Appointments: Queensland Hydro gets Snowy executive
Queensland Hyrdo appoints its chief executive, ACCC gets government bureaucrat, LPE adds independence and more in this week’s appointments.
Queensland Hydro's new chief executive Kieran Cusack
Qld Hydro gets a new CEO
The Government owned Queensland Hydro has appointed Kieran Cusack as its chief executive officer.
Cusack has worked on hydro projects in Fiji, the US and Switzerland.
His previous role was with Snowy Hydro where he held several executive roles including project director.
Qld public servant moves to ACCC
A former deputy director of Energy for the Queensland Government, Kathie Standen, has been named as executive general manager of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
The UQ graduate has also held a senior role in the Australian Energy Regulator.
More independence for LPE
Electricity retailer LPE has appointed Simon Tilley and David Jarjoura to the board as non-executive directors.
Tilley is the company’s largest shareholder and Jarjoura has 30 years of experience as an executive and director.
Reid joins Megaport
Megaport has appointed incoming chief executive Michael Reid to the board as an executive director.
He took over as CEO this week from Cisco where he was chief revenue officer for ThousandEyes, one of Cisco’s fast growing SaaS businesses.
Gold loses Titus
Gold Hydrogen has revealed that chief operating officer Luke Titus had resigned.
Executive director Roger Cressey had agreed to take over the COO position until a replacement was found for Titus, who would remain on the board of the company until August 5.
Renu chair takes over
Renu Energy chair Boyd White has become executive chair after a strategic review of the company.
The role of general manager of hydrogen developments, filled by Owen Hobbs under a consultancy agreement would no longer be required.
White has previously held executive roles Hallliburton, KBR Inc and Tarong Energy.
He will work on an hourly rate of $250 capped at $2000 for a full day.
Property boss to head CBIC committee
The City of Brisbane Investment Corporation has appointed Daryl Browning as the chair of its investment review committee.
Browning has 40 years of experience in the property industry and for 17 years he has been the chief executive property investment group ISPT which has a portfolio of more than $20 billion.
