Broad Solutions Ltd provides consulting services to large corporates and SMEs in NZ and internationally. Established in 2010, the team has a wide range of experience including quantitative advisor placements and senior management roles within commercial environments. We have delivered software and business support solutions in a variety of sectors including oil and gas, electricity, metering, telecommunications, forestry, insurance, transport and water. Our success comes from building strong and lasting partnerships with our clients. Our approach✓ Tools for optimising decision making (scheduling, planning, logistics, packing, market studies)✓ Energy market design, analysis and review✓ Financial analysis, performance reporting, and infrastructure investment/expansion decisions✓ Product and transfer pricing✓ Business case support and Forecasting✓ Risk management and supporting analytics✓ Software development and quality assurance✓ Business intelligence and data science solutions✓ Audits and reviews of models and systems✓ Documentation & support for models and processes✓ Stochastic and scenario-based modelling✓ Customer analytics and profitability✓ Project management✓ KPI design and integration

Providing oversight, commercial management and strategic advice.Autogrow Systems develops and sells horticultural control equipment internationally. Products range from hobby equipment that typically controls/monitors single growing inputs (such as nutrient levels or pH), through to commercial equipment that can control the entire climate and growing conditions of multiple large scale greenhouses (including nutrients, pH, temperature, humidity, fans, vents...) in a coordinated fashion, typcially with remote access via the internet. Autogrow has established distributors/agents in key markets, but continues to grow. Target markets are a mix of developed and developing countries. Demand is driven by competitive growing of horticultural crops through to water shortage issues in arid climates, through to food safety in areas of over population.

Role Function: To develop and lead the industrial and commercial customer strategy to maximize revenue, growth and profitability in both gas and electricity distribution. Manage a team of 12 staff plus management of contractors.• Leading and managing a team of contract and relationship managers to deliver electricity and gas infrastructure build and contract management services to Vector’s industrial and commercial customers• Embedding an understanding of governance requirements and regulatory constraints and ensuring compliance• Performance management of service providers• Negotiation of commercial terms and leading major negotiations• Development and maintenance of Vector’s commercial and customer relationships• Management of capital budgets, revenue forecasting, and performance tracking• Aligning commercial processes and customer approaches with pricing policy and ensuring revenue targets are achieved.

Role Function: To identify, advance and manage fuel related business development opportunities, including both onshore and offshore oil and gas projects. Manage a team of 3 staff plus management of contractors and consultants.• Commercial management of Genesis Energy’s fuel development projects• Development of long term views of gas supply and demand• Economic assessment of current and potential projects with a view on medium to long term market prices• Development of investment portfolio and strategic assessment of new opportunities• Management of Genesis Energy’s participation in joint ventures• Monthly reporting to the Genesis Board and managing communications for projects • Consultation with key stakeholders including council, landowners and tangata whenua, presenting on key aspects of the project and seeking land access.

Role Function: Management of a team providing modelling and analytical support to Genesis Energy in areas such as risk analysis, pricing, position management, fuel portfolio management, price and volume forecasting and strategic planning.• Scenario development and strategic analysis of the wholesale electricity market• Board updates on market risk exposure and gross margin projections• Economic analysis of new business opportunities (tenders on existing market assets, viability of new generation projects, impacts of ETS etc)• Fuel portfolio and coal stock pile forecasting and planning (contract analysis, take-or-pay modelling, dry year management)• Development and maintenance of pricing tools and the determination and review of locational prices for setting retail price points• Managing, developing and evaluating tools for assessing market risk.

Providing economic and operations research advice and model development services to the energy sectors in NZ and internationally.• Consulting projects and placements with major energy companies in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and the United States• Economic assessments of new power generation opportunities: - assumption development (plant capacities, fuel costs, SRMC and LRMC of existing and potential power plants, transmission capacities and losses, demand projections) - market modelling (development and tuning of cournot equilibrium models, use of existing industry market forecasting tools) - scenario analysis to capture uncertainty around key assumptions - financial modelling of price and generation projections and discounted cash flow analysis. • Decision tool development in support of energy company operations and planning, including emission management and optimising fuel contract usage• Providing advice in the areas of fuel management, wholesale electricity price projections, emissions impacts, competitive market dynamics and hydro reservoir management.

Providing economic and quantitative analysis consulting services, specialising in the delivery of decision support tools and economic advice.