I am a senior leader in the renewable energy sector with over 11 years' of global experience in renewable energy innovation, strategy, M&A, construction and engineering. I have experience working across Europe, North America, Australia, South Africa and Latin America in consulting, tech and industry environments. I have led teams of 1-40 directly and indirectly during this time.Key career accomplishments:> Led a global macroeconomic and BESS market entry assessment for a major battery developer leading to critical go/no-go investment decisions at the board level (Senior Manager at Baringa Partners)> Developed global green hydrogen strategy enabling data centre growth principally across Europe, North America and South Africa for Amazon Web Services representing over USD$1bn in investment (Principal at Amazon Web Services).> Navigated Amazon and Amazon Web Services through the European gas crisis in 2022 which put $30bn+ revenue and millions of customers at risk. I led a task force to analyse and mitigate systemic energy market risks and presented these findings and recommendations to senior leadership (Principal at Amazon Web Services)> Led the development of a USD$1bn+ CAPEX portfolio of power projects encompassing offshore wind, green hydrogen, battery storage and gas generation across Europe (Principal at Amazon Web Services)> Led to development of Ukraine’s green hydrogen strategy (pre-war) on behalf of the C-suite of Ukraine’s largest vertically integrated utility (DTEK). (Manager at Baringa Partners)> Co-founded an energy startup, Electroads, and led it to an international startup accelerator (The Hult Prize) to compete for USD$1m of seed funding. (CEO & Co-founder at Electroads)I am currently the Head of Energy at NEXTDC and am globally responsible for energy procurement, strategy and investments to help NEXTDC achieve 100% carbon free power for its data centre. NEXTDC is a fast-growing ASX top 50 company and one of Australia's largest data centre operators. I hold a Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Business School where I graduated in the top 10% of my cohort (Dean’s List Award). I also hold a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with a specialisation in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Commerce with a specialisation in Finance.
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