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Meet Our Early Confirmed Strategic Speakers for AuWE 2027
Matthew Brine
Deputy Secretary, Energy Group
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water
Joe Harber
Executive Director, Wind
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Fiona McIntyre
Chief Financial and Investments Officer
RWE Renewables Australia
Darren Brown
Co‑MD, Renewables
Octopus Australia
Daniel Beaver
Executive Director
Foresight Australia
Alberto Perez Couso
Managing Director
Nordex Oceania
Rachel Chia
Managing Director, Head of Project Finance for APAC
Deutsche Bank
Meet the Energy Buyers Driving Australia’s Next Wave of Power Demand
Grant Muller
Head of Market, Risk and Development, Telstra Energy
Telstra
Shayne Kumar
Head of Energy
NEXTDC
Sabooh Whitelaw
Associate Vice President, Utility & Energy
AirTrunk
Giselle Coromandel
Head of Business Development, Renewables
BlueScope
AuWE 2026 Strategic Speakers
Hon. Lily D'Ambrosio MP
Minister for Climate Action, Energy and Resources, and the SEC
Victorian Government
Matthew Brine
Deputy Secretary, Energy Group
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water
Anh Mai
Executive Director, Offshore Wind Energy Victoria (OWEV)
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Hugo Klijn
Consul-General and Head Economic Affairs, Trade and Investment
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Tien Phan
A/g Branch Head CIS Delivery and Governance
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Matthew Power
General Manager, Renewable Energy Target Branch
Clean Energy Regulator
Montana de Meillon
Acting Director, Renewables Regulatory Practice Section
National Environmental Protection Agency
Lane Crockett
Executive General Manager, Assets
SEC Victoria
Thimo Mueller
General Manager, Commercial
ASL
Paul Graham
Chief Economist Energy
CSIRO
Steven O'Donnell
Generation and Storage Manager
Energy Safe Victoria
Anna Hedgcock
Head of Portfolio Growth and Commercial
ENGIE Australia
James Katsikas
Chief Executive Officer
EDF power solutions Australia
Jackson Hill
Project Director
EDF Power Solutions Australia
David Pollington
Mananging Director
ACEN Australia
Stuart Davis
Executive General Manager, Operations
Squadron Energy
Walter Schutte
Executive General Manager, Customer & Energy Markets
Squadron Energy
Kath Elliott
Head of Stakeholder and Community Engagement
Squadron Energy
David Moretto
Chief Commercial Officer
AGL
Tejjas Parmar
CEO, International Business
Suzlon Group
Charles Rattray
Chief Executive Officer
Southerly Ten
Marcus Dowling
Executive Manager, Growth
Iberdrola Australia
Nicola Pero
Executive Director
Iberdrola Australia
Stephanie Easton
Executive General Manager, Energy Markets
Iberdrola Australia
Pelayo Rodríguez
Head of Business Development for Japan and Asia Pacific
Ocean Winds
David Ghaly
Project Director
JERA Nex bp
Albert Quan
Project Development Director, Gippsland
Ørsted
Angela Catt
Board Member of Clean Energy Council, EGM Corporate Affairs
Tilt Renewables
Zac Ryan
Head of Customers and Energy Markets
Tilt Renewables
Nik Trajkovski
Commercial Director for Western Renewable link
Acciona
Stephanie McGregor
Chief Executive Officer
Marinus Link
Claus Repenning
Executive Strategy
ElectraNet
Danny Nielsen
Country Manager and SVP Australia & New Zealand
Vestas
Samuel Morillon
Managing Director Australia
Siemens Energy
Sam Fyfield
General Manager Grid
Goldwind
Jorge Sánchez Turel
APAC Sales Leader, Wind Services
GE Vernova
Lisa Maro
Acting Industry Engagement Manager
Industry Capability Network - Victoria
Thomas Schmitz
General Manager, Energy Markets
Aquila Clean Energy APAC
Bart Willems
Head of Commercial Offshore Wind
Jan De Nul
Khalid Beg
Head of Grid APAC
BayWa r.e.
