Speakers

Shannon Arnold

Managing Director
Hotgas

Shannon Arnold is Managing Director of Hotgas, a family-owned and operated LPG supplier in South-East Queensland. Founded by her parents, John & Jan Arnold, and independently operating in the LPG industry since 1990, Shannon joined Hotgas in 2019 and has stepped into the leadership role to continue the family and company legacy and is proud to be a female leader in the industry.

Before joining the family business, Shannon gained extensive experience across the travel and advertising industries, developing expertise in customer service, product & marketing, and operations. Holding a Bachelor of Mass Communication and a Diploma of Management, she brings a practical, people-focused leadership style and is passionate about strengthening supply resilience, fostering collaboration, and supporting the future of the LPG industry for independent small business.

John Backhouse

Commercial Manager Kwinana Production Facility
Wesfarmers KleenHeat

John brings 25 years of experience across industrial chemicals, fuels, and supply chain logistics. Based in Perth, WA, he recently took on the role of Commercial Manager for LPG/LNG production at Wesfarmers' Kwinana facility – a straddle plant operating on WA's main domestic gas pipeline, supplying the state's bottled gas market and LNG for remote power generation. John has been with Wesfarmers for 11 years and offers deep operational and commercial insight into the downstream gas sector.

Jordan McCollum

Chief Executive Officer
Gas Energy Australia

Jordan was appointed CEO of Gas Energy Australia in January 2025, bringing 18 years of experience in the wholesale gas industry. He serves as a key figure in Australia's gas industry transition, particularly in evolving traditional gas supply chains toward their renewable alternatives.

Prior to joining GEA, Jordan served as Head of Policy at the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA), where he played a pivotal role in transforming the industry's stance on renewable gas. His leadership was instrumental in advancing APGA towards becoming one of Australia's leading renewable gas advocates in recent years.

Throughout his career, Jordan has demonstrated expertise in navigating complex regulatory environments and influencing key stakeholders across government and industry. He has successfully influenced reform in national gas law, emissions accounting, gas decarbonisation, working to address challenging policy agendas affecting the gas industry.

James Rockall

Chief Executive Officer
World Liquid Gas Association

James Rockall is the CEO & Managing Director of the World Liquid Gas Association (WLGA). Based in Paris, he has full responsibility for legal, financial, operational, strategic, governance and performance-related aspects of the organisation with over 300 clients operating in more than 125 countries around the world.

Mr Rockall has 30 years of global experience in the energy sector. He has a very strong energy and business development background having worked for Shell International in senior management positions in The Netherlands and Venezuela. Prior to joining the WLGA, James worked as a Director of the global energy group ALSTOM SA.

He is a Fellow of the UK Institution of Chemical Engineers with a Master's degree, with Honours, from the University of Nottingham in the UK and an MBA from the Institute of Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.

James has joint British and French nationality. He has a Dutch wife and two children. In his free time he is a keen sailor.

Stephen Sheppard

Vice President Sales & Marketing South Pacific
Linde

Stephen is a strategic and commercially focused senior executive with over 30 years of international business experience, holding a Master of Commerce in Marketing from UNSW, a Bachelor of Economics in Accounting from Macquarie University, and CPA certification.

He serves as Chair of the GEA Board and Vice President of Sales & Marketing, South Pacific for Linde, with previous leadership roles spanning President of Linde Korea, Strategic Marketing Director for Linde South & East Asia, and board positions including Liquigas New Zealand and the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea.

Adrian Calcaneo

VP Energy & Feedstocks
OPIS

Adrian Calcaneo is Vice President for Energy and Feedstocks at OPIS, a Dow Jones Company, leading NGL & Naphtha research and global development across LPG, Ethane, and Naphtha. With over 20 years of experience, he works with stakeholders across the energy, petrochemical, and financial sectors. His background spans NGL market research across 43 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, multinational energy consulting, and energy policy work at think tanks and international NGOs. He holds a Master of Public Administration in Energy Policy from Texas A&M University and a Master's in Data Science from Harvard University.

Amber Fennell

GM LPG & NRC
Origin Energy

Amber is the General Manager, LPG at Origin Energy, where she leads the company's global LPG business with end-to-end responsibility across strategy, operations, supply chain, sales, compliance, and finance. She brings more than 25 years of energy industry experience, including senior executive and commercial roles across Origin, Simply Energy, and AGL, with deep expertise in large-scale operational transformation and energy business leadership across the Asia Pacific region.

