The following speakers at the EMANZ Conference 2014 have been confirmed
Tuesday 27 May
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Nigel Jollands, PhD Principal Policy Manager, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Prior to this role, he spent 5 years as Head, Energy Efficiency Unit at the International Energy Agency. At the IEA he managed the Agency’s energy efficiency policy team, co-ordinated the Agency’s Energy Efficiency Working Party, and liaised with multi-lateral energy efficiency initiatives including the G8 and the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooporation (IPEEC). Nigel’s previous positions include Principal Ecological Economist in the New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics (NZCEE), Senior Lecturer at Massey University, and senior policy analyst in New Zealand’s capital at various Ministries (Ministry of Commerce; Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority and Ministry for the Environment). He is a regular presenter at international conferences, has published numerous journal articles and contributed to several books in the area of energy efficiency and ecological economics. Monica Barone CEO, City of Sydney
In this role Monica has overseen the development of the City’s long term strategy, Sustainable Sydney 2030 and the nearly one billion dollars’ worth of capital projects including significant environmental projects, to achieve the Sustainable Sydney 2030 goals and targets, making the City of Sydney the first Carbon Neutral government in Australia.
Monica holds a Master’s Degree in Creative Arts and sits on the Sydney Festival Board.
David Shearer, MP Labour Party Energy Spokesperson
He first entered Parliament in June 2009 after winning a by-election for the seat of Mt Albert. He was elected Labour Leader on 13 December 2011. Following the Leadership change of September 2013, David was appointed shadow spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Energy and Resources. Born and raised in Auckland, Mr Shearer has spent most of his career working in the areas of international humanitarian affairs and conflict resolution. Mr Shearer has led large-scale relief and reconstruction operations for the United Nations in Liberia, Rwanda, Albania, Belgrade, and Afghanistan. He headed the humanitarian office in Jerusalem covering the West Bank and Gaza and led the humanitarian operation in Lebanon during the war in 2006. Between 2007 and 2009 Mr Shearer was responsible for leading the UN’s reconstruction programme in Iraq. He has also conducted various assignments for Save the Children Fund and the International Crisis Group and while with the International Institute for Strategic Studies wrote extensively on conflict resolution. David Shearer and his wife Anuschka Meyer were named New Zealanders of the Year by the New Zealand Herald and in 1993, Mr Shearer was awarded a MBE in the UK honours list for his work running one of the largest aid operations in Somalia. Gareth Hughes, MP Green Party Energy Spokesperson
Gareth has previously worked for Greenpeace, sailing on the Rainbow Warrior, and in 2009 he coordinated New Zealand’s largest ever climate campaign Sign On, which saw over 200,000 Kiwis demand greater Government action on climate change. Gareth entered Parliament as the youngest MP in 2010, was named the New Zealand Herald Backbencher of the Year in 2011, and now in his second term he is focused on campaigning for clean energy, healthy oceans and the Internet economy. Gareth has worked extensively to oppose deep sea drilling in Aotearoa and to promote smart green alternatives like clean energy and the IT sectors. He is the Green Party Musterer (Whip). John Carnegie Manager - Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, BusinessNZ
John’s role is to manage the co-ordination, understanding and analysis of regulatory issues across a broad range of issues, and to effectively communicate BusinessNZ’s position on proposed regulatory initiatives. John has previously held roles at New Zealand Treasury, the Ministry for Economic Development, the Marketplace Company (the electricity market operator) and Genesis Energy. John specialises in energy and climate change policy and its implications for business. In this capacity, John has attended the last four UN climate change conferences as a member of New Zealand’s official delegation, briefed Ministers and presented to select committees on behalf of business and participated on Government groups such as the Treasury-led Emissions Trading Stationary Energy and Industrial Process Technical Advisory Group and the Electricity Emission Factor Contact Group. John is currently a member of the electricity market regulator’s Wholesale Market Advisory Group (having been so since its inception in 2011) and he has recently been appointed to the Smart grid Forum. John has a BA (Hons) degree in Economic History, a BCA in Economics and a Diploma in Accountancy. Mai Chen Founding Partner, Chen Palmer 
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Gary Nalder Director Asset Finance, Westpac Institutional Bank
