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ERM's management team works to achieve the business's goal of being Australia's next major integrated energy company. With more than 200 years of combined experience, ERM's executives are ideally placed to deliver on the company's vision.
The ERM culture is for management to lead by example with every manager being a skilled practitioner with their "sleeves rolled up", as well as being commercially astute and effective.
ERM has a flat management structure which also ensufres the company stays highly integrated and agile. This allows ERM to move quickly and efficiently when opportunities arise.
ERM's management team has an unwavering belief of the future they can create together. You can read their profiles below.
Philip St Baker
Managing Director and CEO of ERM Power Pty Ltd
Chairman of ERM Power Retail Pty Ltd; ERM Gas Pty Ltd; and Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability Committee
Director of ERM Neerabup Pty Ltd; ERM Braemar 2 Pty Ltd; and ERM Power Developments Pty Ltd
Philip is a BHP Billiton-trained executive who has led the development of one of Australia's most successful and fastest-growing private businesses, ERM Power.
Over the last four years ERM has grown from a small energy planning and development company to Australia's largest private, diversified energy company with revenues growing from $10m to more than $400m.
In the last four years the company has developed more than 2,500 MW ($2.5 billion) of power generation and gas pipeline assets in five projects across three states and is the clear leader in generation development in Australia.
At the same time the company has diversified across the energy value chain with businesses including gas exploration, generation development, generation and gas pipeline ownership, operations, trading, and electricity sales to Australia's largest commercial and industrial customers.
Proudly, ERM has delivered this growth safely without a permanent injury while completing business and project plans on time and on budget. This has been achieved without dilution for the private shareholders who own the company.
After cutting his teeth at BHP Coal's operations in Queensland, Philip went on to fulfill roles supporting BHP's 40-plus World Minerals businesses and then onto roles supporting all of BHP Billiton's 100-plus businesses around the world.
For approximately five years, Philip led an international team of talented BHP professionals that exclusively focused on identifying the very best business operational asset management, leadership and technical practices, and leveraged these globally with great success.
In late 2005 Philip joined forces with his father, Trevor, who had successfully established an energy planning and development company that was entering a new phase. ERM needed to manage a significant construction project, and in parallel, establish operations and trading capabilities. Trevor and Philip's skills were a perfect match and the rest is history.
Philip has been the Managing Director for the last four years and remains focused on the medium and long-term growth, strength, and prosperity of the company.
Philip has a Bachelor of Engineering from Queensland University of Technology and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Previous Positions: Global Maintenance Manager for BHP Billiton, Vice President of QNI, CEO of NewGen Power and Managing Director of ERM from 2006.
Peter Jans
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Peter has pracfticed as a lawyer for over 30 years in the corporate, property, international investment, energy and resources arenas.
After an active career in private practice, Peter moved “in-house” to become General Counsel to CS Energy in the late 90s, and was involved in major electricity generation projects, including Callide C, Swanbank E and Kogan Creek. In his later years in private practice, and at CS Energy, he acquired upstream and downstream experience in the gas industry, securing gas supply (conventional and CSG) and transportation arrangements for CS Energy gas-fired generation projects.
Peter was General Counsel and Company Secretary of Queensland Gas Company Limited for its early meteoric growth years until July 2007, seeing the company move from junior explorer to a major gas producer, and was involved in a number of mergers and acquisitions, including successfully defending takeover attempts by Santos and others, during 2006/07.
Peter joined ERM Power in July 2007, focusing initially on demerger with Babcock & Brown. He has also been involved in the closure of a number of major projects, including the Neerabup and Braemar 2 power projects. Peter’s role and responsibility covers the whole of ERM’s broader business plans and portfolios, including Business Development, Construction and Operations, Retail and Gas activities. Peter is responsible for all aspects of ERM's legal dealings, and for compliance and corporate governance.
Graeme Walker
Chief Financial Officer
Director of ERM Power Developments Pty Ltd
Graeme is responsible for the financial management and control of ERM Power.
He has served as CFO of a number of major ASX listed companies in the resources sector where he was involved in significant growth and corporate activity. He subsequently consulted to a number of companies providing financial and commercial services and interim management. During this time he was also involved in the listing of a number of resource companies as a non-executive director.
Graeme is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mitch Anderson
Chief Executive Officer and Director of ERM Power Retail Pty Ltd
Mitch came to ERM Power with the idea of a retailer-trader business model that focuses on large commercial and industrial customers back in early 2007. At the time ERM had decided to develop complimentary businesses upstream and downstream of their generation business to provide a stronger more sustainable business model longer term.
