Electrify Your Life Expo
Speakers

Dr Monique Ryan is the independent federal Member for Kooyong, a paediatric neurologist and former Director of Neurology at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital. Since being elected in 2022, she has been particularly vocal on issues of climate change, health and anti-corruption policy.

Alan Kohler has been a financial journalist for 54 years. He began as a cadet on The Australian, and has been a columnist for the Australian Financial Review, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald and editor of both the AFR and The Age.

Saul is an engineer, entrepreneur and author specialising in clean and renewable energy technologies. Saul also has had a strong focus on electrification national policy and advocacy, including founding Rewiring America, Rewiring Australia and Rewiring Aotearoa, non-partisan organisations dedicated to electrification and decarbonisation.

Elizabeth Molyneux is the Deputy Secretary, Energy and commenced in the role in October 2022. With 25 years of experience in energy markets and policy reform, including as a senior executive at AGL Energy, Elizabeth has demonstrated significant expertise in energy wholesale and retail markets, network regulation, new energy technologies and consumer protection frameworks.

John Pesutto is the Member for Hawthorn in the Victorian Parliament. Up until December last year, he was the Victorian Opposition Leader. Prior to entering Parliament, John built a legal and professional career in both the public and private sectors. He is passionate about seeing Victoria reach net-zero in a sustainable, equitable, efficient, and economically responsible way.

Trent Jones is the Founder and Managing Director of All Electric Homes, a pioneering company dedicated to transforming residential and commercial energy use in Victoria.

Magdalena is on the Board of the Climate and Health Alliance Australia (CAHA), which focuses on driving system-wide change to ensure that organisations remain responsive to emerging challenges, particularly in the areas of health and climate. Dr Simonis is also a practising general practitioner, a researcher with the University of Melbourne Department of General Practice, an experienced media contributor and health columnist for The Australian.

Alison Reeve is the Energy and Climate Change Program Director at Grattan Institute. She has two decades of experience in climate change, clean energy policy and technology, in the private, public, academic and not-for-profit sectors.

Sophie Torney has been a start-up founder, community leader, and worked in the financial, technology and literary sectors. During her time as a former Executive Member of Electrify Boroondara, she was actively involved in educating and informing our community about energy efficiency and electrification.

Renate Vogt is a member of Citipower’s Executive Team - General Manager Regulation. She has more than 20 years’ experience in electricity infrastructure. An economist by profession, Renate has highly developed skills in infrastructure business including revenue and market regulation, electricity innovation, developing commercial non-regulated business streams and customer engagement.

Paul Corkill leads Solar Victoria's Programs, Industry and Policy teams, delivering customer-centric programs that empower Victorians to access safe, high-quality and affordable renewable energy. This includes partnering with training providers, industry and relevant government bodies to support the continued growth and development of a safe, innovative and sustainable renewable energy sector in Victoria.

Ruchika is recognised for her expertise in electricity regulation and policy, renewable technology integration, decarbonisation, low-voltage energy solutions, and energy data governance.  At SECV she leads a $60M portfolio focused on delivering consumer products and services that accelerate electrification across the state.

Amy has worked on sustainable strata projects including Smart Blocks, Unlocking Sustainable Strata and High Life. She’s the lead author of the Working with Apartment Communities Handbook. Given the complexity of strata, Amy believes information sharing is key to upgrading our future!

Bryce Gaton has been working in, writing about and presenting on the EV sector (as well as driving them) since 2008 and runs the EV transition support consultancy EV Choice.

He also writes for TheDriven website and Renew magazine and, in his ‘spare’ time, is the writer behind the EV car model Fact Sheets and webpage found on the AEVA (Australian Electric Vehicle Association) national website.

Thijs (“Tyse”) trained as a financial economist, and has been riding a bike for transport, recreation and exercise since he was three. He founded Sparque and is a passionate cycling advocate working to improve local cycling infrastructure and riding conditions.

Romney has been delivering energy and water saving advice to households and government for over 15 years. She is now working in her own business, 10 Star Ratings, advising households how they can improve their comfort at home and reduce energy and water bills. She is an accredited Residential Efficiency Scorecard assessor, previously managing Scorecard assessor accreditation and quality assurance for six years. Romney can help with new home designs as well as upgrading existing homes and has a passion for finding solutions to difficult problems.

With experience as a solar installer and technician, Lloyd leads YEF’s solar & electrification programs. Lloyd helps YEF’s clients to design, plan, and deliver coordinated programs and is passionate about the need to ‘electrify everything’ to achieve our collective climate goals. Lloyd is a regular speaker at community information sessions and conferences connecting governments and industry on the rollout of solar and electrification initiatives. A passionate biologist, Lloyd holds a Bachelor of Zoology from the University of Leeds, UK. 

Cal Forsyth, director of Ephe, is an accredited Energy Consultant specialising in residential energy efficiency. Cal works closely with DEECA’s Scorecard team as a Quality Assurance Panel member, leads exclusive assessments for the City of Boroondara and offers assessments throughout Victoria via the Solar Savers program.