Darryl S Flukes

Darryl S Flukes is Chief Executive of Infratil Energy Australia Pty Ltd (IEA) with a broad range of experience across the energy sector (including oil, electricity and gas).

Previously, Darryl was General Manager of Energy Trading at Southern Hydro in Victoria where he developed many of the trading and risk management techniques now applied in the “National Electricity Market”. During this time he spent 4 years as Chairman of the Australia Financial Markets Association (AFMA) Electricity Committee.

Prior to arriving in Australia, Darryl had a distinguished career in oil trading with BP and Vitol in the UK. He has an honours degree in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University.

Rod Jones

Rod Jones is a founding director and shareholder of Perth Energy and is Chief Executive of Navitas Ltd (previously IBT Education Ltd), a leading education provider in Australia and overseas.

Rod is a founder of Perth Institute of Business and Technology, a company established in 1994 to offer university level programs to international and local students in association with one of the Western Australian universities. The success of this educational model led to the establishment of similar colleges in other capital cities of Australia as well as in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Kenya, the UK and Canada. In 2004 the Colleges were amalgamated and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange as IBT Education Ltd. The company was renamed Navitas Ltd in 2007.

Rod received an honorary doctorate from Edith Cowan University in 2007 for his contribution to education in Australia and overseas.

Paul Forsyth

Paul Forsyth is Chief Financial Officer of Infratil Energy Australia and Victoria Electricity, both 100% subsidiaries of Infratil Limited. Paul has had broad experience in the energy and financial market sectors. More recently, Paul was the Financial Controller of renewable generator Southern Hydro before its sale to Australian Gas Light.

Ky Cao

Ky Cao is a founding director and shareholder of Perth Energy and has substantial experience in the WA energy industry. He was business marketing and energy trading manager at Western Power Corporation, the previous State owned integrated utility.

Following the set-up of the Electricity Reform Task Force by the WA Government in 2001-02, Ky joined the ERTF Market Design Working Group, the Market Rules Development Group and the Electricity Industry Reference Group to assist the Government with the reform development and implementation programs. He is a member of the IMO chaired Market Advisory Committee and the CCIWA Energy and Resources Group.

Ky set up and chaired the Independent Power Advisory Group, which consisted of major energy companies with interests in WA, to provide the WA Government with industry input for the reform programs throughout 2001-05.