[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”2%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%”][et_pb_fullwidth_slider admin_label=”Renergi Slider” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_slide _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://renergi.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/renergi_renewable_energy_biorefinery.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” sticky_transition=”on”][/et_pb_slide][/et_pb_fullwidth_slider][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Market Information Section” _builder_version=”3.22″ min_height=”1066.9px” custom_padding=”70px||70px|”][et_pb_row disabled_on=”on|on|on” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” disabled=”on” locked=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Lato||||||||” header_2_font_size=”36px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” custom_margin=”||-2px|||” custom_padding=”|||” animation_direction=”left” locked=”off”]
NORMAN PATER – CHAIRMAN
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Market Information Title Area” _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” disabled=”on” locked=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” custom_padding=”1px||4px|||” animation_style=”flip” animation_direction=”left” animation_intensity_flip=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” locked=”off”]Norman is passionate about acting on climate change. As an informed and concerned citizen, he is acutely aware that urgent and meaningful actions to decarbonise our society and improve the natural environment are needed now.
Since meeting Al Gore and being exposed to his movie The Inconvenient Truth in 2011, Norman has been searching for ways to reduce his own environmental footprint, as well as that of society as a whole. He has drawn heavily from climate scientists and Project Drawdown in defining his action plans. Therefore Norman’s focus is on these key initiatives:
- restoring 1-million hectares of Australian farmland within 10 years by means of biodiverse plantings, through the not-for-profit Carbon Farming Foundation he felt driven to create;
- delivering large-scale renewable energy to the Australian grid by assisting the Zen Energy group;
- converting biomass and municipal waste to biofuel and biochar by working with Renergi to commercialise its unique grinding pyrolysis technologies world-wide; and
- helping build new-age industrial hubs and deliver creative solutions to transition heavy energy users to renewable energy solutions via Sunshot Industries.
In actively helping to build these projects for success, Norman draws on his entrepreneurial and academic background in software, marketing and business. He has B.Com and MBA degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, has previously listed his IT company on the JSE in 1987 and served on numerous private, public, listed and not-for-profit boards over the last 37 years.
Norman believes it is important to be impact invested to help fund change. Therefore he holds equity in companies as diverse as Gondwana Property, Future Super, Delorean Corp, Impact Investment Group and Wide Open Agriculture. He has converted an inner-city warehouse into carbon-neutral commercial offices and added unique public art in the form of 7-metre high solar PV flowers.
The journey of becoming more ‘woke’ over the last 10 years has made Norman realise that environmental justice is intimately woven into social, gender and myriad other facets of justice in our modern society and that there is still much to be done.
Norman is the lucky husband of soul-mate Gita Sonnenberg, fortunate father of awesome sons Duan and Rogan, and blessed grandfather of the wonderful Laith. He is a keen cyclist, sailor, camper, kayaker and kite-surfer.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Lato||||||||” header_2_font_size=”36px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” custom_padding=”|||” animation_direction=”left” locked=”off”]
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DR CHUN-ZHU LI – DIRECTOR & CEO
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Market Information Title Area” _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” custom_padding=”1px||4px|||” animation_style=”flip” animation_direction=”left” animation_intensity_flip=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” locked=”off”]Dr Li has been a founding director of Renergi Pty Ltd. He has also served as the CEO of the company.
Dr Li obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 1993 from Imperial College London. After completing his postdoctoral research at Imperial College London and CSIRO, he joined Monash University in 1996 where he served as a Lecturer, a Senior Lecturer, a Reader and then a Professor.
Dr Li joined Curtin University in January 2009. He was the founding director of a major university research centre, which was further expanded into the then Fuels and Energy Technology Institute. During this period, he became a John Curtin Distinguished Professor.
Bioenergy Science and Engineering, including waste utilisation, has long been a focus of Dr Li’s research and development efforts. Dr Li’s research has covered many topics such as biomass pyrolysis, biomass gasification, biomass drying, biorefinery and biocarbon materials. Dr Li is the author or co-author of more than 300 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Fuel Processing Technology, which is one of the key journals in the field of Energy Science and Engineering. He has also served as a member of editorial and advisory boards of other international journals.
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ANTONY PICCININI – Director
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Market Information Title Area” _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” custom_padding=”1px||4px|||” animation_style=”flip” animation_direction=”left” animation_intensity_flip=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” locked=”off”]Antony was appointed as Director in April 2024. He is an experienced senior executive and engineer with almost 30 years in the renewable energy industry.
Antony has previously worked with various companies including Western Power, Horizon Power, WorleyParsons and FRV, as well as in the capacity of CEO for Renergi in 2017. Antony’s most recent role is with Collgar Renewables, as Head of Business Development. He has also held a position on the Board of the Sustainable Energy Association of Australia. Antony has extensive experience working with various conventional and renewable energy technologies and developments, both within hybrid power systems and on-grid.
Antony received a double degree in Engineering and Commerce from the University of Western Australia in 1997, as well as receiving a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from the same university in 2001.
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JANET ALLEN – COMPANY SECRETARY
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Market Information Title Area” _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” custom_padding=”1px||4px|||” animation_style=”flip” animation_direction=”left” animation_intensity_flip=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” locked=”off”]Janet has been Renergi’s Company Secretary since February 2022. She has over 40 years of experience in business and finance; previously working for several WA organisations, including incubator/start-up businesses across several different technologies. Since 2005 she has been self-employed, providing administrative and business support to a wide range clients. In additional to her Company Secretarial duties, Janet supports CEO Chun-Zhu Li in the maintenance of the business’s accounting system.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]