meet our team
Tony Schultz
Managing Director and Board Member of North Harbour Clean Energy.
Tony is an experienced leader in the energy industry spanning the areas of investment, finance, project management, contracting and engineering. Tony has strong networks and relationships across the energy sector and investment community.
Prior to this role, Tony has been Managing Director, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), and has held several board roles. Prior to KKR he held pivotal management roles with TWC, Westpac, Halliburton, Duke Energy, KBR and Kinhill Engineers.
Tony enjoys spending time with his two sons and is an avid mountain biker and skier, with a poor track record of staying upright.
Steve Banning
Executive Director, Development and Board Member of North Harbour Clean Energy.
Steve is a recognised leader in the Australian energy market and has been involved with over $1 billion of energy development projects as both as an owner/operator and as a service provider.
Steve was previously the Managing Director of Epic Energy and Managing Director of ASX-listed engineering firm LogiCamms.
Outside of work Steve is a keen triathlete having competed twice at the Ironman World Championships, but now more likely to be found downhill skiing.
Ben Smith
General Manager, Commercial at North Harbour Clean Energy.
Ben has diverse global experience throughout the entire gas and power value chain and extensive experience in the Australian marketplace.
Ben has advised on and led a wide range of energy infrastructure investment opportunities, from origination through to delivery, and has held senior commercial roles within APA Group, Jemena, ATCO Australia, Origin Energy and BG Group.
Ben enjoys spending time with his young family, who love travelling to new and exciting places together. He is a passionate soccer player and golfer, though is unfortunately not exceptional at either.
Emily Wilkinson
General Manager, Hydropower at North Harbour Clean Energy
Emily is an experienced civil engineer and project manager and has worked across a range of major infrastructure projects, with a focus on hydropower and dams, over the past five years.
She has worked for SMEC and Leighton Contractors (now CPB) and has been integral to the projects Snowy 2.0 Pumped Hydro Energy Storage and new Dungowan Dam.
Outside of work, and during her lunch breaks at the Manly office, Emily enjoys reading, surfing and swimming.
BOARD MEMBERS
Tony Schultz
Chairman and Managing Director of North Harbour Clean Energy
Tony is an experienced leader in the energy industry spanning the areas of investment, finance, project management, contracting and engineering. Tony has strong networks and relationships across the energy sector and investment community.
Prior to this role, he has been Managing Director, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), and has held several board roles. Prior to KKR he held pivotal management roles with TCW, Westpac, Halliburton, Duke Energy, KBR and Kinhill Engineers.
Steve Banning
Executive Director, Development and a Board Member of North Harbour Clean Energy.
Steve is a recognised leader in the Australian energy market and energy project development both as an owner/operator and as a service provider in development projects of over $1 billion.
Prior to this role, he has been the Managing Director of Epic Energy and Managing Director of ASX-listed engineering firm LogiCamms.
Allison Warburton
Board Member of North Harbour Clean Energy
Allison is a leading energy expert with extensive commercial experience.
She established and led the climate practice at the law firm, Minter Ellison, setting up some of Australia’s first carbon capture and storage offset projects.
The Hon. Robert Hill
Board Member of North Harbour Clean Energy
As the former Australian Federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Defence, Robert brings considerable public policy, political and environmental connections.
He also has direct start-up experience as Chairman of Re Group, a recycling business.
SENIOR ADVISORS
Grant King
Senior Adviser North Harbour Clean Energy
Grant King is currently Chairman of HSBC Australia, the Climate Change Authority, CWP Renewables and Green Collar. Grant was Managing Director of Origin Energy Ltd between 2000 and 2016 following its demerger from Boral, where he was Managing Director of Boral Energy. He is a former Director of BHP Billiton Limited, Contact Energy Ltd, Envestra Ltd and the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Ltd (APPEA).
Grant is the former Chairman of Australia Pacific LNG, Oil Company of Australia Ltd and the Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA). He was appointed President of the Business Council of Australia in 2016, a role he held until 2019, and is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Leigh Clifford AO
Senior Adviser North Harbour Clean Energy
Leigh Clifford AO is the Chairman of Crestone Wealth Management, a Director of Bechtel Group Inc (USA) and Chairman of Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd, a Senior Adviser to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, a member of the Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, Chairman of the National Gallery of Victoria, Foundation Chairman of the University of Melbourne’s philanthropic campaign and Chairman of the Robert Menzies Institute.
Leigh has also been Chairman of Qantas and Chief Executive and Director of Rio Tinto, with a career spanning 37 years.
John Hann
Senior Adviser North Harbour Clean Energy
John Hann is a former Deputy Chair and Commissioner, NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) from 2015 to 2021 and chaired the IPC Risk and Compliance Committee from 2020 to 2021. He has recently been appointed as a member of the Sydney District and Regional Planning Panels, in addition to the panel of Chairs for the NSW DPE Community Consultative Committees. John was also appointed Independent Chair of the NSW DPE Flood Technical Advisory Group and served as Principal Advisor to the 2022 NSW Flood Inquiry.
John’s senior management roles include leading planning approvals, environmental compliance and stakeholder engagement with Holcim Australia and corporate advisory to Adelaide Brighton Ltd and Fletcher Building Limited.