Experience

AEMO Services

• Australia
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercial Operations

  • May 2022 - Present

  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia



Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Director, Proposals, Commercial and Investment Attraction

  • Jun 2020 - May 2022

  Australia



KPMG Australia

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2020

  Melbourne, Australia Part of the energy projects team in Australia specialising in emerging energy technologies including hydrogen, batteries, pumped hydro, bioenergy and waste to energy.



KPMG Singapore

• Singapore
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director

  • Aug 2015 - Jun 2017

  Singapore - 1500 tpd Municipal Solid Waste to Energy PPP project, West Java, Indonesia – leading a financial advisory role to assist a preferred bidder in fundraising, commercial structuring and negotiations to reach Financial Close - Kuwait Waste-to-energy PPP bid advisory – Lead financial advisor to a consortium bidding for the first PPP waste to energy project in Kuwait to treat 3300 tpd municipal solid waste. The role included the full scope of bid management during the bidding phase… Show more - 1500 tpd Municipal Solid Waste to Energy PPP project, West Java, Indonesia – leading a financial advisory role to assist a preferred bidder in fundraising, commercial structuring and negotiations to reach Financial Close - Kuwait Waste-to-energy PPP bid advisory – Lead financial advisor to a consortium bidding for the first PPP waste to energy project in Kuwait to treat 3300 tpd municipal solid waste. The role included the full scope of bid management during the bidding phase, including debt fund raising, risk allocation, interface with various advisors, negotiation with banks and bid preparation. - 2.1 GW Paiton coal IPP buy-side due diligence advisor, Indonesia – assisted the M&A team in review of EPC and O&M contracts as part of the due diligence process for the acquisition of 2.1 GW of coal fired power assets in Indonesia. - Renewable Energy Financial Model Assumptions Review, Private Equity Fund, Asia - Performed a review of financial model input assumptions for the purposes of asset valuation as part of the audit for a major green energy private equity fund, covering wind, solar and bioenergy projects at various stages of development and implementation. - Major oil company - benchmarking of power technologies, Philippines - performed an analysis of least cost models for different power projects in the Philippines as input to a market model to perform a valuation for development of a power plant using the company's existing gas assets. - Donggi Senoro LNG maintenance contract, Indonesia – Performed a contract review and benchmarking study to advise client on optimum maintenance strategy and contracting approach for an LNG power facility. Show less



KPMG

• Canada
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2017

  Financial advisor specialising in IPP's, waste to energy and major projects in the power and petrochemical industries. Highlighted experience includes: - Financial Advisor – South Africa Department of Energy IPP Coal Baseload Programme. Nadia was on the lead financial advisor’s team responsible for the procurement of coal power projects in the first bid window of the national Coal Baseload IPP Programme. - IPP Project Development – Transaction advisor for Ncondezi’s coal mine… Show more Financial advisor specialising in IPP's, waste to energy and major projects in the power and petrochemical industries. Highlighted experience includes: - Financial Advisor – South Africa Department of Energy IPP Coal Baseload Programme. Nadia was on the lead financial advisor’s team responsible for the procurement of coal power projects in the first bid window of the national Coal Baseload IPP Programme. - IPP Project Development – Transaction advisor for Ncondezi’s coal mine mouth power project in Mozambique, assisting in the bid adjudication process for the mining scope, interaction and negotiation with preferred bidders and assessment of coal transfer price to the power plant. - Project reviewer – Sasol Technology’s Fischer Tropsch Wax Expansion Project in South Africa, which involved reviewing the engineering development status and developing project change control procedures for the second phase of the project prior to execution. - Project due diligence – Performed a due diligence on a wind energy project in the Coega industrial development zone in South Africa that was nearly fully developed, on behalf of a potential investor. - Project reviewer – Review of the project status for Sasol Nitro’s explosives plant in South Africa to assist the client in contract and payment dispute negotiations after a sub-contractor was liquidated. - Project evaluator and reviewer – Advised the EEP Southern & East Africa fund on development funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in South and East Africa, assisting project developers in enhancing their business cases and providing support in project implementation. - Project Risk Review – Nadia facilitated a technical risk review for a desalination plant for Rio Tinto’s Rössing uranium mine in Swakopmund, Namibia. Show less