Tony Cantwell
Chief Executive Officer
Committee for Gippsland
Joe Corvetti
Executive Director
OCTES
Steve Garner
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Prince Engineering
Jarred Moore
General Manager Planning and Development
TasPorts
Vincent Fromont
Senior Vice President, Renewable Energy & Energy Transition
Kuehne+Nagel
Taraz Saba
Wind Sector Lead, APAC
GHD
Margaret Harvie
Director, Community Engagement
PlanCom Consulting
Tom Whiting
Wind Lead APAC
Worley
Kellie O'Callaghan
Chair
Regional Development Australia Gippsland
Alex Hooper
Associate Director and Head of Climate & Energy Economics
Oxford Economics Australia
Bruce Miller
Principal Consultant
PSC Consulting
Luigi Falivene
Partner
KPMG
David Millar
Partner
Everoze
Tim Buckley
Director
Climate Energy Finance
Stephen Cahoon
Professor, Maritime and Logistics Management
Australian Maritime College
Sandra James
National Lead Partner - Power, Utilities & Renewables
Deloitte
Thought Leaders Driving the Next Era of WindGrid Transmission
Adele McCarthy
Executive Director, Strategy & Planning
VicGrid
Claire Cass
Executive Director, Access and Connections
VicGrid
Rachel Hayden
Director, Network Access
EnergyCo
Luke Robinson
Group Manager, System Modelling
Australian Energy Market Operator
Richard Pawlik
General Manager, Contestable Connections
AusNet
Ben Bristow
Acting Executive – Asset Management
Western Power
Stephanie McDougall
Head of Policy and Regulation
Tilt Renewables
Scott Partlin
Head of Grid Connection
Neoen Australia
Darren Brown
Co‑Managing Director, Renewables Australia
Octopus Australia
Edoardo Viel
General Manager, Grid Connections
GreenPoint Energy
Bernard Norton
Country Managing Director, Australia
Hitachi Energy
Phillip Vrettakis
Executive Director
Rennie Advisory
Richie Merzian
Chief Executive Officer
Clean Energy Investor Group
Craig Bearsley
General Manager Energy and Market Director Transmission & Distribution
Fyfe
Matt Baumgurtel
Partner, New Energy Lead
Hamilton Locke
Lara Kruk
Regional Solutions Director, Energy & Power – Asia Pacific
Jacobs
John Deppe
Director Business Engagement
The Fair Co.
Eric Lalauze
General Manager Corporate Finance and Strategy
Transgrid
David McQueen
Energy Sector Lead
Bureau of Meteorology
The Minds Powering the 2026 Onshore WindNEXT Summit
Nathan Blundell
Chief Development Officer
Windlab
Tobias Geiger
Managing Director
WestWind Energy
Alberto Perez Couso
Managing Director
Nordex Oceania
Richard Mackie
Head of Power Development
AGL
Malcolm Light
Head of Renewable Delivery, Future Energy Business
Synergy
Ben Deer
General Manager, Operations and Maintenance
Squadron Energy
Caroline Pinter
General Manager Marketing & Corporate Affairs
ACCIONA Energía Australia
Emerson Hicks
Project Manager, Renewable Energy
Zenith Energy
Roberto Divita
Managing Director
PLUSSMART Technology
Wendy Farmer
Gippsland Organiser of Yes2Renewables
Friends of the Earth
Ashley Crowther
Chief Commercial Officer
Aerones
Shona Swart
Solar and Wind Specialist
Powering Australia
Douglas Clay
Head of Operations
Nordex
Kerryn Caulfield
Executive Director
Composites Australia
Claudia Creighton
Associate Professor
Deakin University
Andrew Marshall
Principal Engineer
Jacobs
Ben Power
Industry Director Power Generation & Storage
Aurecon
Global Offshore Wind Leaders Gather at the 2026 Offshore WindTECH
Kiseok Kim
Head of Development, Renewables & BESS
EDF Power Solutions
Pablo Alberte
Engineering Director
Ocean Winds
Tamara Al-Hashimi
Technical Director
RPS
Jorrit De Boer
Commercial Manager, Renewables
Boskalis Offshore Energy
Simon Van de Sande
Area Manager, APAC
DEME Group
Leading Voices for Regional Development Forum
Montana de Meillon
Acting Director, Renewables Regulatory Practice Section
National Environmental Protection Agency
Brian Stevens
Board Member
Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC)
Anthea Middleton
Chief Executive Officer
Powering Skills Organisation
Michael Williams
Sustainability Superintendent
Bellevue Gold
Michael Johnston
Chief Executive Officer
Committee for Geelong
Nils Hay
Chief Executive Officer
Mid West Development Commission
James Montgomery
Chief Executive Officer
TAFE Gippsland
Andrew Bray
National Director
RE-Alliance
Allison Hendricks
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Simply Stakeholders
Jessica Kite
Head of Community and Regional Development
Squadron Energy
Grace Stewart
Senior Development Manager
OX2
Tim Chan
Environmental Advisor
RES Australia
Sara Rhodes-Ward
