About Us

Jamie Ally

Jamie Ally, Chief Executive Officer

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Mechanical Engineering / Mechatronics

Practice Leader:
  • Energy and Carbon Management (WA)
  • Technology Assessment (WA)
  • Transport (WA)

Jamie works with government and corporate clients in the fields of energy, climate change, and sustainability. Jamie’s advice on innovation pathways has helped government clients develop enabling policies and corporate clients prepare for a low-carbon future.

Jamie has built a strong reputation in the sustainable fuels and vehicle technology industries, based on his technical engineering R&D skills combined with a comprehensive understanding of life cycle and product development impacts. He was responsible for systems design (incorporating mechanical, electrical and control theory) and hydrogen drivetrain development and optimisation at Ballard Power Systems, and is one of the few engineers in Australia with experience in all stages of development and commercialisation of novel low-carbon technologies

Jamie’s previous projects at HAC include greenhouse gas management, planning, abatement cost calculations, offset strategy, energy efficiency engineering, and process control. He provides advice relating to the Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006 and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Act 2007.

Jamie’s areas of interest include large-scale solar and wind power projects, energy efficiency engineering, hydrogen and fuel cell projects, anaerobic digesters, greenhouse gas emissions audits and forecasts, fishing, scuba diving, flying airplanes and travelling.

Jamie holds a BASc degree in Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics). He is a registered professional engineer in Canada, and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEG BC). He is pursuing a PhD part-time at Murdoch University, and he is a Director of the Australian Association for Hydrogen Energy.

Glen Head

Glen Head, Director

BSc (Sustainable Development)

Glen is the Practice Leader in:

  • Sustainability
  • Training
  • Carbon neutral (WA)

Glen has extensive hands-on experience with strategic management, policy development, risk analysis and services relating to climate change and energy efficiency. Through holding senior public service positions and consulting to industry for more than 15 years, Glen has successfully bridged the public/private divide.

Having previously held the position of Director of Sustainable Transport for the Government of Western Australia and acted as a Senior Policy Adviser to the Western Australian Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, Glen understands the political landscape and the conditions under which government agencies operate.

As a Director and Senior Consultant at HAC, Glen leads the Sustainability and Training practices, providing high level advice on sustainability strategy development and staff engagement to government and corporate clients. He has personally conducted many site energy audits and overseen installation of renewable energy systems and efficiency re-fits.

Glen’s professional areas of interest include balancing (and bundling) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to create cost effective step-changes in site energy use.

Glen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sustainable Development, specialising in Renewable Energy and Public Policy.

Glen was previously Chairman of the WA Sustainable Transport Coalition, which has spearheaded public awareness of Peak Oil and related transport issues and is currently on the Board of the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association (WASEA).

Colin Cockroft

Colin Cockroft, Director

Bachelor of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Masters of Engineering Science in Systems and Control, Post Graduate Certificate in Energy Studies.

Colin is the Principal consultant at HAC's Melbourne office.

Practice leader:
  • Energy and carbon management (Victoria)
  • Carbon neutral (Victoria)
  • Transport (Victoria)

Colin has strong engineering skills and proven experience in the management of complex, high value projects, through various stages of development. In particular, Colin has been responsible for project costing, financing, risk management and strategy development.

Colin has extensive experience in technology assessments including the development of Net Present Value comparisons, Cost Benefit Analyses, Marginal Abatement Cost Curves and Princeton Wedges. He has overseen transport technology trials (innovative hydrogen and CNG vehicles and infrastructure), has developed cost-benefit and health-effects models for government and corporate clients and has provided high-level strategic advice on climate change science and abatement opportunities.

Colin led the Low Carbon Innovation project in NSW for HAC in 2008. This was an analysis of barriers and opportunities in the transport and logistics, high value-added manufacturing, and primary industries sectors in NSW. The project involved extensive stakeholder consultation to identify abatement opportunities. An assessment methodology was developed that enabled decision makers to rank abatement opportunities based on agreed economic and environmental criteria.

Colin’s particular areas of interest include:
  • Addressing the compounding risks that peak oil and climate change pose to Australia’s transport system.
  • Improving the efficiency of Australian industry by identifying and implementing financially and technical practical energy efficiency opportunities.
  • Assisting companies to realise the potential of waste to energy systems to reduce waste disposal costs, energy costs and carbon intensity.

Colin holds a Bachelor of Electronics and Communications Engineering (Honours) degree, a Masters of Engineering Science in Systems and Control from the University of New South Wales, and has Postgraduate qualifications in Renewable Energy, Energy Economics and Energy Policy from Murdoch University. Colin is a member of the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association (WA SEA), and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI WA).

Greg Benvenuti

Greg Benvenuti, Senior Engineer

BSc Eng (Chem), PDM

Greg is the Practice Leader in:

  • Energy and carbon management (Goldfields)
  • Technology Assessment (Goldfields)
  • Manufacturing and food processing

Greg is an experienced Process Engineer. Greg has spent the past several years working in regional Australia, prior to which he worked for eight years in the manufacturing sector.