Financial institutions such as Westpac play a critical role in helping to create a sustainable future for New Zealand. Westpac is targeting a 15% increase on its existing $1 billion investment in the New Zealand CleanTech sector by the end of 2015. Although Gary is a relative newcomer to the energy efficiency sector he has a strong desire to make a difference. In early 2013 Gary started to engage with the energy efficiency industry and quickly found out that one of the common barriers preventing energy efficient solutions proceeding was a lack of capital. Since then Gary has developed Westpac’s ‘energy efficient lease’ and is promoting the lease directly to the CFO’s and CEO’s of Westpac’s institutional customer base. Gary’s challenge is to break down the finance barriers that prevent energy efficient projects from getting off the ground. Sam Burke Senior Manager, Property and Accommodation and Manager of the Greener Government Buildings Program, Victorian Government
After joining the Department in 2007 Sam developed and now runs the Greener Government Buildings programme, which to date has facilitated 35 energy efficiency projects valued at over $200 million, delivering annual savings of $32 million and over 300,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas. By 2020, the program is forecast to reduce the Victorian Government’s greenhouse gas emissions by over 25 per cent. In 2011 the Greener Government Buildings program was the recipient of the Premier’s Sustainability Award. Sam is also responsible for Government policies relating to office accommodation and represents the landlord of a portfolio of Government-owned office buildings worth over $200 million. In 2012 Sam was awarded the EEC’s Energy Efficiency Leader Award. Dr Paul Bannister Managing Director, Exergy
Paul has extensive experience in Energy Performance Contracts and was heavily involved in the Australian EPC market in the period 1998-2010. His involvement with the Australian energy efficiency industry has exposed him to the best and the worst that the EPC concept can deliver, both within the "traditional" energy efficiency retrofit field and in new build and supply-side contracting. Quintin Tahau Demand Response Manager, Transpower
Quintin has significant experience as a service provider to a wide range of organisations in the energy sector through his previous role as Operations Manager at Energy Market Services. Quintin’s challenge is to leverage this experience to embed demand response in New Zealand’s electricity landscape, not only as another smarter way to manage the power system but also to provide a mechanism for consumers of every size to engage with the industry. Mac McIntyre General Manager Network, Counties Power
Mac qualified in electrical engineering with a Master’s in Business Administration, and has worked in the electricity sector for over 30 years. Mac’s career has been defined by adapting to industry changes and innovation. Craig Hackett Business Development Manager, Metrix
Craig has worked extensively in the electricity industry for approximately twenty years holding a range of roles in electrical engineering and business management. Craig has a range of technical and business qualifications including a bachelors degree in electrical engineering. Priyani de Silva-Currie Principal Asset Management and Business Manager, Opus
Priyani is internationally respected for her energy policy and strategy development and is the current Chairperson of the Energy Management Association of New Zealand. She has developed governance and advocacy programmes nationally through her various energy related roles. In her spare time Priyani enjoys coaching netball and participating in multicultural activities, and is the Acting President of the New Zealand Federation of Multicultural Councils. Keith Clark Quality and Assurance Manager, EECA
His previous roles in Local and Central Government have been central to the development of skills and experiences necessary to fulfilling his current position. Prior to his time in and around government, Keith’s former roles include 10 years of catering/chef on land and sea, environmental health contractor (trade waste discharges), Chair and Deputy Chair of Student Job Search, Trustee for APSU Institute of Management and President of ATSA (a student union comprising 155,000+ members). |
Dr. Nigel Jollands has worked on sustainable energy and environmental policy for 20 years. In March 2011 he took up a post with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as Principal Policy Manager, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change where he works at the interface between policy and finance. This role includes leading the development and implementation of the Bank’s Sustainable Resource Initiative, providing strategic direction to the Bank’s Sustainable Energy Initiative and supporting the Bank’s investment programme through policy dialogue with governments in the Bank’s area of operations (Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia).
Monica Barone has been the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Sydney since 2006. She has lived in Sydney for the past 17 years.
