Persevering with its quick monitor development trajectory, Rennie has boosted its management crew with eight new members, 5 of which have been employed externally.
The numerous consumption of latest leaders marks a daring new section for Rennie, which has grown from a founding crew to greater than 80 professionals in simply 4 years – and is now in accordance with CEO Simone Rennie firmly on the trail in the direction of its medium-term ambition to develop to 300 employees.
“I’m extremely happy with the crew we’re constructing and of our beginning line-up for FY26,” stated Rennie, who co-founded the agency in Brisbane with partner Matt Rennie. In 2023, the pair secured monetary backing from Pemba Capital Companions, and right now, Rennie has greater than 80 folks throughout places of work in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.
5 of the brand new Government Administrators have been introduced in from different consultancies or business, including in depth experience in technique, capital markets, and coverage reform, in sectors together with vitality, assets, authorities and infrastructure.
Nick Turton joins Rennie in Sydney with over twenty years of expertise in due diligence and optimisation evaluation for infrastructure intensive organisations, undertaking supply, contract threat administration, operational efficiency enchancment and unbiased assurance for main initiatives and packages.
An skilled infrastructure advisor and undertaking director, he’ll strengthen Rennie’s presence within the vitality and utilities sector, notably in shaping future vitality techniques and unlocking infrastructure funding.
Georgine Roodenrys joins in Brisbane, bringing a wealth of public coverage and management expertise, together with as a former Deputy Secretary within the Queensland Authorities and on the intersection of regenerative industrial growth; with deep experience in local weather, decarbonisation, sustainability, vitality transition, nature and the round economic system.
Her profession has been outlined by a deep dedication to advancing environmental stewardship – championing initiatives in financial transition, nature restore and local weather resilience in each the private and non-private sector.
Previous to becoming a member of Rennie, Roodenrys led the Queensland Authorities’s Local weather Motion Plan 2030, delivered the groundbreaking Land Restoration Fund, and contributed to the nationwide financial transition below Future Made in Australia.
Eamonn McGinn is a widely known financial and regulatory adviser, targeted on utilizing quantitative financial instruments to tell strategic, coverage and regulatory processes and decision-making for presidency, business, and traders. His expertise is basically in infrastructure intensive industries comparable to vitality, assets, transport, and agriculture, and more and more tackling challenges associated to decarbonisation, local weather resilience, and the round economic system.
Previous to becoming a member of Rennie, McGinn labored at Deloitte Entry Economics for 15 years (together with 4 years as a associate), and beforehand served the Australian Power Regulator and the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Useful resource Economics.
Lynda Osborne joins Rennie from her current function as Consumer Lead Asia Pacific for Kraken Applied sciences (owned by Octopus Power), a supplier of buyer know-how platforms for the vitality sector. Throughout her 20+ yr profession in skilled providers, Osborne held management roles within the Expertise Advisory practices at each PwC and Deloitte, earlier than shifting to business to deepen her operational attain.
Osborne will lead enterprise and know-how enabled transformation packages at Rennie’s shoppers, with a main concentrate on vitality, water and fuel sector shoppers within the Victorian market.
Nick Yeo joins with greater than 15 years of expertise on the intersection of economics, funding coverage, and capital funding. A former senior authorities adviser and marketing consultant to central companies and institutional traders, Yeo has led advanced, cross-border offers and strategic initiatives throughout Australia and Asia, with deep sector expertise in pure assets, mining providers, vitality, industrials, and monetary providers.
He beforehand held company finance management at Deloitte and KPMG, with a concentrate on the vitality transition and clear vitality sectors.
Promotions
Alongside the exterior appointments, Rennie has promoted three of its Senior Administrators to Government Director roles:
Tim Brunner has been with Rennie since 2022, when he joined from EY. Since arriving, he has performed a central function in shaping Rennie’s capital advisory and monetary modelling functionality within the Western Australia market.
His monitor document contains working throughout Australia on pre- & post-deal help, industrial and monetary advisory, industrial due diligence, market entry, operation mannequin design, and decarbonisation. Earlier than his time in consulting, Brunner spent six years spent in an operational function at Rio Tinto.
Greg Ruthven joined Rennie in late 2021 from the Australian Power Market Operator as an Affiliate Director, with deep experience in vitality markets, reform initiatives, market design and regulation. He advises market operators and regulatory our bodies, and has constructed and mentored a crew of regulatory consultants which are working each day on a few of the most troublesome parts of the vitality trilemma.
David Melis joined the consulting agency in early 2024 with deep experience within the Western Australia and nationwide vitality, mining and infrastructure sectors over his 20 years as a marketing consultant (ten of which at Deloitte). He helps shoppers ship main vitality, carbon and societal transition initiatives, together with his experience spanning DER integration, product design, working fashions, price discount, undertaking supply and undertaking administration places of work.
Affect-driven recommendation
At a time when many well-known consultancies in Australia are taking successful, Rennie’s development is a brilliant spot out there. “What units Rennie aside is our perception that reform doesn’t cease at recommendation,” claimed Rennie.
“Our shoppers are searching for companions who will help them lower via complexity and transfer from coverage to motion within the vitality transition. Our distinctive mannequin – combining technical experience, public sector perception and a concentrate on affect – is resonating strongly with each authorities and company shoppers.”