Amec Foster Wheeler

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Process Engineer

  • Apr 2011 - Jan 2014

  Johannesburg, South Africa - Study manager: Algae Bioenergy Pre-feasibility study for TSB Sugar, South Africa - developed a preliminary design and cost estimate for a green fields algae facility fed with flue gas from an existing sugar mill boiler station. - Study manager: Captive Power Plant for WCL, Liberia - recommended the most economic option for a captive power plant(s) to service three iron ore mines in Liberia, including a feedstock analysis, development of various power plant technology options and a… Show more - Study manager: Algae Bioenergy Pre-feasibility study for TSB Sugar, South Africa - developed a preliminary design and cost estimate for a green fields algae facility fed with flue gas from an existing sugar mill boiler station. - Study manager: Captive Power Plant for WCL, Liberia - recommended the most economic option for a captive power plant(s) to service three iron ore mines in Liberia, including a feedstock analysis, development of various power plant technology options and a techno-economic trade-off analysis for various centralised and decentralised scenarios. - Study Manager: Hitachi Gas Supply Market Study and Feasibility Study - executed in collaboration with a marketing research entity to assess the gas supply markets in Africa to identify opportunities in the power sector. The countries included were Ghana, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya. - Lead Engineer: Uzbekistan GTL FEED project Sasol Technology. Responsible for basic design engineering package of several process units, verification of licensor package, licensor interfacing, technical and HAZOP reviews of drawings, integration engineering, etc. - Study Manager: EEP Pyrolysis Bioenergy Feasibility Study for TSB Sugar, South Africa. Developed process models, utility summary and preliminary equipment sizing as input to financial model. - Lead Engineer: Uzbekistan GTL enhancement study Sasol Technology. Investigated different design cases to enhance business case for GTL plant to assess the impact of various product slates on project feasibility which led to ultimate approval of the project execution phase. - Senior Design Engineer: Canada GTL Feasibility project, Sasol Technology.Feasibility design engineering package of LPG Treatment Unit and Product Work-Up Unit Supplementary scope, verification of licensor package, licensor interfacing, licensor package, integration engineering. Show less



4Sight OT Optimisation

• South Africa
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Consultant

  • Jan 2010 - Mar 2011

  Training and Consulting on use of AspenTech Engineering software for process and economic modelling. Focus on AspenPlus, AspenHysys and ICARUS products (KBase, PEA). - Cost estimate modelling consultant – Sasol Technology: Uzbekistan GTL Feasibility study cost calibration project. Responsible for training the Sasol cost estimating team in the application of cost modelling software to calibrate a cost estimate according to Sasol specifications. Ongoing consultation and support in… Show more Training and Consulting on use of AspenTech Engineering software for process and economic modelling. Focus on AspenPlus, AspenHysys and ICARUS products (KBase, PEA). - Cost estimate modelling consultant – Sasol Technology: Uzbekistan GTL Feasibility study cost calibration project. Responsible for training the Sasol cost estimating team in the application of cost modelling software to calibrate a cost estimate according to Sasol specifications. Ongoing consultation and support in execution of the project including trouble shooting and template design. - Engineering applications consultant: Sasol Process Design department, South Africa Responsible for training Sasol process design engineers in process simulation, dynamic simulation, techno-economic and cost estimate modelling at various levels of project development. Delivering web-seminars, training courses and technical consultation with Process Design engineering team in various engineering applications. - Trainer in Aspen Plus, Aspen Hysys, Aspen Economic Analyser and Aspen Capital Cost Estimator. Presented various training courses in process engineering and cost engineering modelling tools, in South Africa (PetroSA, Sasol, Bateman, Foster Wheeler, Fluor, Hatch, etc.) as well as in France (Rhodia). Show less



Stellenbosch University

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• University Lecturer

  • Jan 2006 - Dec 2009

  South Africa  Lecturer - 3rd year undergraduate program, Process Engineering Department, Stellenbosch University. Lectured courses in Particle Technology and Mineral Processing and Modelling.  Completed a Ph.D. in Process Engineering at Stellenbosch University entitled “Techno-economic study for sugarcane bagasse to liquid biofuels in South Africa: A comparison between biological and thermochemical process routes”. Studied various bio refinery options to evaluate techno-economics of processes for TSB… Show more  Lecturer - 3rd year undergraduate program, Process Engineering Department, Stellenbosch University. Lectured courses in Particle Technology and Mineral Processing and Modelling.  Completed a Ph.D. in Process Engineering at Stellenbosch University entitled “Techno-economic study for sugarcane bagasse to liquid biofuels in South Africa: A comparison between biological and thermochemical process routes”. Studied various bio refinery options to evaluate techno-economics of processes for TSB Sugar. The project has led to several other master’s and Ph.D. projects sponsored by TSB and a pilot study that is currently underway to test one of the processes recommended in the techno-economic study.  Worked at Dartmouth College on ammonia recovery unit from a bio refinery design.  Wrote several technical papers and presented at international and national conferences.  Assisted in developing and presenting course notes on Renewable Energy Systems and Bioenergy, presented by the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies and Stellenbosch University offered as part of an M. Phil program.  Worked in the bioenergy research group providing consulting services, including PetroSA and renewable energy companies. Show less



Anglogold Ashanti

• Manager in Training

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

  Johannesburg, South Africa - Joined Anglogold as a bursary student in 1999 and was awarded best vac work project for 2 consecutive years. - Responsible for an Anglogold project on cyanide management to be implemented at all their gold plants in South Africa. The project entailed development of a model used to predict cyanide volatilization rates from gold processing operations. - Completed a Masters in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Pretoria entitled “The development of an empirical prediction model… Show more - Joined Anglogold as a bursary student in 1999 and was awarded best vac work project for 2 consecutive years. - Responsible for an Anglogold project on cyanide management to be implemented at all their gold plants in South Africa. The project entailed development of a model used to predict cyanide volatilization rates from gold processing operations. - Completed a Masters in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Pretoria entitled “The development of an empirical prediction model for cyanide volatilization from gold mining operations to be used by plant personnel to estimate cyanide emissions” - Assisted in research and mine tailings analysis at MINTEK industrial facility for 2 years. Show less