David Shearer MP is the spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Energy and Resources for the New Zealand Labour Party.
Gareth grew up in Gisborne before moving to Wellington to study Religious Studies, History and Politics. Gareth lives in Wellington with his wife Meghan and their two young children, Arlo and Zoe.
John is an experienced regulatory economist with over two decade’s experience at senior levels in public policy and energy markets. John is currently a senior manager at BusinessNZ where he leads the organisation’s advocacy on the Energy, Environment & Infrastructure portfolio of issues.
Gary has over 20 years experience in the finance sector with the last 6 years working for Westpac Institutional Bank as Director of Asset Finance. For Westpac, sustainability is at the heart of its culture. Westpac Group has been ranked No 1 in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the world at the recent world economic forum held in Switzerland.
Sam has 12 years’ experience working in the energy efficiency sector and has previously worked as an engineer, energy auditor and project manager.
Dr Paul Bannister has 22 years' experience in the energy efficiency industry in New Zealand and Australia, much of this as founder and managing director of Exergy Australia and latterly Exergy New Zealand. In his new role as director of Sustainability Solutions for Energy Action (incorporating Exergy Australia and New Zealand) he is working on a wide range of projects across the commercial, industrial and renewable energy sectors. 
As Transpower’s Demand Response Manager, Quintin’s role is to ensure Transpower develops and maintains a central role in the development of demand side initiatives within New Zealand. Highlights over the past two years include successfully completing Transpower’s first commercial demand response programme at the end of 2013.
Mac joined Counties Power in 2007 as Asset Investment Manager and in 2012 was promoted to General Manager Network. Mac’s team manages and operates the electricity distribution, communications and metering assets for Counties Power. The Network group’s responsibilities cover network planning and design, management of maintenance, real time control and emergency coordination, distributed generation integration, land and easements, regulatory and safety compliance, and all aspects of implementation of the long term asset management plan. 
Craig is the Business Development Manager for Mighty River Power’s smart metering division, Metrix. In his current role, Craig is accountable for new investment, management of the regulatory environment, product management and development of new markets. He has been the project sponsor for the Counties Power AMI integration with Metrix’s core systems to allow services to be provided to market under a mixed ownership model. 
Priyani is a principal infrastructure asset manager with Opus. She is the National Project Director for the EECA Warm Up NZ: Heat Smart residential auditing project and also the NZ Property Strategic Asset Management Champion for Opus.
Keith is the Q&A Manager for EECA, the Government agency delivering the largest home improvement initiative in New Zealand since the 1970’s.Wednesday 28 May
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Ari Sargent CEO, Powershop
It’s no surprise, an engineer by training, Ari spent 20 years becoming a veteran square peg in power industry round holes until he had the long-overdue light bulb moment that lead to Powershop. Ari started cooking up Powershop in 2006, and three years later brought it to market. By 2011, he’d grown his idea into New Zealand’s fastest-ever growing company. Ari occasionally enjoys raising a finger to industry goliaths, but only when they’re being greedy or stupid. Luckily he’s more courteous to customers and regularly responds personally to their questions via social media. Just don’t tweet him while he’s watching his favourite TV show. Russell Watson Network Engineering Manager, Northpower
Russell has had 30 years of experience with Northpower and has had a number of engineering and engineering management roles covering most aspects of electrical distribution. Russell has seen many changes both technical and industry structural reforms. A key aspect of his current role involves improving asset management and the capabilities of the electrical distribution system. Kashani Sharma Graduate Engineer, Northpower
Kashani is currently working as a graduate engineer at Northpower. Her areas of interest include smart grids, the impact of electric vehicles and distributed generation on power quality and fundamental principles of power system protection. Calum Revfem Managing Director, Envirostate
Calum works with enterprises to help them understand, develop and communicate their sustainability values, including their use of energy. He is New Zealand’s only GRI certified sustainability reporting trainer and an IEMA Associate. Calum has undertaken a number of Level 2 energy audits in large office buildings and has worked with several New Zealand companies that prioritize energy use as a core sustainability pillar. Calum trained in Environmental Systems Analysis and has a Masters from Wageningen UR in the Netherlands. He is also the chairman of Enviro Challenge NZ, a charitable trust delivering a sustainability education and leadership programme in high schools. Lynda Amitrano Evaluations and Building Sustainability Manager, BRANZ
