Garth Dibley

CEO @WEL Networks

Hamilton, CA

Key Achievements:Core Business- Leading a journey to further improve organisational health and safety through a ‘good work’ strategy- Refreshing the organisational operating model and restructuring critical functions across the business to ensure better alignment with WEL’s future direction- Developing a Sustainable Business Plan to help achieve our vision of creating and supporting an innovative and sustainable energy future- Leading an operational excellence works management programme as a stepping stone on our path to ISO 55001 accreditation- Developing Asset Management Plans that enable our communities to thrive through the provision of a strong, safe, efficient and reliable electricity supply.Business development- Creating not-for-profit retailer OurPower to help address energy hardship through cheaper electricity for consumers- Gaining resource consent for the development of a battery energy storage system asset in the Waikato region to achieve greater network resilience, with consent for a solar farm well advanced- Creating a platform to allow WEL aggregate reserves, inside and outside of our network, acting as an additional revenue source as well as giving commercial customers an opportunity to increase revenue- Leading the development of an industry-leading first with deployment of 5-minute data across WEL’s LV network. This is also helping our journey towards a network transformation Distribution System Operator (DSO) model.Mergers and Acquisitions- Awarded Transaction of the Year at the INFINZ Awards for the sale of UltraFast Fibre Limited for NZ$854m- Creation of subsidiary company We.EV to drive EV fleet growth through the development of commercial EV charging infrastructure- Acquisition of subsidiary company Infratec to drive utility-scale solar generation projects- Acquisition of Opunake Hyrdro Limited to provide electricity generation for our not-for-profit retailer, OurPower.

University of Waikato

Masters Degree in Business Administration