Professor Garnaut is a Professor of Economics at The University of Melbourne. He was previously a Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Australian National University, the Director of the ANU Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management. He was the longstanding Head of the Department of Economics. He is the author of numerous publications in scholarly journals on international economics, public finance and economic development, particularly in relation to East Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Recent books include The Great Crash of 2008 (with David Llewellyn-Smith, 2009); Dog Days: Australia After the Boom (2013); Forty Years of Reform and Development in China (2018), Superpower: Australia’s low carbon opportunity (2019), Reset: Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession (2021) and The Superpower Transformation: Making Australia’s zero-carbon future. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Economic Society, Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resources Economic Society, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Garnaut has held a longstanding senior role as a policy advisor, diplomat, and businessman. He was the senior economic policy official in Papua New Guinea’s Department of Finance in the years straddling Independence in 1975, principal economic adviser to Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, 1983- 1985, and Australian Ambassador to China, 1985-1988.

He is the author of a number of influential reports to the Australian Government, including Australia and the Northeast Asian Ascendancy, 1989, The Review of Federal State Financial Relations (with Vince Fitzgerald) 2002; The Garnaut Climate Change Review 2008; and The Garnaut Review 2011: Australia and the Global Response to Climate Change. Professor Garnaut has chaired the boards of major Australian and International companies since 1988, including Lihir Gold Ltd (1995 – 2010); Bank of Western Australia Ltd (1988 – 1995); Primary Industry Bank of Australia Ltd (1989 – 1994); Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Limited Pty Ltd (2002 – 2012) and its subsidiary OK Tedi Mining.
Ltd; Lonely Planet Pty Ltd; Aluminium Smelters of Victoria Ltd; ZEN Energy Technologies Pty Ltd. He is currently the Director of ZEN Energy and Chairman of Sunshot Energy. Professor Garnaut was made Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1991 for service to education and
International relations and a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2017 for service on climate change and energy.

Domenic Capomolla joined ZEN’s Board in December 2025. Domenic is a recognised industry leader with deep experience spanning two decades. His most recent role was as Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Blue (formerly Pacific Hydro), Domenic has overseen the material growth of that organisation’s development pipeline including delivering Pacific Blue’s first grid scale BESS in Australia, securing $130M in funding including a $50M refinancing arrangement.

Domenic spearheaded Tango Energy and Sumo Power’s entry into Australian retail markets as CEO and Founder respectively. Domenic held an Executive level leadership position with Alinta Energy and was CEO of Simply Energy, the culmination of eight years’ service to International Power. Domenic has also worked with SembCorp Power in Singapore after starting his career with United Energy.

Domenic has held board positions with Pacific Hydro Australia, BlueNRG, Energy Australia – IPR Retail Partnership and the Mirabel Foundation and was Chair of Sparq Pty Ltd. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Education (Mathematics and Physical Education) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance.

Michael Larkin Joined ZEN’s Board in December 2025.  Michael has had a long career in finance in public practice, and executive roles in public and private companies in Australia.  Michael has been involved in providing consulting and advisory services to companies as they restructure and or grow their operations.

Michael’s previous roles include a number of financial executive roles at Lend Lease Corporation and Babcock & Brown .  In each of these roles Michael was responsible for all facets of the finance systems and process and financial governance of the organisations.

More recently, Michael has been involved in the complex restructuring of companies through both the GFC and, subsequently, providing advice to all stakeholders, including debt holders and Boards.  Michael oversaw the management and sale of Babcock & Brown’s global portfolio of assets on behalf of an international debt syndicate.  The portfolio included major power generation assets and assets under development in Europe, the US, and Australia.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UNSW and is a Chartered Accountant.

Anthony’s passion, knowledge and experience in the renewable energy market is extensive. Known for his acute observations, critical analysis, and bold decisions, he is respected for both his tenacity and ability to question the status quo. His focus is on harnessing technologies and leveraging financial instruments to ensure clean and green energy is affordable, reliable, and sustainable.

Under his leadership, ZEN Energy’s national footprint of customers, energy and asset portfolio has grown significantly. In the 5 years since ZEN obtained its electricity retail license, they have brought together a community of sustainability-driven customers, renewable energy suppliers and capital partners. ZEN’s customers include the South Australian Government, CSIRO’s sites in New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory and the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) which comprises twenty-five local councils in New South Wales. Under Anthony’s leadership, ZEN has now contracted renewable energy and environmental certificates from 17 solar and wind farms and is actively growing their firmed renewable energy supply. Anthony has had a diverse career including positions with Oxford University and the University of Melbourne as a Lecturer and Research Fellow in Chinese History.