A key focus of Lynda’s leadership role is to ensure the research and information produced will enable improvement to the environmental aspects of both new and existing buildings. The areas of research Lynda has worked in include energy efficiency in buildings, delivering sustainable buildings and creating resilient built environments with a focus on climate change. Over the past six years Lynda has managed a major research project her team has completed understanding the energy use in commercial office and retail buildings. This project has provided key baseline data to inform policy and regulation, designers and architects, building owners and managers. Dr Ann Smith CEO, Enviro-Mark Solutions
Ann has a broad range of experience and expertise in environmental management and sustainable development strategies. She previously held the roles of Professor of Environmental Management for Business and Sustainability Coordinator at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. Ann has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Botany and Psychology from the University of Adelaide and a Doctorate in marine biology from the University of London. Greg Visser General Manager, EECA Business
Prior to this, Greg has worked in technical and management roles in New Zealand and South Africa in both petrochemical and gasification industries. He has previous experience with Refining NZ, Caltex and Sasol. Greg holds a Bachelor in Engineering in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor in Commerce majoring in Business Management. Tom Leys CEO and Director, GridSpy
Now a Director and the CEO of GridSpy, Tom is relishing the opportunity to increase the mid to high end industrial market for energy saving opportunities with a uniquely simple and affordable monitoring solution. Hans PIetsch Energy Manager, University of Otago
Hans ran his own electrical business for more than 8 years before joining a consulting team in Berlin. During his time as a consulting engineer he was involved in many projects including CHP stations, the design of electrical networks, and air conditioning design for the pharmaceutical industry in Germany and Slovenia. In 2002 Hans came to New Zealand and ended up as the Energy Manager for the University of Otago. As part of his role he looks after the Building Management System and all control equipment required to make plant work. He is also in charge of the University owned and operated High Voltage network. Stuart Dale Managing Director, Airius New Zealand
When Stuart became aware of the benefits associated with thermal destratification of internal spaces, he sought the New Zealand agency for Air Pear fans. He is passionate about reducing energy use and lowering carbon emissions, and is constantly striving to inform the people who need to know just how effective thermal destratification can be in achieving these outcomes. Sam Roose Senior Energy Engineer, Enercon/LineTech Consulting
Sam obtained 1st Class Honours in Building Science from Victoria University of Wellington in 2003. He became an EMANZ Accredited Energy Auditor in 2007, and a CIBSE “Low Carbon Consultant” in 2009 (for commercial building designs in the UK through the use of energy modelling software). Sam leads the commercial buildings team at Enercon, and has performed many commercial and institutional energy audits, as well as several industrial audits. He also specializes in design audits including energy modelling, analysis and optimisation of building fabric and HVAC systems. Other areas of focus include feasibility studies for fuel conversions (which are often considered as part of an energy/design audit) and optimisation of building management systems. Wes Neilsen Project Engineer/Auditor, 0800 Save Energy
Wes has achieved accreditation as an EMANZ EnergyMaster Commercial Lighting Specialist, and recently as a Certified Measurement and Verification Professional. He was recognised by IESANZ and EECA at the 2012 New Zealand Lighting Awards with an Award of Excellence in Energy Efficiency for the highly successful Auckland International Airport Check-In Area project. Robert Perry Principal Strategy Analyst, Auckland Council
Robert developed Auckland’s strategic planning framework for energy and climate change as a component of the Auckland Plan. Most recently Robert has led and managed the development of Auckland’s draft Energy Resilience and Low Carbon Action Plan, which was released for feedback in March 2014. Robert led and coordinated Auckland’s environmental programme for Rugby World Cup 2011. He has 18 years management experience gained internationally in local government, consultancy and private sector organisations in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Lance Jimmieson Managing Director, Jackson Engineering Advisers
After 13 years as director of Jackson Engineering Advisers, Lance has built up a unique team of engineers capable of providing practical consulting services to the existing buildings market, with a keen insight into the needs of Building Owners and Managers. In line with Lance’s personal drivers, Lance became one of New Zealand’s first Accredited NABERSNZ Assessors further demonstrating his focus on leading improvements in the performance of existing building. Lance is also actively involved in industry training with EMANZ and the NZGBC. Vanessa McGrath Senior Technical Coordinator, NZGBC
Vanessa is a Chartered Engineer with a background in mechanical and environmental engineering and management. She has previously worked in Australia, Sweden and the UK as a sustainability and engineering consultant, specialising in Building Services design. |
Ari is the New Zealand electricity industry’s resident punk CEO. He might dress like a washed-up DJ, but he has spearheaded the radical transformation of electricity retailing in New Zealand.
