Peter Forster
Tech Lead
Our Team
Together, we get amazing things done.
Our innovation comes from our collective diversity. The GreenSync team is a unique group of thinkers and doers with the talent and creativity to solve problems in a time of transition. We may sometimes see things differently—but we are all driven by our passion to collaborate for a brighter energy future.
Bridget Ryan
Policy and Government Lead
Steph Hof
Senior Developer
Jais Cheema
Team Lead
Andree Duggan
Senior Project Manager
Bruce Thompson
Head of Strategy and Partnerships
Matt Coleman
Head of Networks
Clare Scott
Head of People and Culture
Lucinda Matthews
Technical Writer
James Walker
Product Manager
Cera Davies
Senior Developer
Al Rivas
Director, Engineering
Doug Cook
Head of Delivery
Michelle MacKay
Financial Controller
Dr. Phil Blythe
CEO
Jess Christiansen
Communications Manager
Nigel Cleland
Energy Markets Specialist
Katherine Goff
Apprentice Developer
Leslie Dang Ngoc
Head of Vendors and Asset Owners
Alex Ong
Head of Engineering
Mike Williams
Head of Technology
Robert Turner
Chief Financial Officer
Tim Hordern
Head of Market Operators
Jia Chee Lee
Developer
James Healy
Tech Lead
Andrew Tanner
VP Global Partnerships
The GreenSync Board
A balance of energy, guidance and global experience
Drawing on extensive leadership capabilities and top-tier management experience from around the world, our Board offers an equally progressive and pragmatic vision for GreenSync and the future of energy in general.
Robert Turner
Chief Financial Officer
Rob is an experienced CFO whose career has included senior finance roles in ASX-listed corporates and with private equity SME’s across a number of different industries. Rob’s recent career has seen him focus on fast-growing entrepreneurial businesses, working alongside founders, CEO’s and management teams to help navigate the challenges experienced by growing organisations.
Rob’s experience and skill-set covers funding, strategy development, planning and building business capabilities, joint-ventures, product commercialisation, M&A, scaling for growth, and international expansion.
Prior to GreenSync, Rob was CFO of Soar Aviation – Australia’s largest pilot training business – supporting the founder/CEO to strengthen the businesses commercial operations and to bring in a new investor to the company. Before that Rob was CFO/COO of Assetic, an enterprise SaaS software and services start-up, focusing on infrastructure asset management and decision optimisation. Rob worked with the co-founders to transform the business into a cloud SaaS software business, expand to operate in four countries, enter new market segments, and establish a partner distribution channel.
Earlier roles included CFO of ASX-listed Webjet and Crown Resorts.
Dr. Phil Blythe
Director
As our Founder and CEO, Phil is forging new paths to energy management in Australia through cloud analytics, grid-edge technologies and network optimisation. With over 15 years’ experience commercialising new technology in global markets, Phil has been the lead technologist at five start-ups in the UK and Australia, including multimedia, cryptography, and smart buildings.
Starting his career as an aerospace engineer and professional pilot, Phil followed his passion for advanced technology and research into machine learning and artificial intelligence. He moved into energy to counter the looming threat of climate change and is now focused on reinventing the energy system to build a better future. Phil continues to play a key role in the governance of GreenSync as a member of the board. He is an active contributor to discussions about the future of global energy markets, and has held academic posts at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin and the University of Sydney, where he obtained his PhD.
Mark Woodall
Chairman
Mark has been a leader in the development and financing of renewable energy and clean technologies for nearly 25 years. He founded and led two specialist investment banking firms focused on the low carbon economy: Impax Capital (1994) and Climate Change Capital (2002).
He has been the adviser, investor or principal in over 90 cleantech transactions with total capital deployed of over US $4.5 billion. Mark has an MBA (Dean’s List) from Cranfield University and was an officer in the British Army. He currently also serves on the board of Carnegie Clean Energy (ASX: CCE) and Future Super Investments.
Dr. Mark Bonnar
Non-Executive Director
Mark is a passionate venture capital investor, active board member and experienced business builder, with extensive global networks. As Managing Director at Southern Cross Venture Partners and Renewable Energy Venture Capital, Mark is responsible for evaluating potential investments in renewable energy companies.
With considerable start-up management experience in the United Kingdom, including as the CEO at Applied Thermal Control Ltd., he began his career at Applied Materials Inc. based in Silicon Valley and subsequently held senior executive positions within several private equity backed companies. He has served on the Boards of several growing technology companies. Mark holds a BSc in applied physics and a PhD in materials science from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Ben Gust
Non-executive Director
Ben Gust leads the Clean Energy Innovation Fund at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). He is responsible for managing the CEFC’s portfolio of investments in innovative, fast growth businesses with the ability to make a significant contribution to the growth of the clean energy sector. Before joining the CEFC Ben was a Managing Director of GBS Venture Partners, one of Australia’s leading life-science Venture Capital firms where he worked for 15 years and remains a Director. Ben holds a Victorian legal practicing certificate, earned his Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Science degrees from Monash University and has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment. He has held a number of Australian and US board roles with innovative technology companies such as Hatchtech Pty Ltd, Spinifex Inc, Ivantis Inc. and many others.
John Clifford
Non-executive Director
John is an experienced private equity and venture capital investor and hands-on Chairman / Director. He has a proven investment and business development track record across a wide range of industries and situations. This includes IPO’s, public markets, acquisitions, debt and equity fundraising, start ups, corporate reorganisation, debt restructuring and management team development and change. John worked for UK investor 3i and international investment bank Rothschild where he was principal lead in over 30 LBO and development capital transactions in the UK, USA, SE Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He has direct executive experience in over 100 private equity transactions and has driven many companies through the investment cycle to exit. John originally trained as an engineer with Jaguar Cars, and has a Masters Degree in Engineering and Management from Birmingham University.
We're always looking out for more talented individuals to join the team
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