Michelle Shepherd

Chair appointed May 2023

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

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 a Commissioner at the Australian Energy Market Commission. 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

Director from November 2017, Deputy Chair from May 2023

Independent, non-executive, BComm PG Dip Law FAICD

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 the chair of VOC Group Limited, a non-executive director of Resolute Mining Limited, Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd, The Royal Automobile Club of WA (Inc) and Greatland Gold plc.
Ms Broughton is also an advisory council member for the Curtin University School of Business. In the not for profit sector, Ms Broughton is a non-executive director of Presbyterian Ladies College Foundation.

Katherin Domansky

Ms Domansky has over 25-years’ experience in the resources and energy sector.  She was Vice President Non Operated Assets at Woodside Energy, and previously worked for international energy companies.  With a commercial and legal background, she has significant experience spanning the energy value chain. Ms Domansky has worked in national and international settings, including Far East, Asia and Africa.  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 contributes her expertise to the Advisory Board for the Curtin Institute for Energy Transition.

David Joyce

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 member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Peter Clough

Director since November 2019

Independent, non-executive, BCE

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 Western Australian 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.

Denise McComish

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 Ltd, Gold Road Resources Ltd, Macmahon Holdings Ltd and mental health organisation Beyond Blue Ltd. She has been a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel since 2013,  is chair of the Advisory Board for the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University, and is a member of Chief Executive Women and the AICD.