Kevin Low

Principal
Blunomy

Kevin Low is an Energy and circular economy specialist at Blunomy, where he focuses on the role of bioenergy and renewable gases in the broader energy transition. He brings experience across education, infrastructure, and energy systems, with a strong emphasis on biomethane, decarbonisation pathways, and unlocking value from circular economy approaches in emerging energy markets.

Tom Woodlock

Senior Market Reporter
Argus Media

Tom Woodlock is a Senior Reporter at Argus Media, where he covers oil products markets across Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Based in Sydney, he specialises in price reporting, benchmark development, and understanding the mechanisms behind commodity price formation.

His recent work has focused on refined oil products with growing a emphasis on the role of lower-carbon alternatives such as bio-LPG. Tom engages with refiners, traders, and downstream market participants to assess supply-demand dynamics, import economics, and pricing structures.

He holds a degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Reading and a master's degree in China Studies from the London School of Economics.

Georgine Duncan

Executive Director
Rennie Advisory

Georgine Duncan is Executive Director at Rennie Advisory, where she leads advisory work on energy transition policy and market development across renewable gas and low-carbon liquid fuels. She specialises in biomethane and renewable LPG policy, certification and book-and-claim scheme design, and broader market frameworks supporting the commercialisation and export of renewable gases in Australia and the Asia Pacific.

Neil Gardner

Executive Manager
Jet Zero Australia

Neil Gardner is the Executive Manager at Jet Zero Australia, where he has been intimately involved in the company's growth from its inception to becoming an emerging leader in sustainable aviation fuels. With two decades of experience in the energy sector, he brings deep commercial and strategic expertise to his current oversight of project development and supply chain management. His career includes leadership roles at Shell, Arrow Energy, and Verbrec, where he successfully managed teams of up to 200 people.

Vanessa Lenihan

Head of Future Fuels and Decarbonisation
Viva Energy

Vanessa Lenihan is Head of Future Fuels and Decarbonisation, where she leads the development and delivery of strategies to reduce emissions and advance lower carbon energy solutions across complex industrial operations. With deep expertise in energy transition, policy, and commercial development, Vanessa plays a key role in shaping pathways for low-carbon liquid fuels in Australia.

She is closely involved in the evolution of the Geelong Refinery, including initiatives to produce bioLPG as part of a broader approach to decarbonising existing fuel infrastructure while maintaining energy security. Vanessa brings a practical, systems-level perspective that balances emissions reduction, technology deployment, and market realities.

She regularly engages with government and industry stakeholders on emerging policy and investment frameworks, helping position the sector for a net-zero future. Vanessa is passionate about accelerating scalable solutions that leverage existing assets to deliver meaningful emissions reductions.

Tim Stock

Director Industry Policy and Engagement
NSW DCCEEW

Tim Stock is Director, Industry Policy and Engagement at the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, where he leads policy development and implementation focused on industrial decarbonisation and renewable fuels. He has extensive experience in clean energy strategy across hydrogen, biomethane, and broader renewable fuel systems, including leadership of the NSW Renewable Fuels Strategy and national GreenPower accreditation.

Chris Dolman

Head of Marketing
Linde

Chris Dolman is an experienced energy industry professional with extensive expertise in LPG and industrial gases, currently working with Linde in Sydney. With a strong background in commercial leadership and customer engagement across the energy sector, Chris is passionate about delivering innovative solutions and building long-term industry partnerships.

Scott Leary MLA

Member for Albany
The Nationals Party WA

Scott Leary is a long-time Albany local, small business operator, and proud representative of the Great Southern in the Western Australian Parliament.

With over three decades in business at Albany City Motors and a background in finance with Westpac, Scott understands the pressures facing regional families and employers, from housing shortages and staff retention to red tape and rising costs. He's not a career politician, but someone who's lived the realities of regional life and wants to deliver practical, community-focused solutions.

A volunteer firefighter with the Kalgan Bushfire Brigade and a familiar face on local sporting tribunals and committees. He spent a decade on the board of South Regional TAFE and has long supported youth development, education and volunteering.

Scott lives in Albany, where he and his wife raised two sons and have been active across schools, sport and local events. As a Member of The Nationals WA, Scott is focused on strengthening services, supporting small business and creating opportunities for the next generation across Albany, Mount Barker, Plantagenet and the wider Great Southern in WA.

Nick Rea

Manager Wholesale
Wesfarmers Kleenheat

Nick is the Manager Wholesale for Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers (WesCEF), where he has spent over 15 years across LPG, LNG, and business development roles. Prior to WesCEF, he held engineering, production, and commercial roles at BOC across Australia and Europe. Nick serves as Treasurer on the GEA Board and holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance.

