Frank Calabria is the CEO of Origin, a leading Australia energy company. Origin is Australia’s largest energy retailer with 4.6 million customer accounts. It has a large power generation portfolio and interests in natural gas production and LNG export through its 27.5 per cent ownership of Australia Pacific LNG. Origin also owns 23 per cent of pioneering UK energy and technology company, Octopus Energy.
Frank was appointed CEO of Origin in 2016. Prior to this he was the CEO of Energy Markets business and the company’s CFO.
Origin’s ambition is to lead the energy transition through cleaner energy and customer solutions. The company is pursuing ambitious emissions reduction targets, including a long-term aim to be net zero emissions by 2050. Executing Origin’s strategy involves the acceleration of investment in renewable energy and storage, delivering unrivalled customer solutions, and ensuring reliable energy through the energy transition.
Origin is investing in new technologies to make energy easier, more efficient and smarter. Origin has migrated to the market-leading Kraken platform to provide better service to customers at lower cost and developed a range of EV solutions. Through Origin Loop, Origin’s fast-growing, purpose-built virtual power plant, the company orchestrates hundreds of thousands of distributed energy assets in homes and businesses to more efficiently manage supply and demand, sharing benefits with customers.
Frank is a leading advocate on behalf of Origin customers for energy policy that encourages investment in cleaner, reliable and affordable energy supply.
Frank is a Director of the Australian Energy Council and Australian Energy Producers.

BBus (Acct), CA, Cert SII (UK), MAICD
Ian has led Senex Energy as CEO since 2010, navigating the business through significant growth and transformation. Ian’s leadership has seen Senex cement itself as a material east coast natural gas producer, committed to delivering essential energy for life.
Ian has held senior roles in Australia’s natural gas industry over the past 20 years, including with BG Group and Queensland Gas Company (QGC), playing an integral role in the realisation of Queensland’s LNG industry.
He is a passionate advocate for Australia’s natural gas industry and its role in ensuring reliable energy and national security for Australia and its allies. He has held leadership roles as both Director and Chair of Australian Energy Producers (previously APPEA) since 2018.
Ian was previously an investment banker with Barclays Capital in London and a corporate tax advisor within the mining and energy division of PwC and is married with three children.

Robert C. (Clay) Neff, Jr., is president of Chevron International Exploration and Production, based in London, a position he assumed on October 1, 2022. He is responsible for Chevron’s exploration and production activities throughout the International region, including the company’s significant portfolio of assets across Africa, Eurasia-Pacific, and the Middle East.
Previously, Neff was president of Chevron Middle East, Africa, South America Exploration and Production Company responsible for Chevron's oil and gas exploration and production activities in the Middle East, Africa and South America; president of Chevron Africa and Latin American Exploration and Production Company, overseeing gas exploration and production activities in Africa and Latin America; and managing director of the Nigeria/Mid-Africa business unit, where he oversaw the company’s oil and gas exploration and production activities in the area. While in Nigeria, Neff served as chairman of the Oil Producers Trade Section of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and was chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta.
From 2009 to 2014, Neff was part of Chevron’s Southern Africa strategic business unit, initially as Production Operations manager, where he oversaw the company’s shallow and deepwater operations, and later as Asset Development general manager, where he was responsible for exploration, development and new ventures activities in Angola, Republic of Congo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Prior positions include general manager of Operations for the Gulf of Mexico business unit, general manager of Asset Development for the San Joaquin Valley business unit and manager of Chevron’s North America Midstream business.
Neff joined Chevron in 1985 as a drilling engineer for the Gulf of Mexico business unit in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Meg O’Neill has 28 years’ experience in the global oil and gas industry, with positions and responsibilities extending across North America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Since being appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Woodside Energy in 2021, Meg has overseen a merger that has transformed Woodside into the largest energy company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
The merger built on Woodside’s history as the pioneer of the LNG industry in Australia, delivering a geographically diverse portfolio of high-quality oil and gas assets.
Meg joined Woodside in 2018 as Chief Operations Officer, responsible for all of the company’s producing assets. In 2019, Meg was appointed Executive Vice President Development, overseeing the delivery of Woodside’s major growth projects in Australia and Senegal. In 2020, she also assumed responsibility for Marketing.
Prior to joining Woodside, Meg worked for ExxonMobil in a variety of technical, operational and leadership roles based in Houston, Indonesia, Canada and Norway, which included responsibility for major projects in Angola, Nigeria, Tanzania and Mozambique.
Meg is Chair of the Australian energy industry peak body, Australian Energy Producers (AEP), and serves on the boards of Reconciliation Western Australia, and West Australian Symphony Orchestra. She is an honorary Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Australia, and a member of Chief Executive Women (CEW) and the University of Western Australia Business School Advisory Board.
Meg is originally from Boulder, Colorado, and is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with degrees in Ocean and Chemical Engineering.

Laura Jayes has been a journalist and broadcaster for almost two decades. She hosts Am Agenda on Sky News - the channel’s highest rating day time program, committed to politics, current affairs and challenging debates.
Laura has covered every leadership challenge and election since 2010. She’s covered the biggest breaking news stories in the world - Brexit live from London, the Queensland floods, the war in Afghanistan from Kabul, Kandahar and Tarin Kowt, Donald Trumps' election win and inauguration in Washington, the US Mid Terms and the death of Queens Elizabeth (to name a few). She is also one of the only journalists to be granted access to Nauru to report on the Australian funded detention centres.
In 2016 Laura was the recipient of a team Walkley Award and Logie Award for the 2016 Sky News Federal Election coverage. In 2018, Laura was also part of the Sky News political team entry that won an AACTA Award for the coverage of the 2018 Liberal leadership spill, in the subscription television award category for best live event production. Laura has a Bachelor of Media and Communications.
Laura is mum to Billy and Sophie, whom she absolutely adores.