October 25, 2024
The Future Energy Exports CRC (FEnEx CRC) is delighted to welcome Vanessa (Fernandes) Sullivan as an independent director to our Board. Elected by the members at the recent Annual General Meeting, Vanessa brings a wealth of experience to FEnEx CRC as the establishment phase has passed and the CRC has increasingly integrated its research findings into the nation’s dialogue around maintaining Australian’s energy exports in a rapidly changing environment.
“As our CRC grows in national and international recognition it is timely to have Vanessa join us as a highly regarded and a highly credentialed non-executive director. We are truly fortunate to be able to attract such a talented individual to complement our board” said Mary Hackett, FEnEx CRC Chair.
Vanessa has strong commercial, project development and strategy experience gained over 20 years working across the energy, water and sustainability sectors and more recently in hydrogen industry development. This includes as a Climate Change Leader and Utilities Leader at EY and undertaking significant energy market reforms across the supply chain in various senior roles with government. Vanessa has led complex transactions in these fields and brought together industry drivers and commercial outcomes whilst defining and delivering sustainable objectives. Vanessa’s current roles include NED AGL Energy and Chair of AGL’s Safety and Sustainability committee, NED with Port of Townsville and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, and Chair of Centacare, a large NFP that provides disability and family support services. Vanessa is also a member of the Ministerial subcommittee for hydrogen development, serves on a Griffith business school advisory board and is a member of Chief Executive Women.
Eric May, FEnEx CRC’s CEO reflected on Vanessa’s experience “We are excited to have Vanessa join the FEnEx CRC Board as she brings with her a wealth of experience and will help us further broaden our stakeholder base. With these two attributes I am confident that she will help the Future Energy Exports CRC maximise its impact nationally and globally.”