Energy Magazine August 2018 | Page 38

TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR CUR- RENT ROLE AT WORLEYPARSONS . IN PARTICULAR , YOU SPENT TIME WORKING FOR WORLEYPARSONS ’ BUSINESS ADVISIAN DEALING WITH “ NEW ENERGY ” AND CHANGES IN THE SECTOR ?
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TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR CUR- RENT ROLE AT WORLEYPARSONS . IN PARTICULAR , YOU SPENT TIME WORKING FOR WORLEYPARSONS ’ BUSINESS ADVISIAN DEALING WITH “ NEW ENERGY ” AND CHANGES IN THE SECTOR ?
I work very closely with WorleyParsons ’ advisory and specialist consulting subsidiary Advisian , as a specialist advisor in the area of New Energy . I very much enjoy this role , as in the last two years there has been an immense change going on in energy markets around the world , and as an advisor to my own clients I feel I can add real value in charting this .
Prior to this , I helped build our renewable energy capability globally , but it was obvious that the change going on was much bigger than just clean electricity generation – the rise of new options such as battery energy storage , electric vehicles , hydrocarbon replacement fuels , new retail models such as peer-to-peer trading and the internet of things – all pointed to a broader shift .
So , I helped the business articulate what new energy is as a concept , just
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