AEMO Board
The AEMO Board was appointed on 1 July 2009 and comprises nine Non-Executive Directors and the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Dr Thomas (Tom) Parry AM – Chairman
Dr Parry is the Chairman of Sydney Water Corporation and First State Super Trustee Corporation.
He is also a director of Powerco (New Zealand) and ASX Compliance Pty Ltd. With over 30 years’ experience as an academic, business and public policy consultant and regulator, Dr Parry has extensive experience in regulating utility assets in the water and energy sectors. Dr Parry was the Foundation Executive Chairman of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART).
He was also the Foundation NSW Natural Resources Commissioner.
Mr Matt Zema – Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Zema was the Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Energy Networks Corporation (VENCorp), which was responsible for operating the declared transmission system for gas in Victoria and for the planning, procurement and augmentation of the Victorian electricity transmission network. Prior to joining
VENCorp in 1999, he worked in general management roles with PowerNet
Victoria, GPU PowerNet and GPU International. He has a long history in strategic planning, asset management, corporate governance, and financial management, gained over two decades in executive roles in the public and private sectors.
Mr Ian Fraser
Mr Fraser currently holds directorships on several listed companies and was the Chairman of the Gas Market Company Ltd. He is a qualified accountant (CPA) with significant operational experience in a number of managing director positions over 13 years and across a broad range of industries.
Mr Leslie (Les) Hosking
Mr Hosking was the CEO and Managing Director of NEMMCO 2003–2008 and a director of the company between 1997 and 2003. He is currently a non-executive
director of AGL Energy Ltd. Having been in the Australian futures industry for over 30 years, Mr Hosking was CEO and Managing Director of the Sydney Futures Exchange Ltd for 15 years, from 1985 to 2000.
Professor the Hon. Michael Lavarch
Professor Lavarch is the Chairman of the Financial Services Ombudsman Ltd and was previously a director of NEMMCO and ASX Supervisory Review Pty Ltd.
He has significant experience in the private and public sectors and is currently the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Queensland University of Technology.
Mr Greg Martin
Mr Martin is a non-executive director of a number of listed and unlisted companies including Santos Ltd and Energy Developments Ltd. He is the Managing Directorof Murchison Metals Ltd.
Mr Martin is a previous CEO and Managing Director of AGL and has nearly 30 years’ experience in the utilities, energy and energyrelated infrastructure sectors in Australia, New Zealand and internationally.
Dr Anthony (Tony) Marxsen
Dr Marxsen is director of Sustainability Victoria, Marxsen Consulting Pty Ltd and Jancomax Pty Ltd and a former director of VENCorp.
He has extensive strategic and operational expertise in electricity grids and information technology and senior experience in a range of industries and particularly in strategic, transformational and operational roles in the energy sector including the National Electricity Market and gas markets.
He was made a Computerworld Fellow in 2001.
Ms Karen Moses
Ms Moses is currently Executive Director, Finance and Strategy at Origin Energy Ltd. She is a director of the Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) Ltd, Origin Energy Ltd, Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd and Contact Energy Ltd (New Zealand).
Ms Moses was a director of VENCorp and has nearly 30 years of experience in the energy industry.
Dr Michael Sargent AM
Dr Sargent is Chairman of the Lighthouse Business Innovation Centre Ltd and is a director of six organisations. He was previously a director of NEMMCO.
Dr Sargent has operated his consultancy since 1999 with a particular focus on the IT, energy, environment and utilities sectors. Dr Sargent has 45 years of experience in the utilities industry in Australia and internationally in a number
of engineering and operational management roles.
Ms Jane Tongs
Ms Tongs is director of Catholic Care, Catholic Church Insurances Ltd, LCM Calvary Health Care Holdings Ltd, Leadership Victoria Ltd Netwealth Holdings Ltd, RUN Corp Ltd and Warakirri Holdings Pty Ltd. She has chaired multiple audit and risk committees and has deep knowledge and experience in risk management, corporate governance and financial services. She was formerly a PricewaterhouseCoopers partner and a director of several private sector companies and government organisations. Ms Tongs is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia and the Williamson Community
Leadership and is a member of the Institute of Company Directors.
