Experience

Snowy Hydro Limited

• Australia
• Utilities
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Manager Hedge Book and Trading Development

  • Jul 2011 - Present

  This role was created to ensure that there was an optimisation of the longer term capacity value of Snowy Hydro’s generation assets. Issues such as benchmarking pricing to competitors new build options and assessing wholesale contracting options all fed into the optimisation of this long term value. The role covered broad areas of the business including gas sourcing and risk management; due diligence during acquisition of new gas and coal assets; renewable generation certificate sourcing strategies as well as new entrant gas fired generation costings.Specialties: Energy Sector, Renewable Energy and Energy Certificates, Solar, Wind, Risk Management, Trading, Gas Fired Generation, Electricity Trading, Wholesale Gas, Retail Gas, Carbon Markets, LNG, NEM

• Manager Carbon Markets

  • Jan 2010 - Jul 2011

  This role was responsible for assessing, leading and implementing a strategy that optimised the commercial opportunities in the lead up to the Australian Carbon Pricing Scheme. Monitoring legislative and political changes and assessment of international development opportunities for SHL to access lower priced carbon abatement certificates were part of the role.

• Business Development Manager

  • Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  The role was designed to ensure that Snowy Hydro sourced development sites in eastern Australia that allowed for the commercial development of gas fired power stations. Lead a multi-disciplinary team that assessed the commercial, technical and environmental feasibility of over 50 potential development sites in QLD, NSW, VIC and SA.

• Senior Energy Trader & Electricity Trader

  • Sep 1998 - Dec 2006

  As part of a trading team, these roles were responsible for the development and execution of electricity derivatives, options and green product trading strategies as well as the real time electricity spot market trading in the National Electricity Market of Snowy Hydro's 4500 MW peaking power station portfolio (Hydro and Gas powered).