 About the Event
There is no question the world needs to reduce its carbon emissions and every country has a role to play. As Australia races to do its part and build a new greener economy, the road will be filled with obstacles and opportunities that must be navigated safely.
The panellists will explore whether Australia is on the right track or if there are alternative routes. Is the transition going too fast or too slow and what is the cost of that journey? The discussions will focus on the state of the energy transition, challenges facing investments in renewables and the role of gas, coal and nuclear now and in the future. What are the lessons that other countries can teach us, what are the competing priorities and what is the cost of failure?
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Keynote
Khoa Dao, Chief Executive Officer, Australia Pacific LNG
Khoa Dao is the Chief Executive Officer of Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG), a natural gas business owned by ConocoPhillips, Origin Energy and Sinopec based in Brisbane.
Khoa commenced his role with APLNG in June 2022 and is on secondment from ConocoPhillips where he was most recently President of the Australia business unit.
Khoa has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry and has held leadership roles in engineering, operations, commercial and business development.
Khoa has a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
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Introduction
Gert-Jan de Graaff, Chief Executive Officer, Brisbane Airport Corporation
Gert-Jan de Graaff was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Ltd in June 2018.
Current Board appointments include the position of Director on the Airports Council International Asia-Pacific Regional Board in April 2020 and Director on the Australian Airports Association Board in December 2020.
Gert-Jan has more than 25 years’ experience in leadership roles at major airports around the world. He started his career in airport management in 1995 with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in The Netherlands where he had a number of roles. These included management positions in the commercial, finance and strategic departments.
In 2005 Gert-Jan de Graaff was appointed as Managing Director of ASDC AB, the Company that manages and develops the commercial activities in the terminals of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden.
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Panelists
Andrew Garnett, Chair, The Australian Gas Industry Trust
A former Shell and Schlumberger executive, Andrew Garnett has over 30 years’ world-wide experience with oil majors in conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon exploration, appraisal and development projects.
He has consulted widely on oil and gas developments, most notably those with high greenhouse gas emissions footprints and worked on the 500MW, 60 MT ZeroGen IGCC and CCS Project as Manager for Carbon Transport and Storage and ultimately as CEO and Project Director.
He contributes to a number of Australian and Queensland government initiatives relevant to the oil and gas sector and is a current Director of the Australian Gas Industry Trust.
Andrew’s participation in Queensland Government initiatives includes contributing to the development of the Queensland Gas Supply and Demand Action Plan and membership of the Petroleum & Gas Inspectorate – Safety & Health (upstream) Stakeholder Engagement Committee. And he is a member of the industry working group associated with the revisions of the Code of Practice for constructing and abandoning coal seam gas wells and associated bores in Queensland. In 2014, he also contributed to the Well Integrity Report for the Gas Fields Commission.
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Janette Hewson, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Resources Council
Highly regarded industry leader, Janette Hewson, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland Resources Council.
Janette is a born and bred Queenslander with more than 25 years’ experience in resources at a senior executive level.
Her past positions include Executive Vice President, Environment, Sustainability & Governance at Santos and senior positions with global resources companies South 32 and Peabody Energy.
Janette has served on the Climate Advisory Panel for the Minerals Council of Australia, and the Boards of the Queensland Resources Council, NSW Minerals Council and Low Emissions Technology Australia. She has a Bachelor of Laws degree from Queensland University of Technology, a Bachelor of Arts (Modern Asian Studies with a major in Japanese language from Griffith University and is a former winner of Queensland’s Exceptional Woman in Resources award.
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Nalami Mackay, Managing Director, Critical Minerals Association
Namali Mackay is the Managing Director of the newly formed Critical Minerals Association of Australia. Namali has just returned from 15 years in the UK where most recently she led on the critical minerals agenda for the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) in London. With Austrade, she worked with UK and Australian critical minerals stakeholders, on behalf of the Australian Government. Namali is a former Australian diplomat and trade negotiator, covering the trade, industry, resource and climate portfolios during her diplomatic posting at the Australian High Commission in London.
Following her posting, Namali was appointed Group Head of International Relations at Prudential plc UK in London where she managed the Group's trade and international agenda across the ASEAN region. Thereafter during Brexit, Namali was the Trade Advisor to Make UK (the UK’s largest manufacturing industry body) where she worked with UK manufacturers on supply chain and trade strategies for Brexit-readiness.
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Katie-Anne Mulder, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Renewable Energy Council
With a track record of spearheading significant reforms, Katie-Anne has successfully led the development of crucial initiatives such as uranium policy, the consensus model for overlapping tenures, Land Court reforms, and the Queensland strategy for the Cooper Basin. Notably, she has also contributed to policy development within government at both the state and federal levels. Katie-Anne’s exceptional experience on both sides of the policy spectrum equips her with unique insights into the emergence, implementation, and evolution of regulations.
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Moderator
Jo Sheppard, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Farmers' Federation
Most recently serving as Director of Stakeholder Engagement at the University of Southern Queensland, Jo’s previous roles also include the CEO of the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce, Director on the board of Sunwater, and previously an elected Councillor and Mayor of Paroo Shire Council in South West Queensland.
Her passion for agriculture, and regional and remote communities, as well as experience across multiple sectors will ensure success in representing the interests of peak state and national agriculture industry organisations, and more than 13,000 primary producers across the state.
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