Regional Director, Gippsland, Regional Development Victoria
Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions, Victorian Government
Stephanie Bashir
Founder & CEO
Nexa Advisory
Leading Women in Energy Transition 2026
Nicola Falcon
Executive General Manager System Design
Australian Energy Market Operator
Suzanne Westgate
General Manager Delivery Services and Strategy Enablement
Transgrid
Jenny Selway
Chief Executive Officer
HILT CRC
Allison Hortle
Science Director
CSIRO Energy
Electra Davies
General Manager, People & Experience
Momentum Energy
AuWE2026 VIP Guests
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Matthew Brine
Deputy Secretary, Energy Group
DCCEEW
Tien Phan
A/g Branch Head CIS Delivery and Governance
DCCEEW
Montana de Meillon
Acting Director, Renewables Regulatory Practice Section
DCCEEW
Alison Wiltshire
Acting Head of Division, Clean Energy Investment and Facilitation
DCCEEW
Nicole King
Executive General Manager
DCCEEW
Kirsten MacLeod
Director
DCCEEW
Aero Leplastrier
Offshore Renewables Project Lead
Geoscience Australia
Scott Nichol
Director of Marine and Antarctic Geoscience
Geoscience Australia
Sarina Bowyer
Marine Geologist
Geoscience Australia
Girish Tanti
Co-Founder & Vice Chairman
Suzlon Group
Ajay Kapur
Group Chief Executive Officer
Suzlon Group
Rahul Jain
Chief Financial Officer
Suzlon Group
Bernhard Telgmann
Chief Technology Officer
Suzlon Group
Tejjas Parmar
CEO, International Business
Suzlon Group
Shamik Parikh
Vice President, Internation Business Development
Suzlon Group
Bautista Rodriguez Sanchez
COO
Ocean Winds
Oscar Diaz Martin Forero
Chief EPCI Officer
Ocean Winds
Pelayo Rodríguez
Head of Business Development for Japan and Asia Pacific
Ocean Winds
Pablo Alberte González
Engineering Director
Ocean Winds
Dimitri Laloux
Origination & Partnership Director
Ocean Winds
Hossein Agheshlui
Technical Manager, Offshore Wind
Ocean Winds
Marcus Dowling
Executive Manager, Growth
Iberdrola Australia
Peter Campbell
Chief of Staff and Corporate Strategy
Iberdrola Australia
Jim Rijks
Engineering Manager
Iberdrola Australia
Renee Kurowski
Senior Manager Stakeholder Engagement Offshore Wind
Iberdrola Australia
Nicola Pero
Executive Director
Iberdrola Australia
Stephanie Easton
Executive General Manager, Energy Markets
Iberdrola Australia
Le Chien Thang
Vice President
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC）
Nguyen Tuan
General Manager, Commercial Division
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC）
Tran Kien
Business Development Manager, Commercial Division
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC）
Luu Duc Hieu
Business Development Executive, Commercial Division
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC）
Pat Harding
Head of Wind
AGL
Matt Bunfield
Wind Operations & Maintenance Manager, SA
AGL
Tess Woodland
Wind Operations & Maintenance Manager, VIC
AGL
Jack Mezzino
Wind Maintenance Planning Lead
AGL
Joey Groves
Wind High Voltage Operating Authority
AGL
Andrew Bervanakis
Engineering Manager
AGL
Jonathan Leow
Wind Procurement Business Partner
AGL
Demi Athanasopoulos
Head of Engineering and Projects
AGL
Andrew Pearce
Lead Engineer Wind Portfolio
AGL
Tom Christophersen
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Wind
AGL
Zaheer Abbas
Asset Engineer
AGL
Yanni Nicholas
Electrical Engineer
AGL
Lady Sanchez
Electrical Engineer
AGL
Nicholas Faleide Lester
Operational Wind Reliability Engineer
AGL
Tahir Qureshi
Senior Electrical Engineer
AGL
Camilo Alzate
ES Director
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Chido Chandakabata
Engineering Director, APAC
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Neil Hall
Business Development Manager
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Andrea Fakos
Sales & Customer Service Manager
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Craig Jackison
Regional Director, Commercial
The CSL Group
Richard Irvine
Regional Director, Commercial
The CSL Group
Mark Hughes
Senior Manager, Scheduling & Customer Service
The CSL Group
Josina Meier
Regional Director, Strategy and Transhipment
The CSL Group
Christopher Imrie
Senior Charterer and Scheduler
The CSL Group
Christoph Schorge
Chief Executive Officer
EEW Group
Sascha Leicher
General Manager Sales, Structural Pipes, Jackets
EEW Group
Mike Simpson
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
EEW Group
Tom Simpson
General Manager, Asia Pacific
EEW Group
Ross Grealish
Manager, Australia
EEW Group