Philip Mauger is a lifelong resident of Christchurch, serving on the Christchurch City Council since 2019. He was elected Mayor in 2022.

Prior to Council, he led a third-generation contracting company building subdivisions, roads, and drains across the city. He also has a strong history of supporting community organisations.

As Mayor, Philip is focused on making Christchurch the best place to live, work, invest and play in New Zealand.

Nigel was appointed Orion Group Chief Executive in July 2021. He leads the Orion Group which comprises Orion’s central Canterbury electricity distribution business and wholly owned subsidiary, Connetics.

Prior to this, Nigel was Chief Executive of Powerco, based in New Plymouth. He was with Powerco for 19 years in a range of executive management positions including nine as CEO.

Nigel has an economics and legal background and previously held roles with Transpower and Bank of New Zealand.

Jack is the Policy Manager in the sustainability team at the XRB. Jack is working to develop New Zealand’s climate-related disclosure standards for the largest ~200 companies and financial institutions, with a focus on the strategy, scenario analysis and transition planning aspects of the standards. Jack has been working in climate and environmental policy for over 5 years, including work on the economics of transition, sustainable land use modelling, emissions trading, policy innovation and sustainable finance. Jack was previously at the Ministry for the Environment in the Office of the Chief Executive working across a wide range of sustainability issues.

Jason Bretherton is an Electrical Engineer with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management. He has worked as an engineering consultant in the building services industry in New Zealand and overseas for more than 25 years. In his current role as a Technical Director at WSP based in Christchurch, Jason provides technical leadership, high level concept design advice and undertakes critical review across a diverse range of projects. He has a passion for energy efficiency and sustainability and strives to deliver a high degree of integration by applying a whole-of-life approach. Jason joined the CEP Board in September 2021 and appointed Vice Chair in July 2023.

Zoe is a sustainability professional with 25 years of experience in sustainability, environmental management and carbon accounting, she is Head of Science and Advisory Delivery at Toitū.

Zoe has supported a range of clients to reap the benefits of a strategic approach to sustainability, including application of frameworks and tools for measuring, managing and minimising impacts on the environment. Most recently she has worked with KiwiRail, Waka Kotahi, Lyttelton Port Company and others on carbon programmes including defining scope 3 emissions, supply chain approaches to decarbonisation and life cycle assessments.

Zoe has a Masters in Professional Science, focussed on science communication and climate sciences.

Delphine strongly believes that businesses can drive positive change, and strives to empower them to achieve their best. After leading the Business Development team at Toitū Envirocare, she joined BraveTrace in August 2023 to put her passion into the acceleration of New Zealand’s renewable energy transition. Delphine’s role is to partner with corporate energy users for impactful renewable energy procurement and help them successfully navigate the market. Delphine fell in love with Aotearoa in 2001 and has made Tāmaki Makaurau her home since then.

Angus Judge is the General Manager of Operations for Genesis Energy’s three hydro power schemes at Tekapo, Waikaremoana and Tongariro, and its thermal power station at Huntly.  Angus has been in the energy sector for 18 years with experience managing capital refurbishment and replacement programmes, asset and environmental management, and process safety.

Presentation: Transitioning to a Portfolio of Lower Carbon Technologies at Huntly Power Station

Presentation: Early Days Energy Transition Findings

Matt is a Chemical and Process Engineer with over 6 years’ consulting experience within the New Zealand manufacturing sector. During this time, he has completed numerous business cases for the installation and integration of high temperature heat pumps, and is currently involved in the design and installation of a 4 MW system in Southland.

Sarah is the customer champion at Lodestone Energy. Her drive for customer centricity has been gained over her more than 20 years in the energy industry. Originally at Genesis where she worked across various roles in the Retail part of the business and more recently at Vector Metering (now Bluecurrent) where she was part of the team who set up Vector Metering in Australia and growing the business to a successful partial sale in 2023. Joining Lodestone Energy in July 2023 she has brought her passion for delivering customer centric solutions across utility scale solar where she is responsible for Sales and Marketing.

Peter is the Commercial Lead for the Future Fuels team at Clarus, delivering renewable gas and electricity projects in New Zealand, including pipeline renewable natural gas and hydrogen. Peter closed New Zealand’s first biomethane-to-pipeline upgrading project with Ecogas at Reporoa and is leading the commercial and regulatory development of hydrogen trials on behalf of the five North Island natural gas networks.

Franziska leads a team that is supporting the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) in all aspects of energy cooperation with Australia and New Zealand. She is implementing the Australia-Germany Energy Partnership and the New Zealand-Germany Energy Dialogue. Before joining adelphi in 2019, Franziska worked as a seconded policy officer in the German Federal Ministry for the Environment and Nature Conservation on bilateral cooperation. Between 2013 and 2016, she worked as a management consultant in the energy sector.

Dan Tomlinson brings a rich background in energy, sustainability, and IT, with an MBA from Cambridge and a bachelor’s from Harvard in Environmental Science and Public Policy. After an early international career in solar technology commercialization and deployment, Dan moved to New Zealand where he has spent the last five years spearheading the growth of BraveGen's carbon accounting software in New Zealand and now on a global scale, aiding clients and partners in integrating sustainability into business performance.