NATIONAL DIRECTOR

Andrew has been the National Director of RE-Alliance since 2013, including the period until 2019 when the organisation operated as the Australian Wind Alliance. In that time, Andrew has built the organisation to become the leading voice advocating for regional communities in issues around the energy transition, especially transmission, community benefit sharing and addressing impacts on local communities. Andrew has been a member of AEMO's Advisory Council on Social Licence and in 2021 was awarded the Clean Energy Council's Outstanding Contribution to Industry Award for his long standing work in these areas. Andrew is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Gulbali Research Institute, Charles Sturt University. Andrew is passionate about the contribution renewable energy can make to rural and regional economies while helping Australia transition to a cleaner future.