Business Development Japan and APAC
Ocean Winds
Charles Rattray
Chief Executive Officer
Star of the South
Nathan Blundell
Chief Development Officer
Windlab
Jas Chambers
Chair and Co-founder
Ocean Decade Australia
Hanne Multhaupt
Head of Procurement APAC
RWE
Alistair Parker
Chief Executive Officer
VicGrid
Malcolm Geier
Chief Executive Officer
Port of Hastings
Virginia Wilson
Chief Trade and Customer officer
Southern Ports Authority
Chad Hymas
Chief Executive Officer
Aula Energy
Carolyn Sanders
Executive Director, Australia
Flotation Energy
Marcus Dowling
Executive Manager, Offshore Wind Development
Iberdrola Australia
Rory Van Weerdenburg
Project Director
Mainstream Renewable Power
Andrew Tshaikiwsk
Director of Engineering and Construction
Acciona Energia
Adrian de Andres
Chief Origination Officer
Simply Blue Group
Steve Clark
General Manager Renewable Maintenance Services
Stanwell
Stewart Bell
EGM Network and Business Development
Powerlink Queensland
Matt Cheney
Executive Manager Energy Transition & Sustainability
Western Power
Bodye Darvill
Director Emerging Industries
Latrobe Valley Authority
Danielle Beinart
Executive General Manager, Networks & Technical
Australian Energy Market Commission
H.E. Gillian Martin (*Virtual)
Minister for Energy and the Environment
The Scottish Government
Eamon Ryan (*Virtual)
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications
Government of Ireland
Jai Thomas
Deputy Director General, Coordinator of Energy
Government of Western Australia
H.E. Pernille Dahler Kardel
Ambassador of Denmark to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji
Danish Embassy Australia
H.E. Anne Grete Riise
Ambassador of Norway to Australia
Norwegian Embassy Australia
Tim Mawe
Ambassador of Ireland to Australia
Government of Ireland
Ulrik Dahl
Consul General & Trade Commissioner
Royal Danish Consulate/ Trade Council of Denmark
Heidi Lee
Chief Executive Officer
Beyond Zero Emissions
Karrina Nolan
Co-Chair
First Nations Clean Energy Network
Natalie Collard
Chief Executive Officer
Farmers for Climate Action
Andrew Bray
National Director
Re-Alliance
Eirik Ellingsen
Director Offshore Wind Asia Pacific
Norwegian Energy Partners (NORWEP)
David Carrascosa
Chief Operations Officer
Saitec Offshore Technologies
Dr. Sven Teske
Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures
University of Technology, Sydney
Alfredo Pares
Senior Vice President, Head of Renewables
Hitachi Energy
Jonathan Jacob
Managing Director, Australia
TBH
Jacqui Plant
Special Counsel
Norton Rose Fulbright
Greg Elkins
Managing Director
Global Power Energy
Martin Scott
Managing Director
HiDef Aerial Surveying
Oriol Lacave
Technical Operations Manager
Vortex
Allison Hendricks
CEO and Founder
Simply Stakeholders
Neil Jacka
CEO and Principal Engineer
Total Ground Engineering
April Kelly
Country Head and Inward Investment Lead for Australia and New Zealand
Scottish Development International
Fabrice Drommi
Global Manager, Condition Monitoring & Digitalization - Wind Business
SKF
Luke McDonald
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Renewable Energy Partners
Unlocking Wind Capital Summit Featuring
Jan Daniel Kaemmer
Vice President Sales Australia & New Zealand
Vestas
David Lian
Sales Director, Onshore Wind Australia
GE Vernova
Tobias Geiger
Managing Director
WestWind Energy
Jose Luis Herrero
Head of Origination & Execution Australia
Cubico Sustainable Investments
Vignesh Bandi
Director, Investments
Equis
Nick Sankey
Country Manager, Australia
BlueFloat Energy
Maya Malik
Co-founder
KIMA energy
Thomas Scott-Morey
Chief Executive Officer
Collgar Renewables
Deion Campbell
Operating Partner
HRL Morrison and Co.
