ElectraNet CEO appointed as new esaa Chairman

9 December 2011

ElectraNet’s Chief Executive Officer Ian Stirling has been appointed as the Energy Supply Association of Australia’s new Chairman.

Mr Stirling replaces the outgoing Chairman, International Power GDF SUEZ Executive Director Tony Concannon, who held the position since 2009.

The esaa Board has thanked the outgoing Chairman for his work over the last three years, noting that his stewardship had been important for the development of the Association and for the energy sector as a whole.

Mr Stirling has been an esaa Director since 2008 and has been part of the electricity industry since 1983 with extensive experience in senior management positions in all sectors including generation, transmission and distribution.

Appointed as CEO of ElectraNet in August 2002, Mr Stirling previously held various executive positions within the company including CFO.

Prior to joining ElectraNet, Mr Stirling was CFO at GPU PowerNet Pty Ltd, and before that, held various senior positions in the Electricity Supply Industry including Manager, Strategy Change at National Electricity, Project Director Corporatisation Taskforce and Group Business Manager Power Grid at the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.

Mr Stirling holds a Bachelor of Business with a double major in Accounting and Law and is a Certified Practising Accountant. He attended the Advanced Management Program at the Graduate School of Management, University of Melbourne (Melbourne Business School).  Ian is also an Associate of Templeton College, Oxford and a member of the Institute of Company Directors.

He is a Director of Business SA (The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in SA), President of the SA State Committee of CEDA as well as a Director of CEDA nationally.

esaa’s board of directors include Western Power’s Managing Director Doug Aberle, Origin Energy’s Chief Executive Officer, Energy Markets Frank Calabria, International Power GDF SUEZ Executive Director Tony Concannon, Aurora Energy’s Chief Executive Officer Dr Peter Davis, Ausgrid’s Managing Director George Maltabarow, TRUenergy’s Managing Director Richard McIndoe and Ergon Energy’s Chief Executive Ian McLeod.

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Media contact: Caroline Page  0421 103 089

The Energy Supply Association of Australia seeks to positively influence government policy decisions to ensure that Australia enjoys the benefits of a safe, secure, reliable, sustainable and competitively priced electricity and natural gas supply.

esaa’s 40-plus member businesses have more than $120 billion in assets and infrastructure investment plans worth over $49 billion over the next five years. The Association is fuel and technology neutral and member businesses have investments across a wide range of fossil fuel and renewable generation technologies.