Mitch's timing was perfect and since then he has led the development of ERM Power Retail into a very successful business with a spectacular growth trajectory. The decision to design the business around an exclusive focus on large customers has been embraced by the market with both suppliers and customers hungry for more competition.
ERM Power Retail has been one the fastest growing private enterprises in Australia with annual revenue exceeding $250m in just over two years and is a credit to Mitch and his outstanding team of handpicked stalwarts of the industry.
Mitch has nearly 20 years' experience in energy retailing and trading across three countries. His roles have ranged from financial analysis to risk management, trading, retail operations, and sales. Mitch is a former General Manager both in operations and sales for other large Australian energy companies. In addition, he has held business development, risk and corporate mergers, and acquisitions roles for companies in New Zealand and the United States.
Mitch holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science from California State University. Mitch is an AFMA Accredited Individual and a Responsible Manager for ERM Power Retail's AFS License. He is a noted speaker and active member of various energy and community service forums.
Derek McKay
Chief Executive Officer of ERM Power Generation
Director of ERM Power Developments Pty Ltd
Derek is an experienced energy market executive who over the past 18 years has developed an in-depth understanding of the Australian gas and electricity industries.
ERM Power utilises Derek’s skills and experience in the management of wholesale energy trading and the physical operation of ERM Power’s power generation and high pressure gas pipeline assets.
Derek joined ERM Power from a similar role at Enertrade where, as the General Manager of Trading and Operations, he managed Enertrade’s physical assets including high pressure gas pipelines, generation, and gas compression and processing facilities.
Kelvin Askew
Chief Executive Officer of ERM Gas Pty Ltd
With more than 29 years in the energy industry, Kelvin has acquired a comprehensive range of commercial and operational gas experience at companies such as Pacific Gas & Electricity, Duke Energy, Energex, and Enertrade.
Kelvin has directly managed farmins, major conventional natural gas, coal seam gas supply, and transportation contracts throughout Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia.
His areas of expertise cover transmission pipeline projects, capacity, risk, and regulatory affairs management.
Kelvin developed and currently manages the commercial team responsible for all aspects of gas purchase, storage, and transportation.
Wayne Moulday
Executive General Manager Development
Wayne has more than 15 years' experience in the power generation industry. During this time, he has held senior positions in operations, consulting, construction, mergers and acquisitions and project development.
Wayne is responsible for progressing ERM’s new project concepts from start through to financial close. He does this by leveraging ERM’s unique technical and commercial skill set to deliver innovative greenfield and brownfield developments.
With national and international project development experience, Wayne has played leading roles in many merger and acquisition activities within the global energy industry.
He has also been involved in developing several of Australia’s most significant power stations, including ERM’s own Uranquinty, Neerabup and Braemar 2 power stations.
Matthew Forrest
Executive General Manager Asset Optimisation
Director of ERM Power Developments Pty Ltd; ERM Kwinana Holding Pty Ltd
Matthew has 20 years' experience in various industries including power generation, petrochemical, and mining. He has held general management positions with Burns and Roe Worley, HRL Services, and ETRS Pty Ltd.
Matthew joined ERM Power in April 2005 as Project Director for the 450 MW Braemar Power Station and 150km Braemar Gas Pipeline. The development commenced commercial operation in August 2006 safely, on time and on budget.
Matthew completed the successful delivery of ERM’s jointly developed Kwinana Gas-fired Power Station Project in October 2008 safely, on time and under budget.
Tony Clark
Executive General Manager Project Delivery
Tony Clark is an Executive General Manager within ERM Power. He is responsible for ERM’s project delivery including the Uranquinty, Neerabup, and Braemar 2 Power station projects, which are currently under construction. Along with ERM’s Kwinana station, these four projects represent in excess of $2 billion worth of infrastructure currently being managed by the group.
Tony has over 20 years’ experience working in the power and minerals processing industries covering a wide range of activities.
Prior to joining ERM Power, Tony worked in senior project management roles with Stanwell Corporation, WorleyParsons, and ABB Engineering Construction. He has experience on all sides of the power industry including owner, consultant, and contractor. In addition to Tony’s industry experience, he also holds Masters level qualifications in engineering, business, and construction law.
Andrew St Baker
Executive General Manager - Corporate Development
Director of ERM Gas Pty Ltd
Andrew has had a long association with the company and the electricity industry.
After eight years with international property firm CBRE Andrew established his own property development company which was subsequently merged with ERM Group in 1993.
