Mr Harding is recognised as one of Australia’s leading alternative energy practitioners and has been a key driver in expanding the renewables market in Australia, South America and Europe since the wind mid-90’s. From 1995 to 2005 Mr Harding was Managing Director of Pacific Hydro Limited, Australia’s largest renewable energy developer wthe windand hydro energy projects in Australia, Asia and Chile. During his tenure, Mr Harding oversaw the international expansion of the business with growth in market capitalisation from AU$5 million to over AU$750 million and an increase in profit after tax each year from 1996 to 2005, when Pacific Hydro was sold to IFM Renewable Energy. Mr Harding was also previously the Vice President of the Australian Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Mr Harding was also Chairman of Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd (AIM: CFU), was formerly General Manager of Brambles Industrial Services and Vice President of the Australian Business Council for Sustainable Development. Mr Harding regularly presents on issues associated with climate change and renewable energy and was the 2014 Halsey Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia. Mr Harding has degrees in Civil Engineering, Economics, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration. He is also a director of the Infrastructure Capital Group and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr Harding resides in both Europe and Australia.
Dr Ottaviano joined Carnegie in January 2006 and was made Managing Director in March 2007. Dr Ottaviano oversaw the acquisition of the CETO wave power intellectual property in 2009 and focusing of the company’s efforts onto its commercialisation. During his time as Managing Director, Dr Ottaviano has led the development of CETO Wave Energy Technology from Proof of Concept, Pilot Plant and Commercial Demonstration stages and has been responsible for raising over $130m in equity, grants and debt. More recently he has steered the companies expanded focus into the solar/battery microgrid market.
Dr Ottaviano has previously worked in research and development and consulted in technology and innovation management. He has advised companies on new product development, intellectual property and technology commercialisation across various industries and ranging from start-ups to large multi-nationals. He is a former Board Member of the Clean Energy Council, Australia’s clean energy peak industry group, and a member of the Australian Government’s Energy White Paper Consultative Committee. He is also a non-executive director of ASX listed hearing technology start-up, Nuheara Limited. Dr Ottaviano has a Bachelor of Engineering, a Masters of Science and a Doctorate in Business Administration.
Mr O’Brien is a former Managing Director of three years ESB (Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board) National Grid and served as a member of the Executive Management Group of ESB for more than 15 years.
He has been responsible for long-term strategic planning in ESB and for relations with the Irish Government and the European Union in the fuel and utility sector. Mr O’Brien was Acting Secretary-General of the World Energy Council (WEC) from 2008-2009 and a three-year term as a member of the Officer’s Council of the WEC. His international power industry experience extends to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and North America.
Mr Mooney is the principal of Perth-based corporate advisory firm Mooney & Partners, specialising in corporate compliance administration to public companies. Mr Mooney has gained extensive experience in the areas of corporate and project management since commencing Mooney & Partners in 1999.
His experience extends to advice on capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Currently, Mr Mooney serves as a Director to several ASX listed companies across a variety of industries including technology and resources. He is a Director of Phosphate Australia Limited, appointed 14 October 2008, Barra Resources Limited, appointed 29 November 2002, Carbine Resources Limited, appointed 16 January 2012 and Talga Resources Limited, appointed 20 February 2014. He was a Director of Nuheara Limited from 1 May 2007 to 4 June 2016 and Carbine Resources Limited from 16 January 2012 to 2 September 2014. Mr Mooney is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
John Leggate is a highly experienced oil and gas and venture capital industry executive. He worked for over 27 years for BP. His key leadership roles were as President of the Azerbaijan International Oil Co, BP’s Group Chief Information Officer and Group Vice President of BP’s Global Supply Chain
At BP Mr Leggate was closely involved in the development of corporate policy on technology foresight, and corporate venturing during the dotcom era. He has spent 20 years in the exploration and production business; running various projects, construction, commissioning and production operations with a focus on the North Sea and the Caspian Region. Mr Leggate’s early career was spent in marine consultancy at Yarrows Admiralty Research in Glasgow and after that, he was engaged in the design and construction of coal, oil and nuclear power stations with South of Scotland Electricity Board (now Scottish Power). Mr Leggate has served as a Director on the Main Board and Audit Committee of London AIM listed Parkmead Boston-based Group and Ogin, a venBoston-based wind turbine company. He has also served on the UK DTI Far Eastern Trade Advisory Board for four years and was an advisor to the US House Science Committee on the potential threat from cyber security on critical national infrastructure and global trade.