Joey Yeo is Chief Performance Officer to ZEN Energy’s CEO office, Anthony Garnaut. He is responsible for the oversight and management of ZEN’s corporate functions including the development and implementation of ZEN’s strategic change program, development and implementation of strategic corporate programs and shareholder and board interactions.

He has led ZEN’s journey into being an ESG focused organisation including launching ZEN’s inaugural ESG report and its commitment to science-based emissions targets.

Joey holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons, first class) in Chemistry and Statistics from the University of Melbourne. He has completed the Foundation Course in Government Administration from Singapore’s Civil Service College and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Joey is fluent in Chinese and certified in PRINCE2 Agile.

Dan Manderson is responsible for managing all of ZEN’s greenfield origination, connection, and development approvals, tendering for late-stage developments and conducting technical due diligence on potential acquisitions. Additionally, Dan supports ZEN’s Energy Markets team to assess risks involved with PPA and tolling agreements.

Dan has deep and extensive experience across the energy sector with expert capabilities in utility scale solar and battery energy storage systems and a thorough understanding of NEM connection processes and challenges. He has also worked across a range of wind, hydrogen and thermal power projects including as Technical Adviser on Fortescue Future Industries’ global
green hydrogen portfolio.

Prior to joining ZEN, he was the Australian manager of New Energy for global engineering advisory firm WSP. During his time there, he was involved in a diverse range of energy sector feasibility assessments and projects, covering solar, wind, bioenergy, energy from waste, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and various forms of energy storage (thermal, chemical, hydro, compressed air).

Geoff has twenty-five years’ management experience in the energy market, where he has been a consistent advocate for customer-focused business practices. Geoff led ZEN through its transformation from a solar hardware sales business to a renewable retailer.

Glenn has nearly thirty years of multinational financial management experience across a range of market sectors. Prior to joining ZEN, Glenn was based in New York as group CFO of the aerospace and engineered products division of Arconic (previously Alcoa).

Adrian Leong is responsible for all finance functions at ZEN. His role spans ZEN’s group-wise financial strategy, oversight of all financial planning and analysis, capital management, financial reporting, and investor relations. As CFO, he holds a specific responsibility for working with the ZEN executive team to develop and enhance ZEN’s long term business strategy.

He joined ZEN in August 2025 from Shell Energy Australia where he was responsible for all Financial Planning and Analysis for Shell’s energy retailing and EV business. Additionally, he led the annual 10-year strategic review and operational planning for the business as well as being a member of the pricing and commercial committee.

Adrian was previously the Financial Controller of Meridian Energy Australia, a NZ listed energy company based with global revenues of $4.0b. In this role, he was responsible for all back-office functions, FP&A, Treasury, Financial Control, Income Tax, Accounts Processing and Management Reporting.

Adrian has spent time in the United States working for Morgan Stanley in New York as a VP in the global reporting team, EY in Chicago and KPMG also in New York.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Melbourne and is an American Certified Public Accountant and an Australian Chartered Accountant. He is fluent in Cantonese and intermediate in Mandarin.

Lara Reid is the Head of Structured Capital Products at ZEN Energy. She is responsible for strategically engaging with key capital partners to develop, enhance and deliver structured capital products to the organisation. Lara works across the business, clients, capital partners and at Board level to develop comprehensive and innovative solutions.

Lara is also Co-Head of ZEN-A, ZEN’s female engagement program.

At Westpac, she won the Top Business Partner award in recognition of her ability to create and nurture key client relationships and increasing Westpac Adelaide’s foreign exchange revenue by 30%. She was also the Chair of the highly regarded Women of Westpac group for South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Driven by a deep desire to be engaged in a sustainability focused industry and a purpose driven organisation, Lara moved to ZEN in 2021, taking on the role of Business Development Manager.

Lara was quickly promoted to her current role in 2023. She has subsequently devised and executed novation structures, resulting in the delivery of capital at the lowest cost of debt that ZEN has negotiated.

Ryan McKee is the General Manager of Commercial Development at ZEN Energy. He is responsible for sourcing new energy and storage offtakes to meet ZEN’s business growth ambitions while taking stewardship of developing and growing ZEN’s key relationships with Australia’s largest renewable asset owners and developers.

Prior to joining ZEN, Ryan worked for AGL for thirteen years, including being responsible for growing and retaining AGL’s largest electricity and gas customers. He worked with large customers including BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, OZ Minerals, Santos, and Fonterra Australia to develop comprehensive, long term energy solutions spanning infrastructure upgrades, power factor correction services, solar generation, battery storage, onsite generation, and energy efficiency programs.

Ryan has deep knowledge and experience across all areas of customer solution development, customer engagement, sales, and service.