Greg has worked extensively with steam generating technology, mechanical refrigeration and heat exchange systems for energy recovery. His recent mining experience as a plant engineer for BHP includes small scale power generation and high pressure steam systems. Greg’s extensive process engineering experience enables him to effectively identify possible energy savings and efficiencies, and to conduct the necessary engineering and project analysis to put those savings into effect. He brings a sound understanding of the end-user perspective to technology assessments.

Greg’s particular areas of interest include energy efficiency and waste energy recovery and renewable energy technology. Greg has a strong interest in finding applications in industry for reducing resource consumption.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and post graduate qualifications in management from the University of the Witwatersrand - Johannesburg, South Africa. Greg also has a Certificate of Training in Organisational Greenhouse Gas Management from the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and post graduate qualifications in management from the University of the Witwatersrand - Johannesburg, South Africa.

Margaret Gollagher

Margaret Gollagher, Associate

PhD in Sustainability

Margaret completed her PhD on corporations and sustainability at Murdoch University's Institute of Sustainability and Technology Policy, Australia's premier sustainability research institute. During her time at Murdoch, Margaret lectured and tutored in sustainability, and was a key member of local and international sustainability research programs.

As Principal Policy Adviser for Sustainability to the Western Australian Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, Margaret provided state and national level advice. Her primary duties included overseeing the development of two important policy documents focussing on climate change - the Climate Change, Environment and Energy component of the Australian Transport Commissions National Transport Policy Framework and the Western Australian Transport Emissions Reduction Strategy. Both required the development of policy initiatives that will complement the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme. Margaret was also a member of the Western Australian Water and Climate Change Cabinet Subcommittee and Senior Officers Group.

Previously, Margaret was a sustainability consultant with EarthCare, developing and implementing sustainability initiatives at Multiplexs Vale residential development in Perth, Western Australia. She also worked for the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation as a Community Education Officer, using behaviour change strategies to help businesses to reduce diesel emissions in the Perth air shed.

Margaret is a guest editor of the international journal, Business Strategy and the Environment. She is a member of the Greening of Industry Network and the Western Australian Sustainability Practitioners Association.

Raoul Abrutat

Raoul Abrutat, Associate

Raoul has extensive experience in the design and installation of grid-connected wind farms and solar electric (photovoltaic) systems.

Raoul is also the initiator of the proposed Coronation Wind Farm adjacent to Coronation Beach 25 km north of Geraldton, WA. This wind farm counts 58 turbines totalling 104 MW capacity and has a project value of around A$200 million. As part of the approvals process, his project team undertook extensive public consultation that confirmed overwhelming local support for the project. Planning and environmental approvals were granted by the Shire of Chapman Valley, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. The project was shortlisted in a Government procurement process for renewable energy electricity and Renewable Energy Certificates.

He was invited to be an industry representative of the Western Australian Electricity Reform Implementation Unit’s (ERIU) Balancing & Ancillary Services Expert Team assisting in the design of WA’s Wholesale Electricity Market. He also was an industry member of the Renewable Energy Access Working Group to design the grid access rules for renewable energy power stations.

As a Senior Engineer with HAC, Raoul is leading renewable energy and energy management projects, greenhouse gas emissions abatement initiatives, and carbon offset strategies.

Raoul is a member of the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association (WA SEA) and the German Wind Energy Association (BWE).


Rob Davis, Associate

Rob holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (with Distinction), a Graduate Diploma in Business Management and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment.  He is the inventor or co-inventor of 7 patents and is a member of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL), the Australian and New Zealand Licensing Executives Society (LES ANZ), the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association (WA SEA)

Rob has worked extensively on the development, financing and international commercialisation of new technologies, both within and beyond the energy efficiency field.

He has 16 years’ direct operational experience with mining and technology companies and a further 11 years experience providing corporate advisory, management consulting and technology commercialisation services across a range of industries (including manufacturing, timber milling, child care, aged care, and mining services). He has advised public, private and start-up companies; assessed technologies under the AusIndusty COMET program; worked on cross border joint ventures; business model, strategy and industry development; leader the acquisition and divestment of businesses; and advised on the protection, licensing and assertion of intellectual property.

Rob’s achievements include;

  • Significant contribution at senior technical and managerial levels to the early and mid stage development and commercialisation of low emissions / fuel efficient direct injection technology by Orbital Corporation.  (used by Mercury Marine and others in volume production for over 10 years); 
  • Managing the financial, corporate and licensing activities as general manager of Kinetic Suspensions Systems - winner of the AVCAL 1999 Best Early stage investment award for Quadrant Capital. (Variants of Kinetic’s energy efficient – passive / reactive suspension technology are now in volume production on Toyota Landcruiser vehicles.  Late stage investors received around 50% pa ROI after 4 years in.);
  • Leading the intellectual property protection, international business development and trade sale activities of a large scale, energy efficient pumping technology within the mining industry.  (The business, APEXS pumps, was acquired in 2008 by its largest competitor, Weir Minerals.  Investors received around 40% ROI after 8 years in.); and
  • Coordinating and leading the assessment, due diligence and negotiations for the acquisition of a business manufacturing CO2 emissions-reducing hardware for the automotive industry. (Next generation, liquid injection LPG technology, planned to be manufactured by Orbital and released by Ford Australia in 2010.)