Jack Shepherd

Renewable Fuels Team Project Manager
GreenPower

Jack Shepherd is a project manager in the Renewable Fuels team at GreenPower. He works on the development of new certification schemes to support market uptake of low carbon products and is currently leading the development of a bioLPG certification scheme. Jack has a background in chemical engineering and experience across both conventional and renewable fuel operations, engineering design and consulting.

Paul Gordon

National Compliance Manager LPG
Supagas

Paul Gordon is a Health & Safety Professional at Supagas, with a career focused on safety and compliance leadership in high-risk energy and gas environments. He has extensive experience representing the gas industry on Standards Australia committees, bringing technical expertise and strong stakeholder communication skills to industry standards development.

Roman Kluba

Integrity Standards Engineer
Origin Energy

Roman Kluba is an Integrity Standards Engineer at Origin Energy, with extensive experience in asset integrity and regional engineering roles spanning more than a decade in the energy sector. He has a strong background in chemical engineering and process safety, with deep expertise supporting LPG operations across multiple Australian regions and maintaining engineering standards within complex energy assets.

Shoena Messner

Chief Inspector Petroleum and Gas
Resources Safety & Health Queensland

Shoena Messner is Chief Inspector of Petroleum and Gas at Resources Safety and Health Queensland, where she oversees regulatory leadership focused on the safe extraction, distribution, and use of fuel gases across Queensland.

She is a chemical engineer with extensive experience spanning industry and regulation, including leadership roles in major LNG developments on Curtis Island, occupational disease investigations in the stone benchtop industry, and technical engineering roles across gas processing, pyrometallurgy, and heavy industrial operations.

Patrick Quinn

SafeWork NSW

Accomplished safety and operational leader with over 30 years management experience in high-risk environments across government, construction, petroleum, engineering, and industrial services. Currently the Assistant State Inspector within the Dangerous Goods and Explosives Team. Deep expertise in WHS legislation and regulatory practice. Renowned for driving strategic HSEQ reform and fostering partnerships to enhance safety excellence.

Carlita Warren

Head of Engagement
Standards Australia

Carlita Warren is Head of Standards and Engagement at Standards Australia, connecting industry, government, and technical experts in the development of Australian Standards. With over 15 years' experience across leading organisations in the energy, transport, and infrastructure sectors, she is driving implementation of Standards Australia's End to End Review - improving how standards are developed and delivered, strengthening collaboration and supporting safety, resilience, and innovation across industries.

Nathan Dixon

Reticulation & Standards Manager
Supagas

Nathan is the Reticulation and Standards Manager within Supagas based in WA. A qualified industrial chemist with substantial operational and process safety experience within the LPG, LNG, Chlorakali, Ammonia and Fertiliser businesses. Partf of Nathan's role requires representation on AS1596, AS4645 and he was the Australian Representative on the development of ME092 LNG by rail transport ISO Standards Committee. Supagas run 4 LPG gas distribution networks in regional WA via the Safety Case regime which Nathan has accountability for, along with responsibility overseeing the Supagas Gas Inspectors team, ensuring the local WA gas fitters are installing as per requirements. As a young chemist starting in industry many years ago, asking the "why" and "who is looking after that" questions lead to the boss, saying now you mention it "you are" and thanks for highlighting we have compliance issues to deal with, may have been a mistake, but hey here we are, from this DG and Australian Standard compliance have been a massive part of his career.

Philip Livingston

Managing Director
Gasbot

Philip Livingston is the Founder and Managing Director of Gasbot, with over 20 years of experience in the energy sector spanning business development, operations, and entrepreneurial leadership. He has a strong track record of building and scaling technology-driven businesses, including Gasbot, focused on remote tank monitoring and industrial IoT solutions for energy and agricultural applications.

Andrew McGregor

Integrity Team Manager – Australia
Sonomatic

Andrew is a Chartered Professional Engineer with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of New South Wales and around 30 years of experience across oil and gas operations and engineering consultancy. He spent 20 years in upstream and downstream roles in Australia, leading integrity and compliance programs including RBI and CUI systems for operators such as Santos, Quadrant Energy, ConocoPhillips, and Shell. He is currently Integrity Team Manager – Australia at Sonomatic, specialising in inspection, failure analysis, and asset integrity management.

Joe Prevedello

Chief Executive Officer
Master Plumbers Association ACT

Joe Prevedello is the CEO of Master Plumbers ACT, before which he worked as Communications Director for the Australian Forest Products Association. He has also been an adviser to numerous politicians in the Federal, ACT and NT Parliaments.

