Jan Hayes

Professor of Organizational Accident Prevention at RMIT University

Jan Hayes is a Professor of Organizational Accident Prevention at RMIT University. She is a sociologist with 35 years’ experience in safety and risk management.

Leanne Hughson

Chief Executive Officer, Energy Safe Victoria

As Chief Executive Officer, Ms Hughson leads Energy Safe Victoria’s work to support a safer energy future for Victoria.

Karen Davidson

Chief Inspector High Hazards

Karen is the Chief Inspector High Hazards, within the High Hazards, Energy & Public Safety group in WorkSafe New Zealand/Aotearoa.

Shahana McKenzie

CEO, Bioenergy Australia

Shahana McKenzie has led Bioenergy Australia since 2017, spearheading the creation of industry alliances including the Low Carbon Fuels Alliance and the Renewable Gas Alliance, which collectively represent over 450 stakeholder organisations from across the biofuel supply chain.

Barry Hooper

Director, CTO and founder of KC8 Capture Technologies Ltd (KC8)

Barry Hooper is Director, CTO and founder of KC8 Capture Technologies Ltd (KC8), (www.kc8capture.com), a start-up company commercialising low-cost environmental technologies to reduce industrial CO2 emissions.

Alexandra Robertson

Managing Director, 27South Advisory

Alexandra Robertson FIChemE CEng is a chemical engineer and senior operations executive with nearly 30 years of international experience across energy, mining and infrastructure in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. She has held senior leadership roles across operations, engineering, process safety, asset management and transformation with Shell, Origin Energy, APA Group and BHP, most recently as Chief Operating Officer of Quantem.

Fiona Mitchell-Corbett

Executive Director - Regulatory Operations, Nopsema

Fiona Mitchell-Corbett is an Executive Director of Regulatory Operations at NOPSEMA, Australia’s offshore petroleum safety and environmental regulator. She leads the Well Integrity function as part of NOPSEMA’s transition toward a lifecycle-based, risk-informed regulatory model spanning exploration, development, production and decommissioning.

Paul Newell

Director – Major Hazard Facilities, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

Paul Newell FRACI CChem is Director – Major Hazard Facilities with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and a senior regulatory, safety and enforcement executive with more than 25 years’ experience across State, Commonwealth and international jurisdictions.

Ollie Folayan

President, IChemE

Ollie is Head of Process Engineering at Costain Group, with over 20 years of experience in the energy sector. His career began at Mitsui Babcock, where he was an understudy to the combustion technical authority, focusing on supercritical boilers. He then joined Black & Veatch, a role which provided him with a solid foundation in various aspects of classical chemical engineering; before transitioning into a role as a process engineering consultant.

Keith Sharp

2026 Chemeca Medallist

Keith is a distinguished Chartered chemical engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and Engineers Australia. With an impressive 39 years of experience in the fuel industry, his journey began at Mobil Oil in various engineering and operational roles. Since 1997, Keith has been with TfA Project Group, where his downstream oil industry and dangerous goods expertise have profoundly impacted the bioenergy sector.