The Strategic Industry Advisory Body (SIAB) provides Powering Skills Organisation (PSO) with forward-looking intelligence on the future of jobs, skills and work in the energy sector. It enables PSO to advise government, develop training products and engage industry from a position of informed strategic foresight.
The nomination and appointment of members to the PSO SIAB was conducted in line with the Jobs and Skills Councils – Strengthening Australia’s National Vocational Education and Training System Program – Code of Conduct.
The primary purpose and function of the SIAB is strategic in nature. It is to inform PSO’s Board of Directors and Leadership Team with forward looking advice relating to:
- Stress-testing PSO’s assumptions about the future energy workforce and identifying emerging job roles and disappearing skills 5–10 years out.
- Exploring scenario planning for decarbonisation, AI adoption and energy system change, and their workforce implications.
- Challenging whether PSO’s training products, workforce planning and services are fit for the future, not just the present.
- Connecting PSO with forward-thinking employers, research and intelligence that PSO cannot access through desk research.
- Providing strategic intelligence, perspectives and recommendations on key industry, employment and training trends, challenges and opportunities.
The committee is advisory in nature and does not have any decision making functions or voting rights. Members of the current PSO SIAB are listed below.
| Full Name | Position | Organisation |
| Allan Jones | Managing Director / Founder | RAW Group of Companies |
| Brett Hall | General Manager, Policy, Research and Projects | Australian Industry Group for Education and Training |
| Cameron Baker | Chair of the South Australian Skills Commission | South Australian Skills Commission |
| Carl Copeland | CEO | Electrotechnology Training Institute |
| Charlotte Caruso | Senior Advisor | Smart Energy Council |
| Clea Smith | CEO | Tradeswomen Australia |
| Con Hristodoulidis | General Manager, Distributed Energy | Clean Energy Council |
| Danial Smith | General Manage, Industry Advisory & Advocacy | Master Electricians Australia |
| Emily Magro | A/g Assistant Secretary for Energy, Digital and Delivery | DEWR |
| Hannah Watts | PSO Board Representative | PSO Board Representative |
| Ian Crowhurst | Head of Future Capability & Talent – People & Culture | Origin Energy |
| Ida Lloyd | Workforce Lead VNI West transmission project | Iberdrola |
| Jen Perkins | Executive Director Learning & Teaching, Construction & Energy | TAFE NSW |
| Joanne Abbey | Principal, Industry Skills Practice Leader, RTO CEO | Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd |
| Karla Paeglis | Head of Workforce Development | Energy Efficiency Council |
| Katie Hepworth | National Policy Director | ETU |
| Mark Burgess | CEO | Energy Skills Australia |
| Mark Lamb | CEO | Australian Refrigeration Council |
| Matt Murphy | Assistant National Secretary | ETU |
| Michael Cullen | PSO Board Representative | PSO Board Representative |
| Peter Schreiner | Education and Training Director | Powering Australia |
| Shawn O’Sullivan | Executive Director, TAFE Centre of Excellence Clean Energy Batteries | TAFE Queensland |
| Simon English | Consultant | Independent Consultant |
| Sue Sizer | Head of Industry Education and Guidance | Energy Safe Victoria |
| Tim Marshall | CEO | Data Centres Australia |
| Tom Emeleus | CEO | NECA Training & Apprenticeships |
| Ying Luo | Chief Advisor & General Manager Strategy | Amplitude Energy |