Daniel Beaver
Executive Director
Foresight Australia
Rachel Chia
Head of Project Finance for APAC
Deutsche Bank
Byron Serjeantson
Chief Operating Officer
Flow Power
AuWE2024 Regional Development Leaders
Hon. Gayle Tierney MP
Minister for Skills & TAFE, Minister for Regional Development
Victorian Government
Alice Thompson
Chief Executive Officer
Committee for the Hunter
Chris Buckingham
Chief Executive Officer
Latrobe Valley Authority
Terry Hill
Chairman
Pilbara Development Commission
Alistair Parker
Chief Executive Officer
VicGrid
Ryan Willemsen-Bell
General Manager, Future Fuels
Origin Energy
Kellie O'Callaghan
Chair
Regional Development Australia Gippsland
Sara Rhodes-Ward
Regional Director, Gippsland
Victorian Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
Katherine Brewis
Senior Project Manager
CPB Contractors
Laura Macpherson
Chief Executive Officer
TAFE Gippsland
Leigh Kennedy
Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Engagement
Federation University Australia
Paul Johnson
Regional Engagement Manager
Star of the South
Jamie Lowe
Head of Regulation, Compliance, and Sustainability
ENGIE ANZ
Chris Schooling
Director Pilbara
Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, WA
Jeremy Stone
Non-Executive Director
J-Power
Tim Bray
Assistant Coordinator Strategic and Consumer Policy
Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
Rebecca Tomkinson
Chief Executive Officer
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia
Grahame Irwin
Australian Government Employment Facilitator, Hunter and Surrounds
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Nicole Masson
Community Relations Specialist
Orica
Darren Hill
EGM Business Development & Strategy
Horizon Power
Lauren Hewitt
Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Transport and Logistics Council
AuWE2024 Offshore Windtech Leaders
Rob Grimmond
Managing Director
Offshore Marine Subsea Intl
Linden Blair
Project Development Manager, Offshore Wind
Alinta Energy
Amin Barari
Associate Professor
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Ashley McDonald
Director , Ports & Maritime
DIRECT Infrastructure
Simon Brooks
Chief Operating Officer
AMS Group
Dirk Verwimp
Senor Advisor & Business Development Australia
Sarens
Chris Janson
Commercial Manager
TGS New Energy Solutions
Meng Zhang
Head of Offshore Wind International Business Development
Sener
Malou Wagner
Senior Commercial Manager, Offshore Wind
Boskalis
Champions for Women in Net-Zero Future Program
Emily Scivetti
Chief Operating Officer
Oceanex Energy
Amanda Sheat
General Manager Corporate Affairs
Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Lara Lavers
Head of Corporate Affairs
Windlab
Nicola Falcon
Group Manager Victorian Planning and Connections
Australian Energy Market Operator
Hon Dr Megan Woods
Member of Parliament for Wigram
New Zealand Labour Party
Mary Barry
CEO and Founder of CircularEco, Founding Director and CEO
Women of Offshore Wind
Kimberly Cram MBE
Co-founder
KIMAenergy
Patricia Lim
Business Development Manager - New Energies
Vopak Terminals Australia
Vicky Au
Director, Decarbonisation APAC
Wood
Lekshmi Jayamohan
Head of Grid connection
bp
Susan Findlay Tickner
Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Manager
RES Group
Jackie Brown
Commercial Director
GE Vernova
Katie Choi
Head of Legal, APAC
Corio Generation
Youth Program Advocates
Dr Karen Kozielski
Deputy Leader, Hydrogen Industry Mission
CSIRO
Professor Paul Medwell
School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
The University of Adelaide
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Bridgette Carter
Project Director
BlueScope
Michael Gerada
Head of Business Development, Commercial and Industrial
BlueScope
Giselle Coromandel
National Market Development Manager, Renewables
BlueScope
Hugh Cantwell
Head of Projects, Australia
DP Energy Group
Stephanie Eason
Legal Counsel
DP Energy Group
Matthew Forrest
General Manager Energy Solutions Power
APA Group
Nikki Weier
Business Development Manager
APA Group
Danielle Richards
Commercial Manager, Energy Solutions
APA Group
Michael Brandes
Director Energy APAC
KfW IPEX-Bank
Christian Herbst
Vice President Origination and Structuring
KfW IPEX-Bank
Paul Ryan
Offshore Wind Lead
Kent
Medi Amjadi
Manager Energy Transition & Decarbonisation
Kent
Brad Triston
Portfolio Manager
Kent
Douglas Mackay
General Manager, Energy and Resources
Laing O'Rourke
Steve Grabar
Project Director
Laing O'Rourke
Uldis Clarson
Business Development Lead
Laing O'Rourke
Eugene Cheah
General Manager
Fulton Hogan
David Fisher
General Manager, Southern Region
Fulton Hogan
Dean Riha
Alliance General Manager
Fulton Hogan
Antony Carecos
Alliance Manager
Fulton Hogan
Christine Hogan
Communications and Marketing Manager
Fulton Hogan
Khaled Elagha
Operations Manager
Fulton Hogan
Danielle Cox
Submissions Manager
Fulton Hogan
Nicholas Terpstra
Delivery Manager
Fulton Hogan