Renée is a member of TasNetworks’ Executive Team and leads the People Team, consisting of Technical Capability, People Development, Health Safety and Environment and People Experience streams.

With over 15 years’ experience as a senior HR executive, Renee joined TasNetworks from the Tasmanian Department of Health, where she was the Chief People Officer. She has previously worked in the mining, engineering and energy sectors, and has held roles within Australia, Brazil, USA and United Kingdom. Renee holds a Bachelor of Business (Management) from the University of Queensland. Renee is active in the community, volunteering HR expertise to a number of community organisations.

Glenn Springall is an energy sector leader and senior engineer with extensive experience across electricity distribution, including risk management, asset management, system planning, project development, complex power system modelling, and the integration of renewable energy, storage and emerging technologies.

Throughout his career, Glenn has led multidisciplinary, high-performing teams to address complex technical and strategic challenges. He is passionate about shaping the future of distributed energy, improving customer outcomes and supporting network transformation through innovation, data-driven decision-making, collaborative leadership and clear communication.

Glenn brings together deep engineering expertise, strategic thinking and a strong focus on people. He is known for bringing clarity to complexity, enabling teams to perform at their best and delivering solutions that strengthen network resilience, accelerate sustainable and decarbonised energy outcomes, and support a customer-centred energy future.

I am a senior energy infrastructure executive leading large-scale transformation across capital planning, regulatory strategy and grid modernisation.

As General Manager of Future Grid & Asset Management, I am accountable for future system strategy, asset planning, engineering standards and technology integration, ensuring the energy network remains resilient, investable and aligned to Australia’s energy transition. Over two decades in the sector, I have led regulatory resets, organisational restructuring and multi-year capital portfolio optimisation in complex and politically sensitive environments. My focus is aligning infrastructure investment with evolving customer value propositions, distributed energy growth and policy reform — balancing affordability, reliability and decarbonisation while maintaining strong regulatory and community legitimacy.

I operate at the intersection of engineering, finance and governance, translating system complexity into clear strategic direction and disciplined execution.

In addition to executive leadership, I serve in advisory and not-for-profit director roles and contribute to industry standards and policy development shaping Australia’s future energy system.

Gair's career spans senior management roles since 2006 in operations, program and project management, contracts and finance. Technical roles have included network planning, maintenance strategy and investigations. Gair’s financial background focused on strategic financial modelling that involved working closely with Government stakeholders to implement electricity market reforms.

Gair holds a Master of Applied Finance, Bachelor of Commerce (Management) and Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from the University of Western Australia.
Asset Management is accountable for managing overall asset lifecycles, asset performance management strategies, network planning, engineering and design and network operations. As the major network operator in Western Australia, Western Power is a significant employer of engineers and is a foundation member of the API.

Fatima Bazzi is the Group Executive Customer at Ausgrid. In this role, Fatima is responsible for customer connections from solution to delivery, public lighting, regulated metering, customer service delivery and major customer electrification strategies and partnerships. Her group’s focus is to deliver an exceptional experience and services for Ausgrid’s 1.8 million customers.

Fatima has more than 16 years’ experience in the energy sector, holding various senior roles across Asset Management, Customer Connections, Transformation and Portfolio Planning. She has been recognised for her focus on building customer-centric capability, leading transformation programs, and fostering collaboration across technical and commercial teams to support Australia’s energy transition.

She is passionate about developing emerging talent in the energy industry and promoting diversity and inclusion across STEM and leadership pathways. Fatima is a Board Member of the Australian Power Institute and holds an Executive MBA (Distinction) from Melbourne Business School and a Master of Organisational Design from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

Norike Ganhao is an experienced senior executive with a strong background in strategy, business transformation, systems thinking and power system engineering.

With experience leading business-wide change, establishing new functions and guiding diverse teams, Norike brings a unique combination of technical, commercial and strategic capability. Her strengths lie in connecting engineering and business systems expertise with creative and innovative thinking to generate insights, challenge assumptions and help others see new possibilities.

