AFR Energy & Climate Summit

Sandra James is Deloitte’s National Lead Partner for Power, Utilities & Renewables and leads our Regulatory practice. She is a trusted advisor to clients in the power, utilities and renewables sector, across Australia. She has been deeply involved in the sector as it has evolved over the last 25 years and has a demonstrated track record of bringing together skilled and experienced teams to deliver complicated and sensitive projects for energy industry participants, regulators and governments. Sandra is known for her strong understanding of the commercial and operational impacts for industry participants of market change and reform, and for supporting constructive dialogue between industry and government on the development of policy and regulatory reforms. She specialises in economic and non-economic regulatory frameworks; regulatory strategy; market and regulatory reform and reform implementation programs. Sandra is an advocate for the recognition of emerging industry talent and the development of women at all levels in the power, utilities and renewables sector.

Bernadette is the Deloitte Australia Energy, Resources & Industrials Industry Leader and Energy & Chemicals Sector Leader. Professional Experience: Bernadette has more than 30 years of experience across the energy, LNG, chemicals, and resources value chains. She supports companies to improve business performance, implement growth strategies and become more efficient, sustainable, and inclusive. She works with companies to reduce emissions and tackle the challenges of the energy transition. Bernadette has a comprehensive understanding of the Australian and global resources industry, its challenges, and future directions as well as the overarching policy and regulatory framework in which the industry operates. Bernadette speaks frequently at energy and resources industry events and conferences and writes on trends and developments in the Australian and global industry. Qualifications and Professional Memberships Fellow, Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust) Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) Member, Chief Executive Women Director of METS Ignited, and Chair of the METS Ignited Audit Committee Board of Governors and Life Member, Energy Club of Western Australia APPEA Technical Program Committee member (2019, 2020 and 2021) Organising committee member of AOG Energy Industry Supply Forum (since 2013) Member of SPE and Chair of SPE APOGCE 2020 (Oct 2020) and SPE Emissions Management Workshop (Sep 2020) Founding board member of Women in Oil and Gas in Australia Governor of the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School, New York, USA Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, Texas, USA Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Delaware, USA Prior to joining Deloitte, Bernadette was Managing Director for Energy in Accenture’s Perth practice and APAC Energy Lead from 2007 to November 2016. She has also held senior global oil and gas operational and consulting roles with Exxon Company International, Esso Singapore, Arthur Andersen and SAIC.

Nicki is Deloitte’s National Lead Partner for Mining & Metals and based in WA. She has over 20 years’ professional experience in Australia and South Africa. Nicki has experience in providing valuation advice, including independent expert reports and other non-public valuations. She has also advised clients on the buy and sell-side of transactions with a focus on the resource industry and companies that service the resource industry.

Richard has a particular focus on large & complex back office and finance transformation programs. Specifically scaling global business services & shared services (across multiple functions/ locations), transforming finance, assessing and implementing outsourcing, integrating technology implementations into broader transformations, and robotic process automation (across multiple functions). Richard has extensive international experience having lived in Singapore for over 4 years supporting clients across Asia Pacific on projects enabling growth; and over his career delivering projects in China, Korea, Russia, UAE, United Kingdom, United States, and the majority of South East Asia. Richard is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (AGSM); and Honours & Bachelor Degrees in Economics (Accounting) (The Flinders University of South Australia).

Andrea is the Sydney Office Managing Partner at Deloitte Australia. She is also the AU Climate Agenda Lead, and the Global GreenSpace Tech by Deloitte Lead. In leading the climate agenda, her team of innovative venture strategists aim to create solutions for clients and connect them with the necessary technology they need to meet their climate ambitions within their business. Her roles combine three of her passions, including the ability to bring a ‘founder’ mindset, leveraging her connections to world class frameworks and the start-up ecosystem, and creating solutions and opportunities in the path to net zero.