Mr Leggate was awarded the CBE in recognition of his outstanding contribution and leadership to the international digital technology agenda. Mr Leggate is a graduate of Glasgow University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Mr Fitzpatrick has over 37 years in the financial services sector. He is Chairman of Pacific Current Group (formerly Treasury Group Limited), an incubator of fund management companies, and also Chairman of the Australian Football League. He also holds a number of other non-executive directorships, including Infrastructure Capital Group, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited and Latam Autos Limited.
In 1994 Mr Fitzpatrick founded Hastings Funds Management Ltd (‘Hastings’), the pioneering infrastructure asset management company where he was Managing Director until he sold his interest in 2005. Hastings was then one of the largest managers of infrastructure and alternative assets in Australia (including infrastructure, high yield debt, private equity and timberland) managing investments of approximately A$3.8 billion. Mr Fitzpatrick was a director of a number of Hastings’ managed investments, including Pacific Hydro Limited, GlobalRenewables Limited, Utilities of Australia, Australian Infrastructure Fund and Australia Development Group Pty Ltd (the holding company of Perth Airport). Prior to establishing Hastings, Mr Fitzpatrick was a director of CS First Boston. He also previously held positions with Merrill Lynch and First Boston in New York, the Victorian Treasury and Telecom Australia.
Mr Fitzpatrick is a former chairman of Victorian Funds Management Corporation, and the Australian Sports Commission, a former director of Rio Tinto Limited and Rio Tinto plc, a former member of the Melbourne Park Tennis Centre Trust, a former director of the Carlton Football Club and a former director of the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.
Mr Fitzpatrick has a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours from the University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Oxford University where he was the 1975 Rhodes Scholar from Western Australia.
John Davidson is an Executive Director of Carnegie Clean Energy Limited and founder and Managing Director of Energy Made Clean, a leading Perth‐based renewable energy company providing off‐grid power and utility‐scale solutions. EMC was recently acquired by Carnegie Clean Energy (ASX: CCE). Mr Davidson is a highly‐regarded corporate and business executive with more than 30 years’ experience leading major strategic business initiatives and business transformation in a diverse range of industries, particularly the renewable energy and technology sectors.
From its inception in 2002, Mr Davidson has spent the last 15 years building EMC into one of the country’s leading solar and battery storage innovators. Growing in strength through a number of acquisitions, including Solar Sales, Clear Energy and Aussie Solar, Mr Davidson has developed a unique business model that offers an end to end renewable energy solution in-house, dedicated to research and development, custom design, construction, operation, maintenance and monitoring. Most recently, EMC’s has expanded its reach and project opportunities through a number of strategic partnerships, including an initial 3-year joint venture with Lendlease Services to leverage off the construction giants Australia wide footprint; a joint venture with aboriginal mining contractors Eastern Guruma to develop renewable energy solutions in the Kimberley; and a memorandum of understanding with mining company TNG and Japan’s Sumitomo Electric Industries to collaborate on the development and growth of Australia’s emerging Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRF) market.
As founder of EMC, Mr Davidson will be instrumental in establishing Carnegie as the leading Australian renewable energy microgrid project delivery company. His international business experience and connections will also further enhance the company’s global opportunities in the microgrid and wave energy technologies.
Mr Davidson also serves as Non-Executive Director on the board of mining company TNG, following the signing of a MoU between EMC and TNG in late 2016.