Between 1993 and 2004 Andrew was a director and partner of the ERM Group working closely with his father, the company founder, during the early stages of electricity market deregulation and through the transition of the business from a consultancy to a project development business. Andrew was responsible for the property development business, group finances and site procurement for the power development business.
During this time the ERM Group prospered and opened its first major power project being the 330 MW Oakey power station and established the site and approvals for the Braemar Power Project, both in Queensland, and successfully completed seven property developments in the Brisbane area.
Andrew sold down his equity in the business in 2004, followed by an 18-month break.
In 2006 Andrew returned to the ERM Group as a senior executive and has been actively involved with the subsequent growth and diversification of the company.
Today, Andrew specifically focuses on the optimisation of commercial arrangements, structuring and corporate transactions. Additionally Andrew serves as an executive director of subsidiary ERM Gas Pty Ltd.
Andrew has a PGD in Project Management from the Queensland University of Technology, is a Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has been a member of Australian Institute of Company Directors since 2002.
Andy Pittlik
New South Wales Director
Andy joined ERM in October 2005 and manages ERM Power’s NSW office including NSW based power projects such as the Wellington power project. Andy’s other role is to arrange for the connection of our power stations to the state’s power grids. Andy’s background is in transmission and he has more than 30 years’ experience in the Electricity Supply Industry working at executive levels in both the public and private sector.
Andy started his career as a JPO with the Electricity Commission of NSW. He has worked for ABB, Hawker Siddley and GEC Alsthom where he was GM of the Transmission and Distribution Projects Group. In 1999 Andy returned to TransGrid as its Executive Manager Business Development.
Tony Petersen
Western Australia Director
Environment and Approvals Manager
Tony has had more than 25 years’ professional experience in mining and energy. He has worked in several Australian States for the public and private sector. He has facilitated the implementation of all aspects of environmental management including Project approvals, corporate reporting and stakeholder engagement.
Prior to joining ERM Power, Tony held senior roles within major resource companies and was Senior Manager for Sustainability at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Perth. He is currently the Western Australian Director of ERM Power and manages the Government and corporate affairs activities in Perth.
He has also been directly involved in obtaining Project approvals and licenses and ensuring that ERM Power maintains its reputation for environmentally responsible power production.
Tony holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Queensland, a Post Graduate Diploma of Environmental Impact Assessment and Masters of Business Administration obtained from Murdoch University, WA.
Executive General Manager Planning
Rohan is responsible for planning ERM’s future energy infrastructure developments. In his role at ERM, Rohan develops concepts for new projects and manages the company’s carbon group and its regulatory affairs and industry policy functions.
With extensive experience as a regulatory economist in the electricity market, Rohan has a complete understanding of infrastructure pricing, industry structure and market competition. His experience across a range of industries, combined with his qualifications in engineering, economics and finance, allows him to have a complete understanding of how to stay ahead of the market.
Since joining ERM Power in January 2006, Rohan has played a key role in planning and developing ERM’s Uranquinty and Braemar 2 power stations.
Gregg Buskey
General Manager Development and Transactions
Director of ERM Neerabup Pty Ltd
Gregg has more than six years’ experience in the power and gas industry and prior experience in the mining and automation sector. Having held senior positions in financial analysis and development, Gregg joined ERM in 2006, taking on the role of project director for the development and fi nancing of the 330MW Neerabup power station, achieving fi nancial close in February 2008.
He has since been involved in the evolution of ERM’s asset mix through development, asset acquisitions, capital raisings, partnering and structured arrangements, and provides ongoing commercial and trading support for ERM’s Western Australian assets.f
Gregg holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), a PhD in robotics and automation, and post graduate qualifications in applied finance and investment.
Michael Allen
Executive General Manager Finance
Michael is responsible for all corporate and project financing matters including financial planning, debt structuring, and debt and project equity raising for the whole of ERM.
Michael joined ERM in August 2007. Since that date he has structured and raised more than $1 billion in project and corporate finance for the ERM Group, including the non-recourse project finance facilities for the Neerabup and Braemar 2 projects. He has also secured interest from banks exceeding the full amount of project finance facilities required to bank the Braemar 3 project currently in development.
Michael has more than 17 years experience in banking and finance, responsible for both debt arranging for banks, and capital raising and structuring for project sponsors.
He has worked on projects in 11 countries across a wide range of industries, including gas and coal-fired power generation, oil and gas, coal, petrochemicals, pulp and paper, transport and leisure.