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Michael is the Asia Pacific Power, Utilities & Renewables Sector leader, the Industrial Products & Construction Lead partner, and lead partner Future of Energy and Strategic Growth. Michael has extensive industry and consulting experience spanning more than 30 years. Michael has consulted widely across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia where he has focused on delivering value to energy, water, and infrastructure clients in the areas of business strategy, business re-engineering, cost out programs, technology strategy, vendor selection and technology implementation.

Sandra James is Deloitte’s National Lead Partner for Power, Utilities & Renewables and leads our Regulatory practice. She is a trusted advisor to clients in the power, utilities and renewables sector, across Australia. She has been deeply involved in the sector as it has evolved over the last 25 years and has a demonstrated track record of bringing together skilled and experienced teams to deliver complicated and sensitive projects for energy industry participants, regulators and governments. Sandra is known for her strong understanding of the commercial and operational impacts for industry participants of market change and reform, and for supporting constructive dialogue between industry and government on the development of policy and regulatory reforms. She specialises in economic and non-economic regulatory frameworks; regulatory strategy; market and regulatory reform and reform implementation programs. Sandra is an advocate for the recognition of emerging industry talent and the development of women at all levels in the power, utilities and renewables sector.