Our Board is made up of a diverse range of people who generously volunteer their time to govern and guide the work of RE-Alliance. Board Directors bring a wide range of skill, expertise and experience to the organisation, as can be seen in the profiles below.
Anna Hancock
CHAIR
Anna works at the intersection of energy transition, policy and practical enablers, and has 25-years of experience that has taken her around the country.
Alongside her work with RE-Alliance, Anna currently serves as a Member on the board of the Clean Energy Regulator and leads the Methane Initiative of the Investor Group on Climate Change, which represents the superannuation and retail funds that manage the retirement savings of over 15 million Australians.
Anna was previously at Pollination, where she advised companies on energy transition, industrial decarbonisation and enterprise leadership. Before Pollination, Anna established and led the Sustainability and Climate Change function at EnergyAustralia, where she instituted governance, targets and the Climate Transition Action Plan, and previously launched BHP’s first China-based technical-commercial capability.
Anna holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, and degrees from Melbourne and Amsterdam Universities.
Richard Mackie
TREASURER
Richard is one of the most experienced people in the Australian wind industry, having worked in the industry since 1994 as a project and business development manager. Richard agreed to give his time to be Treasurer of RE-Alliance because he believes Australia is missing out on great benefits in regional areas. Richard has a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and an engineering Masters degree and an eMBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. He is currently the Managing Director of Advanced Energy Consulting and is currently Head of Power Development, Integrated Energy at AGL Energy.
Dimity Taylor
BOARD DIRECTOR
Dimity is a Physio, farmer and mother, who just happens to live very contentedly next door to a wind farm. She sleeps well and finds the turbines an aesthetic bonus to her landscape. Dimity is passionate about supporting other people in wind communities to navigate the fear-mongering around wind farms so they too can enjoy co-locating with these magnificent structures. Dimity has experienced the benefits a wind farm has brought to her community and would like others to be able to enjoy similar benefits.
Karin Stark
BOARD DIRECTOR
Karin Stark is the Director of Farm Renewables Consulting and founder and convener of the annual National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Exhibition. Co-managing a wheat and cotton farm in Narromine NSW has given Karin a first-hand perspective of the energy challenges farmers face both on-farm and in their communities. They live on the edge of the country's first Renewable Energy Zone and she is a member of the NSW Farmer's Energy Transition Taskforce. She has published two reports: 'Pursuing an Agrivoltaic Future in Australia' and 'Farm Powered'.
Madeline Taylor
BOARD DIRECTOR
Dr Madeline Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Energy Law at Macquarie University, Deputy Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT) at Macquarie University, and Honorary Associate at the Sydney Environment Institute.
Her research advances the novel examination of transitioning energy regulation and energy policy from comparative and socio-legal perspectives. Madeline has published widely in energy regulatory frameworks and policy across complex and multiple land uses, with her current research focusing on the law concerning renewable energy development and energy justice. She is passionate about a just and equitable transition for regional communities and has advised government, industry, and NGOs on issues relating to the energy transition, energy regulation, and policy.
Peter Dreher
BOARD DIRECTOR
Peter is a founding director and board member of RE-Alliance and is a corporate and projects Partner at HWL Ebsworth Lawyers leading the firm's National Renewable Energy Group. He is also a board member of that firm.
Peter has been a participant as a lawyer in the renewables sector since 1999 and has advised in over 60 renewable energy projects in Australia, New Zealand and Thailand including in wind, solar, pumped hydro and battery energy storage systems, representing a broad range or players and stakeholders in the sector.
Susan Findlay Tickner
BOARD DIRECTOR
Susan Findlay Tickner is based in Horsham in regional Western Victoria, and has worked in Communications and Stakeholder Engagement for 25 years across the agricultural and renewable energy sectors. With a background in Agricultural Research and Development, she has also worked in Agricultural Policy with the Victorian State Government and is a former member of the Grains Research and Development Corporation Southern Panel.