GM Energy Futures
Orion
Sam is currently General Manager Energy Futures with Orion Group; co-Chair of the ENA’s Future Networks Forum; a director of the Gas Industry Company; and a director of Climate Navigator. Sam started out as a spacecraft thermal systems engineer in the UK, before moving to NZ in 2006. Since then she has held a range of leadership roles including Retail Insight Manager at Meridian Energy, South Island Director at the Ākina Foundation, and Senior Strategy Manager at Environment Canterbury. Sam has an MSc in Advanced Energy & Environmental Studies, including a thesis exploring smart heating solutions to energy hardship in Aotearoa NZ.