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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Provide insight-driven strategies for the business including project scoping and design, research and analysis, and presentation.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Completed several short term contracts in the Carbon Policy, Carbon Targets and Bushfire Mitigation policy areas. Responsibilities included:- As part of the Carbon Policy and Targets teams, developed a methodology for economy-wide modelling of carbon emissions trajectories and economic impact to 2050, as a basis for setting Victoria’s carbon reduction targets. Also wrote sectoral research papers on emissions drivers and trends.- In Powerline Bushfire Safety Program: conducted forensic… Show more Completed several short term contracts in the Carbon Policy, Carbon Targets and Bushfire Mitigation policy areas. Responsibilities included:- As part of the Carbon Policy and Targets teams, developed a methodology for economy-wide modelling of carbon emissions trajectories and economic impact to 2050, as a basis for setting Victoria’s carbon reduction targets. Also wrote sectoral research papers on emissions drivers and trends.- In Powerline Bushfire Safety Program: conducted forensic financial analysis of a ~$160m funding request for installation of bushfire safety technologies and wrote submissions identifying ~$50m of potential savings. Project management of a bushfire reduction incentive scheme and grants programs. Show less

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Built a retail electricity pricing model to provide customer-level profitability analysis, competitor analysis and other insights to support repricing decisions. This resulted in automation of this process, new insights on customer profitability and drivers, ability to perform pricing scenarios and analysis, and a new pricing strategy leading to significant additional profitability.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Business Partner to the wholesale gas and renewables team with revenue ~$1bn, and key contact for financial and analytical analysis. My responsibilities included:- business planning, performance monitoring, and ad-hoc commercial analysis- led numerous cross-functional projects, including development of gas planning\forecasting model, and gas book structure.- designing, building, maintaining, automating and improving forecasting and planning models, data systems and processes-… Show more Business Partner to the wholesale gas and renewables team with revenue ~$1bn, and key contact for financial and analytical analysis. My responsibilities included:- business planning, performance monitoring, and ad-hoc commercial analysis- led numerous cross-functional projects, including development of gas planning\forecasting model, and gas book structure.- designing, building, maintaining, automating and improving forecasting and planning models, data systems and processes- won EnergyAustralia’s annual innovation challenge for a proposal for a new data-driven, customer-centric business model for new energy products. Show less

Responsible for valuation and risk assessment of market risk in the electricity, gas and environmental products markets.

- Implementation of systems and processes to comply with Australia's carbon pricing mechanism and other environmental schemes.- Coordination and collation of data from across the business.- Liaising with regulators and other industry participants, coordinating submissions on potential regulatory changes.

Policy analysis and advice on carbon mitigation. Also completed a secondment to the Future Coasts program, to assist with the development and release of sea-level rise data and accompanying guidance materials.

Worked as a consultant housed in the strategy and public policy practice group, primarily in the utilities and environment and financial services sectors.

Consulted to US/UK financial services organisations on using elasticity analysis to improve attainment of business objectives.

Postgraduate Diploma (First Year Of Masters Program), Economics

Bsc/Ba, Applied Mathematics, Japanese, Hps

Activities and Societies: - Moderator, Programs and Activities Committee, Student Ambassador Leadership Program