Leadership

Katherine Persson joined the Windlab team in January 2011 and is currently Managing Director of Windlab East Africa. She has spent her career of more than 15 years' working on renewable energy project development in Africa and Europe. Prior to joining Windlab she worked as an environmental expert, lender’s adviser and Project Manager in the energy sector. As Managing Director of Windlab’s East African operations she leads a team of project professionals developing and implementing large renewable energy facilities in East Africa.

Katherine has a keen interest in corporate social responsibility and the role of business in society, is a proud African and a great believer in the broad-scale benefits of renewable energy.

Rob is a Chartered Accountant who has spent the past 15 years in senior finance roles in Australia and the United States, including five years as Windlab’s CFO. Rob leads Windlab’s corporate and project financing activities, and is responsible for all operational matters other than project development. His experience includes project and corporate financing, M&A, international tax structuring and the financial management of large construction projects.

Roger is the Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Windlab. He joined Windlab’s board in August 2007 and has been employed by Windlab since 1 March 2011.

Roger has over 30 years of executive, technology management, business development and extensive investment experience across multiple industries internationally. He has led a number of Australian technology companies to international success, including Windlab. He has led the financing, sale or acquisition process for more than 10 companies and raised in excess of $150,000,000 of equity for various enterprises during his career. He has been involved in the financing and delivery of infrastructure projects across a range of industries including telecommunication, transport and energy.

At Windlab he has been instrumental in building a team with deep experience across all facets of renewable energy development, finance and construction.

Joseph has worked in the energy-supply industry for nearly 20 years leading the establishment of a number of consulting and project-development businesses and providing significant advice to the electricity supply sector. Over this period, he has primarily worked as a CEO, Managing Director and advisor. Joseph’s practices have revolved around electricity supply, across both infrastructure and trading markets, including regulatory and policy reform advice to State and Federal Government. Joseph was the CEO of the strategic power system engineering advisory business Hill Michael for almost 10 years as the firm grew to be a leading firm in Australia. In 2012 Hill Michael was acquired by GHD Pty Ltd where he served on the global finance committee overseeing a turnover exceeding US$1 billion. Over recent years Joseph has established VisIR (where he serves as Executive Chairman), a specialist private-equity investor focused exclusively on the electricity-supply industry across asset classes from venture to infrastructure.

Joseph is a Director of a number of private companies and is involved in a range of philanthropic activities including as a Director of the Mater Hospital Foundation in Brisbane, member of the Committee of the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation, and Director of the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation.

Keith is a co-founder of Windlab and has 25 years of experience in the fields of meteorology, wind flow in complex terrain, and computational fluid dynamics. Keith has been a weather forecaster in Atlantic Canada for Environment Canada, a research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado and before Windlab was a Senior Research Scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).  Keith continues to develop and support Windlab’s global site identification program at the WindScape Institute and manages all R&D efforts including WindScape HDSM, Windlab’s Computational Fluid Dynamics tools and Windlab’s Machine Learning research and implementation.

Nathan is a co-founder of Windlab and a global leader in the field of wind resource assessment. He has been integrally involved in prospecting and project development activities across Windlab's global portfolio. As Technical Director, Nathan leads all technical activities including the application of WindScape technology, wind turbine procurement and project finance due diligence. Before Windlab, Nathan was employed as a post-doctoral fellow at leading research institutes in the UK (EnFlo) and Australia (CSIRO) where he was the lead developer of WindScape. Nathan is an Adjunct Fellow at the Australian National University’s Energy Change Institute where Windlab teaches Australia’s only post-graduate level course in Wind Energy.

Pippa is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Windlab. She joined Windlab’s board in July 2017.

Pippa has over 25 years of experience in global financial services organisations. She currently serves on the boards of the Australian Technology Innovators, Sydney Olympic Park Authority and ALE Property Group, and is the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committees of each. She also sits on the Boards of the ASX Clearing and Settlement Companies and is a Commissioner of Sports Australia.

Pippa also serves as a panel member of the ASX Appeals Tribunal, a role she has filled since January 2015.

During her executive career she worked in Australia, Asia and the US and most recently as a Managing Director and Equity Partner at Goldman Sachs in Australia.

Charles is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Windlab. He joined Windlab’s board in July 2017.

Charles has over 15 years experience on the boards of companies in diverse industries.

He is currently the chair of the boards of Vivid Technology Limited and Earthwatch Institute in Australia. He also fills the role of the chair of the Remuneration and HR Committee of Vicinity Ltd.

Charles is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, and a Senior fellow of FINSIA.

Charles is a Senior Corporate Advisor to the MMC group in Australia. He also serves as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of AICD and a member of the Shareholder’s Responsibility Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network.

Charles was previously on the boards of both Wesfarmers and Telstra, a consultant to the Investment Committee of Unisuper Ltd and a member of ASIC’s Director Advisory Panel.

Peter has led the Windlab growth in Africa for the past 6 years, growing the business to include Southern and East African countries, leveraging his extensive commercial leadership, focused on complex deal making and team leadership. Prior to Windlab, he was a pioneer in the field of big data related to energy, working for SAS Institute. He is a student of the global business environment and has a particular interest in corporate governance having completed his Masters on the topic.

Monica is Windlab's North American Vice President. Her substantive industry experience includes the development of projects across many states and provinces, including Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio and Wyoming. A number of these projects are now operational. Outside the wind industry, Monica is active in the Community Service sector with the Henry Ford Estate, Proud Lake Trail Riders and the Salvation Army.

Mark heads up Windlab’s Asset Management team. He has 28 years of power sector experience in various functions including utility operations, policy advisory, power project development and renewable asset management and operations. For the past seven years he was responsible for Globeleq’s portfolio of wind and solar projects in South Africa including construction oversight, asset management and full-scope operation and maintenance.

Mark holds postgraduate qualifications in electrical engineering, public policy and an MBA. He has served in various industry leadership roles.