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Week starts July 31
Luke Vaughan has been appointed Head of Production and Decarbonization at Ampol Energy.
Lara Olsen has been appointed independent chairwoman of Solar Victoria. She took over the inaugural chair of Ivor Frischknecht. Other new board members include Stephanie Tonkin, Simon Duncan, Anthony Kurta, Darren Gladman and Tettina Hogarth-Clarke.
Fortescue Energy has appointed experienced chief financial officer Deborah Caudle as its new chief financial officer.
Genex Power has appointed Patrick McCarthy as its new Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds the current CFO, Craig Francis, who will assume the position of CEO from September 1, 2023.
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been appointed president of the International Hydropower Association. He will take up the role from October 31, 2023.
Aquila Clean Energy said it has appointed Dennis Freedman as its new Chief Executive Officer, Head of Australia & New Zealand. Freedman is officially the Head of Production and Decarbonization at Ampol Energy.
SMA Australia has appointed Talaesen Fleming as its new Vice President for Projects and Scale.
Steve Amor, formerly of ABB, joined the Green Transport Team at EnergyAustralia.
Paul Verschuer has informed the AEMO Services board that he has decided not to extend his term as CEO.
Grant Rollo has started a new position as Director of Business Development at Tigo Energy.
Week starts July 24
Kyle Wilson has been appointed Technical Director – Energy & Asset Transformation Project and Program Manager at AECOM.
Lydia Gibson has been promoted to director at the European Climate Organization.
Jack Fox has left his position in the forecasting department of AEMO to become a director of energy conversion company ETSI.
Week starts July 17
Marianna O'Gorman has been appointed to the board of directors of the Australian Renewable Energy Authority (ARENA) of the federal government. Stephen McIntosh has been reappointed to the ARENA board for another term.
Thomas Briault has been appointed Arup's new energy business leader for NSW and the ACT. Briault most recently led Arup's energy business in Southeast Asia.
Kathleen Ryan is starting a new role as customer liaison at Catch Power.
Chris Judd – formerly EGM – Electricity Markets in Jemena and Managing Director at Senvion, has started a new role as EGM – Energy Infrastructure of ATCO Australia.
Week starts July 10
Tina Lopatynskyi has joined RayGen as a Manufacturing Engineer and will oversee and provide engineering control over manufacturing processes and equipment.
Philip Cohn has been promoted to the role of CEO, Head of Carbon Investments at Pollination.
OX2 Australia (formerly ESCO Pacific) has appointed Rachel Watson – former CEO of Pacific Hydro Australia and former chair of the Clean Energy Council – as its new country director.
Australian renewable energy veteran Lane Crockett has been appointed chief executive officer, commercial, at the Victorian Electricity Commission.
Steve Wilson is starting a new position as Capability Team Leader, Power Generation at Aurecon.
Week starts July 2
Joshua Birmingham is moving into a global role with SMA Solar Technology AG as Senior Vice President - Sales and Markets in the large segment group.
Killian Wentrup has started a new position as Head of Development at ACEN Australia. He was previously the head of solar and storage at ACEN.
Greg Joiner, now vice president of Shell Energy Australia, will take over the roles of Shell Energy Europe and Emerging Markets Power, replacing former renewable energy manager Thomas Brostrom, who is leaving the company.
Stephanie Bashir says she's starting a new position as a Non-Executive Board Member at the Smart Energy Council!
Behrooz Bahrani has been promoted to associate professor at Monash University.
Much respected and admired energy consultant Hugh Saddler has died after a long illness, his family announced.
Marco Quaranta has been appointed SEA Electric's new Sales Director for Asia Pacific. He previously worked at Iveco.
Week starts June 26
The Smart Energy Council has a new chairman, after former federal shadow environment minister Terri Butler was unanimously elected to the position, following the retirement of its current Chairman, Steve Blume.
Former Clean Energy Finance Group CEO, Oliver Yates, has been appointed president of GMR Energy, a major battery developer owned by Gaw Capital Partners.
Richard Wrightson has been appointed CEO of Delta Corporation, owner of the Vales Point power station in NSW, replacing Greg Everett.
Week starts June 19
Steven Spencer has begun a new role as director at the Australian Energy Regulatory Authority.
Pacific Energy has announced the appointment of Todd Perkins as the company's new chief financial officer.
The Tasmanian government-owned Hydro Tasmania has announced the appointment of Richard Bolt as the new chairman of its board.
Week starts June 12
Jonathan Cole, CEO of Corio Generation, has been appointed as the new president of the Global Wind Energy Council, the organization representing the global wind energy industry.
The Australian Energy Markets Commission (AEMC) has appointed Damien Sanford, chief operating officer of Tilt Renewables as generator representative for the Reliability Board from 1 June 2023.
Australian electrolyzer maker Hysata has appointed former UK climate change minister Claire O'Neill to its global advisory board. Chaired by former Australia chief scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, the board advises Hysata's strategy to deliver its electrolyzer globally.
Week starts June 4
The Carbon Market Institute (CMI) has appointed its first Indigenous board member, Clark Donovan – a proud Gumbaynggirr and Gunditjmara man and deputy director for Indigenous carbon at the Bank. Commonwealth goods . Donovan fills a position vacated by the departure of ANZ Bank's Katherine Tapley in November.
Jim Soorley stepped down as chairman of CS Energy, four months before the end of his third term at the Queensland government-owned energy company.
Thomas Best is starting a new position as construction manager at Eku Energy . Best most recently worked at Macquarie Group and before that at First Solar and FRV .
Week starts May 29
Fortescue Metals Corporation has announced the appointment of Christine Morris as chief financial officer (CFO) of FMG. Christine will report to Fiona Hick, CEO of Fortescue Metals.
Victoria's Essential Services Commission has announced that John Hamill will leave his position of Chief Executive on 9 June. The Commission has commenced the chief executive search process for a new Chief Executive. , with Sarah Sheppard taking over the role until a permanent replacement is found.
Andres Maasing has left his role as head of O&E and development at CubicoSustainable Investments in Australia to take on the role of head of development at Enefit Green in Estonia.
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