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Our board is a diverse team with a wealth of varied experience and knowledge. 

Michelle Shepherd

Position

Chair

Qualifications

Independent, non-executive, B.Econ, B.Comm, GAICD

About Ms Shepherd has over 20 years’ experience in both the private and public sectors of Australia’s electricity and gas markets.  Ms Shepherd was formerly the Commissioner at the Australian Energy Market. Prior to becoming a Commissioner in 2018, Ms Shepherd spent over 15 years working on national energy reform and strategy at Alinta Energy and AGL. Ms Shepherd has also worked for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, UK Competition Commission and the Commonwealth Department of Finance. She is a Graduate of the AICD and holds a Bachelor of Applied Economics from Murdoch University and a Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University.




Yasmin Broughton

Position

Deputy Chair

Qualifications

Independent, non-executive, BComm PG Dip Law FAICD

About

Ms Broughton is a corporate lawyer with significant experience working as both a director and senior executive in a diverse range of industries, including electricity and gas, and was previously the acting General Counsel and Company Secretary of Alinta Limited, a former ASX 50 company.  Ms Broughton is a non-executive director of Greatland Gold Plc, Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd, The Royal Automobile Club of WA (Inc), RAC Insurance Pty Ltd and the Chair of VOC Group Limited.

 

 

Peter Clough

Position

Director

Qualifications

Independent, non-executive, BCE

About

Mr Clough has over 30 years of experience in the energy and resources sectors. He was most recently the general manager of government affairs at Woodside Petroleum, but during his career has provided consulting services to a number of Western Australia’s biggest firms including Alcoa, BHP Billiton, Santos and Telstra. Following his early career working for the WA State Government primarily in resources development, he became the executive officer of government affairs at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA, and later the general secretary of that industry association. He has also served as the deputy chairman of commissioners at the City of Joondalup.

 

 

Katherin Domansky

Position Director
Qualifications Independent, Non-executive, LL.M, LLB (Hons)/Arts, GAICD 
About

Ms Domansky has over 25 years’ experience in the resources and energy sector. With a commercial and legal background, she has significant experience spanning the energy value chain and has held senior roles in national and international companies. She holds a Masters in Law from the University of Western Australia and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Ms Domansky is currently in the BHP Global Exploration Group and contributes her expertise to the Advisory Board for the Curtin Institute for Energy Transition.

 



David Joyce

Position Director
Qualifications Independent, Non-executive, B.Engineering (Hons)
About

Mr Joyce is a civil engineer with more than three decades of experience delivering major resource projects in Australia and overseas. This included delivering the required infrastructure, services, processing facilities and initial mining developments for both Greenfields and Brownfields developments. He most recently worked as Head of Global Projects for Rio Tinto between 2014 and 2021. Mr Joyce is a non-executive director of NRW Holdings Ltd. and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.





 

Denise McComish

Position Director
Qualifications Independent, non-executive, FCA, HonD.Bus., MAICD
About

Ms McComish is a highly experienced accounting and audit professional with extensive experience across the energy and natural resources, financial services and infrastructure sectors. She was a partner with KPMG for 30 years and held leadership positions as a KPMG Australian board member and as National Mining Leader. She is currently a director of Webjet Limited, Macmahon Holdings Ltd, Mineral Resources Ltd and mental health organisation Beyond Blue Ltd. Ms McComish is a member of Chief Executive Women and the AICD. She has been a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel since 2013 and is currently chair of the Advisory Board for the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University.

Board committees

There are two committees that assist the board to discharge its corporate governance and oversight responsibilities. These are the audit and risk committee, and human resources and sustainability committee

 

Audit and Risk Charter

Human Resources and Sustainability Charter

Board charter

 

Committee Memberships

Audit and Risk Committee

Denise McComish (Chair)
Michelle Shepherd
Katherin Domansky

Human Resources & Sustainability Committee

Michelle Shepherd (Chair)
Yasmin Broughton
David Joyce
Peter Clough