Speakers
Meet our 2026 speakers
Chris Abbott
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Contact Energy
Tania Palmer
GM Generation
Meridian Energy
Steve Reid
GM Regulatory Policy
Origin Energy
Hon Simeon Brown
Minister for Energy, New Zealand
Briony Bennett
Clean Electricity Lead
New Zealand Climate Foundation
Mike Roan
Chief Executive Officer
Meridian Energy
Cristiano Marantes
Head of Infrastructure
Simplicity
Kate Binns
Head of New Zealand
Mint Renewables
Roger Sutton
Principal Strategic Advisory
DETA
Richard Pearce
Chief Operating Officer
Lodestone Energy
Jimmy Molea
Regional Business Development Director
Sungrow
Trevor Nash
Country Manager
Yinson
Bobby Naimawi
Chief Operating Officer
Energy Fiji Limited
Merinda-Lee Hassall
Lead Adviser, Energy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Ann Whitfield
Partner
HoustonKemp
John Harbord
Chair
Electricity Authority
Hon Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molio'o
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Samoa
David Brown
Chief Investment Officer
Cook Islands National Superannuation Fund
Karen Boyes
Executive Director
Major Electricity Users' Group
Simon Dedman
Managing Director
Kuehne+Nagel
Senikavika Jiuta
Chief Executive Officer
Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission
Jean-Christophe Cheylus
Chief Executive Officer
Neoen
Nick Sallmann
Manager, Commercial Origination
Hydro Tasmania
Thomas Schmitz
GM Energy Markets APAC
Aquila Clean Energy
Dennis Freedman
Managing Director ANZ
Aquila Clean Energy
Chris Fruean
Chief Engineer
Electric Power Corporation (Samoa)
Frank Kyota
Chief Executive Officer
Palau Public Utilities Corporation
Jeremy Maneipuri
Chief Operating Officer
Solomon Power
Frédéric Petit
Managing Director
UNELCO Engie
Andrew Percival
Head of (Utility) Sales AUS | NZ
TrinaSolar
Hayden Glass
GM, Wholesale and Supply
Electricity Authority
Tim Sparks
GM, Networks and System Change
Electricity Authority
Dean Yarrall
Chairperson
Office for the Pacific Energy Regulators Alliance (OPERA)
Janendra Prasad
Director/Principal Consultant
Scinergy Pacific
Kavit Borkhataria
Investment Manager
Camco
Rachel Rundle
Director of Policy
Eku Energy
David Dewar
Business Strategy and Economic Policy Consultant
Dewar Advisory
Steve West
Consultant
Envisory
Kade Mace
GM - Asset Delivery
Genesis Energy
Irene Lauret
Technical Director - Power Generation
Aurecon
Paul Makumbe
Founder/Director
Sunergise
Christiaan Zuur
Director, Energy Infrastructure
KPMG
Matthew Cleland
Head of Wind & Solar
Contact Energy
Lauren Curtayne
Partner
Chapman Tripp
Francisco Vozza
Director of Business Development, Floating Solar
Fred. Olsen 1848
Jason Franklin
Chief Executive Officer
Powerco
Andy Burgess
GM Infrastructure
Commerce Commission
John Hancock
Independent Consultant
Signature Consulting
Brian Moore
Managing Director
Pol Energy Analytics
Gary Holden
Managing Director
Lodestone Energy
Randhir Charan
GM - Human Resources
Energy Fiji Limited
Subrata Barman
Senior Operations Manager
IFC - International Finance Corporation