Matt Arkell

Principal Policy Advisor
National Transport Commission

Matt Arkell is a Principal Policy Advisor at the National Transport Commission. In this role, Matt advises Australian decision-makers on regulatory policy for the transport of dangerous goods. Matt heads Australia's delegation to the UN Transport of Dangerous Goods Sub-committee. Before joining the NTC, Matt was a dangerous goods regulator with the NSW Environment Protection Authority and has held various positions in industry prior to this.

With a chemistry background, Matt has built experience in the management of quality, environmental, safety and compliance risks. Matt's work in research and development, laboratory and transport operations has provided him with perspectives on challenges arising from hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods. Matt brings this to dangerous goods policy and works to ensure that dangerous goods regulations are kept up-to-date and fit-for-purpose. Matt understands the challenges of working across and between multiple jurisdictions, and the different issues faced by industry, regulators and the community.

Hajir Hamedani

Head of Engineering & Asset Management
Origin Energy

Hajir Hamedani is the "Head of Engineering & Asset Management" at Origin LPG, where he leads engineering, compliance, and asset strategy across a national network of heavy vehicles and terminals. With deep experience in engineering and operational environments, he focuses on uplifting operational performance and efficiency through strong technical standards, engineering discipline, and optimised logistics systems. Hajir is passionate about enabling safe, reliable, and scalable operations while building high-performing teams that deliver practical business outcomes.

Gavin Hill

General Manager Strategic Engagement and Performance
Austroads

Gavin has over 25 years of experience working in roads and transport. Before joining Austroads, he has held senior policy, project and program management roles in the New South Wales Government. His experience in central government agencies has provided him with ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments from a whole-of-government perspective. Gavin is widely recognised globally through his work with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and as the President of the International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology. Gavin holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration and an Honours Degree in Economics.

Brodie von Berg

General Manager APAC
PowerFleet

Brodie von Berg is the Managing Director of Powerfleet APAC, where he leads regional operations across Australasia for an AIoT SaaS business focused on fleet intelligence, video telematics, and mobile asset safety. He brings more than two decades of experience in telematics and road safety, with a strong focus on applying AI and behavioural data to reduce risk and improve driver safety outcomes across commercial and government fleets.

Ross Jamieson

Executive Officer
Australian Gas Industry Trust

Ross Jamieon is a respected leader in Australia's gas and energy sector, with senior experience spanning manufacturing, policy engagement and industry advocacy. As long standing President of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association of Australia (GAMAA), he has represented manufacturers and worked closely with government, regulators and stakeholders on appliance standards, safety and energy policy. A former AGIT Director and now as AGIT Executive Officer, he brings deep familiarity with the AGIT's mission and programs, contributing strategic insight and strong industry relationships to advance research, education and capability development across the sector.

Aslan Jemali

Managing Director
AAAGas Logistics

Aslan Jemali is the Operations Manager/Director at AAAGAS Logistics, where he has over 25 years of experience in LPG logistics and supply chain operations. He specialises in improving operational efficiency and building strong customer relationships, with a focus on delivering reliable, tailored LPG distribution solutions for regional and commercial customers.

Joshua Kerr

LPG and Fuel gases Product Manager
Elgas

Joshua Kerr is a Product Manager with strong experience in the LPG sector, covering supply, pricing strategy, and market development. He has worked closely across sales, operations, and supply chain teams to manage demand, ensure supply continuity, and optimise LPG markets within BOC and ELGAS.

Jade Taylor

Business Operations Manager
AAA Comet Gas

Hi, I'm Jade Taylor, Operations Manager at AAA Comet Gas. I've grown up around the LPG industry and work across many areas of our family business, from logistics and customer service through to day to day coordination. I'm passionate about the future of the industry and encouraging more young people to see LPG as a rewarding career path.

Will Taylor

Business Development Manager
AAA Comet Gas

Hi, I'm Will Taylor and I'm part of the team at AAA Comet Gas, a family-owned LPG supplier. Growing up around the industry has given me a real passion for the LPG sector, particularly around customer relationships while also encouraging more young people to see the LPG industry as a long-term career path. I've been fortunate to experience many sides of the industry firsthand, from residential deliveries through to business development, which has given me a strong appreciation for both the operational and customer side of the LPG sector.

Michael Treloar

Michael Treloar is the Managing Director of Elaflex Pacific, a Sydney-based engineering company originally focused on the design and manufacture of LPG refuelling nozzles, now specialising in fluid handling equipment across multiple energy sectors

Michael is a member of Standards Australia committee ME-013, and as a third-generation Mechanical Engineer in the business, Michael was effectively "born and bred" into the LPG industry through L.G. Equipment, now Elaflex Pacific.