Russell is currently the Network Engineering Manager at Northpower. Russell has a Master’s degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Kashani graduated from the University of Auckland with a B.E degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2014 under the prestigious three year Accelerated Pathway programme.
Calum Revfem is the managing director of Envirostate, a niche sustainability consultancy specialising in sustainability reporting and management systems.
Lynda manages the Evaluations and Building Sustainability teams at BRANZ in Wellington New Zealand. Her teams have two key roles in delivering services and information to the building and construction industry. The first is delivering research to the building and constructing industry to develop more sustainable, efficient and effective buildings and practices within that industry. The second is to provide an Appraisal service for products and systems to ensure they are fit for purpose and meet building code requirements.
Dr Ann Smith is CEO of Enviro-Mark Solutions Limited, a subsidiary of Landcare Research that provides environmental performance improvement certifications including CEMARS, carboNZero and Enviro-Mark. Ann was previously Technical Manager in which role she provided the technical leadership for the development of the CEMARS and carboNZero programmes. These programmes are now accredited by the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ), the UK Environment Agency and the Carbon Disclosure Project.
Before joining EECA, Greg held a General Management role at Solid Energy where he was responsible for the development and commercialisation of a range of new energy technologies within New Zealand. At scale, these project and technologies were all to be supported by comprehensive carbon management plans which included both geological and bio-sequestration options.
Tom Leys is one of the two inventors and key developers of the GridSpy Solution. A software engineer since his teens, Tom has developed (among other things) geothermal dataloggers, commercial entertainment, computer games, computer vision software, CAD visualisation and robot intelligence.
Hans was born and raised in Germany. He studied at the Technical University of Berlin resulting in a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering.
Stuart has spent his working life (all 30 years of it) in and around the construction industry. He will soon complete a Bachelor of Business Studies at Massey University (Albany campus) majoring in property.
Sam is a Senior Engineer at Enercon and has been working in energy management and energy efficient design for 10 years. He has previously worked as an energy consultant in Wellington (including auditing of existing and new buildings for energy efficiency) and as an environmental analyst for building designs in London, ranging from state of the art residential designs to large-scale international buildings and complexes. 
As one of the lead designers in 0800 SAVE ENERGY’s team of lighting specialists, Wes works day-to-day in all phases of energy efficiency projects, from initial scoping right through to handover. He attempts to balance the discipline and attention to detail that comes from engineering training with a healthy dose of creativity and practicality, and sees that energy efficiency should be a simple, attractive and easy business decision.
As a Principal Strategy Analyst at Auckland Council, Robert is leading the Council’s climate change and energy policy portfolios. Robert is a highly experienced sustainability and climate change strategist delivering low carbon city transformation and corporate strategies and programmes addressing emerging sustainability risks through collaborative governance models.
Lance is a specialist Building Services Engineer and the Managing Director of Jackson Engineering Advisers Ltd. With 35 years' industry experience covering a wide range of building services applications, Lance has developed specialist skills in improving the performance of existing buildings, leading a company specialising in the upgrade and improvement of existing building stock. Specialist skills in the application of Building Management Systems (BMS) to complex buildings is a key element of the services offered, enabling improvement in system efficiencies and accessibility to end users, such as Building Owners and Managers.
Vanessa is a Senior Technical Coordinator at the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC). Her role at NZGBC is currently focused on the development and management of NABERSNZ and the improvement of existing rating tools.