Chairperson
Warren McNabb
Chair of the IEGA
Director – Energy3 Limited
20 years’ experience in infrastructure and energy
Energy3 Limited: Weld Cone Wind Farm Limited, Lulworth Wind Farm Limited, Flat Hill
Wind Farm Limited: 2008 – present. Pioneer Energy: 2013 – present. Owns and operates businesses in the renewable energy and viticulture sectors. Executive director and shareholder of Energy3, a distributed electricity development company developing and operating small scale generation projects across New Zealand. Energy 3 has successfully developed the 0.75MW Weld Cone Wind Farm and 1 MW Lulworth Wind Farm, and consented the 7MW Flat Hill Wind Farm before sale to an electricity generator.
Secretary
David Inch
Secretary of the IEGA
Managing Director of NZ Energy
IEGA Steering Committee
Grant Smith
GM – Strategy and Business Development
Pioneer Energy
20 years’ experience in the industry
Chair: BioEnergy Association NZ from 2015), Southland Wood Energy Advisory Group
Memberships: Independent Generations Association NZ, Energy Management Association NZ Drive Electric Association, New Zealand Wind Energy Association
Director: Southern Generation Partnership, Christchurch District Energy Partnership, Ecotricity Partnership
Industry roles over 20 years across the electricity supply chain from strategic planning, acquisitions, clean technology development and commercial management in retail, trading and business development.
Chris Fincham
General Manager – King Country Energy
25 years’ experience in generation development and operation
Having been in a variety of roles with King Country Energy, Chris is the current General Manager having overseen the transformation from vertically integrated generator/retailer to a generation only business. Responsible for the long-term strategic management of generation assets including commercial contracts and development and maintenance capital expenditure projects.
Other responsibilities include managing the company’s risk position in the electricity market and the Resource Management Act, and to engage on regulatory change in all areas.