Norike is passionate about supporting people to understand and apply their individual strengths, enabling them to contribute to their full potential and build stronger, more effective teams.

In her current role, Norike is leading the development of Powerlink’s next strategy, helping define the organisation’s role in a changing energy landscape, set future aspirations and identify how Powerlink can continue to deliver for its customers. She also led the development of Powerlink’s COVID-19 recovery strategy, ensuring the organisation could navigate the pandemic, remain resilient across a range of scenarios and embed this thinking into ongoing operations.

Norike holds graduate degrees in engineering and accounting, with further development in leadership, strategy, business systems and innovation.

Lance has more than 20 years of experience in the Australian energy and infrastructure industries. In February 2015 Lance was appointed to the role of Head of Asset Management, accountable for asset management activities that optimally balances asset risk, cost and performance of TransGrid’s network.
Prior to that role, Lance gained his extensive experience in developing, designing, constructing and maintaining substations and transmission lines throughout Australia in different roles at TransGrid, Downer Australia and Powerlink Queensland.

Lance has a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) Honours Degree from the University of Queensland and Diploma in Project Management from the University of New England. He is currently completing his Masters of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Ryan Turner is a power transmission and distribution leader with more than 20 years of experience across grid connection, high-voltage electrical engineering, power systems, renewable energy, traction power, network planning and energy advisory.

As Power Transmission and Distribution Practice Leader at Aurecon, Ryan brings deep technical and strategic expertise to the planning, design and delivery of energy infrastructure. His work supports the development of reliable, resilient and future-ready networks as Australia’s energy system transitions to a more renewable, decentralised and decarbonised future.

Throughout his career, Ryan has worked across complex transmission and distribution projects, helping clients navigate technical, commercial and system-wide challenges. He is passionate about supporting the growth of the power sector workforce and strengthening the capability needed to deliver Australia’s future energy system.

Ryan brings a strong understanding of the engineering, planning and advisory expertise required to support network transformation, renewable energy integration and long-term customer and community outcomes.

Craig is a member of the CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy Senior Management Group and currently leads strategic network projects such as the Network Price Review and the development of climate resilient networks.

With over 35 years’ experience in the management of physical assets, Craig has held a variety of senior engineering management positions with Alinta, Jemena, United Energy, Citipower and Powercor, in asset management, program and project management, environmental management, reliability management and risk.

Over the last 20 years, Craig has been integral in developing the next generation of engineers, having been an active member in Graduate Development Committees at Alinta, Jemena and United Energy as well as a frequent mentor. Craig holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) Degree from the University of Melbourne and an Advanced Diploma in Leadership and Management from the University of Western Australia. Craig is a Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria and a Fellow of Engineering, recognised with the Engineering Executive credential.

Margarida is the Group Manager of Onboarding and Connections at AEMO. Margarida has worked in the energy industry for over 20 years in the areas of national energy market design and operation; electricity transmission planning; distributed energy integration and more recently, onboarding utility-scale generators, storage providers and customers. Working for energy market operators, transmission and distribution network businesses, and in consulting, Margarida has a depth of experience informed over a period of dramatic structural change and market reform.

Margarida’s most recent focus has been on building predictable connection processes, through greater transparency of process, clearer definition of roles and responsibilities, greater collaboration across AEMO, NSPs, Proponents and OEMs, and working to align approaches across NEM regions

Keron is the General Manager, Power Transformer Business Unit of Wilson Transformer Company (WTC), based in Glen Waverley, Victoria and is a member of the WTC Executive Leadership Team. WTC has had a long relationship with the API and actively provides support to a range of initiatives to develop future engineering leaders.

Keron is an Honours graduate in Civil Engineering from Queensland University of Technology and has also studied at IMD Business School, in Lausanne Switzerland. He has held several honorary positions with Engineers Australia including Chairman of the Queensland Environmental Engineering Society, Vice Chairman of the National Board of the Environmental Engineering Society, a National Board member of the Institution of Engineers, Environmental College and was the Convenor of several major Environmental EngineeringConferences.