Commissioners
The AEMC has a Chairman, Dr John Tamblyn, and two part-time Commissioners, Mr Ian Woodward and Mr John Ryan.
In accordance with the provisions of the Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2005, two Commissioners are appointed on the recommendation of the participating State and Territory jurisdictions and one is appointed on the recommendation of the Commonwealth.
John Tamblyn
Commissioner Tamblyn was appointed inaugural AEMC Chairman in June 2005. His background in the regulation of public utility services includes the positions of Chairman of the Essential Services Commission (Vic) and Regulator-General (Vic). Prior to his appointment as Regulator-General, John held senior positions in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), including adviser to the ACCC on structural reform and public utility regulation and First Assistant Commissioner responsible for fair trading and consumer protection. He was employed by the International Monetary Fund as adviser to the Government of Seychelles (1986-87). Prior to that appointment he held positions in the Commonwealth Treasury and Department of Finance. He holds a PhD in Economics (UCLA); MSc (UCLA); MEc (ANU); BCom, Hon. (Melb).
Ian C Woodward
Commissioner Woodward was appointed AEMC Commissioner in June 2005. He also chairs the Reliablity Panel and the AEMC Audit Committee. He is an Adjunct Professor at INSEAD, the global business school. He is also Program Director and Executive Consultant with the Macquarie Group. He chairs the Asia-Pacific Partnership Energy Regulatory and Market Development Forum which comprises energy regulatory and industry leaders across Australia, Korea, China, Japan, India, Canada and the United States. He has extensive experience in senior leadership in both private enterprises and government within the energy industry including the Natural Gas Corporation (NZ), The Australian Gas Light Company, the Australian Gas Association (AGA), and as an adviser to the US Secretary of Energy. He is an alumni of the University of NSW, the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New England and Columbia Business School.
John Ryan
2008. His appointment was approved by the South Australian Minister for Energy, Mr Patrick Conlon, on the recommendation of the State and Territory members of the Ministerial Council on Energy. Until recently Mr Ryan was Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. He has been a leading adviser on Australian Government policy development in the areas of energy market reform, climate change, investment in resources, energy and manufacturing and energy technology development. He was the inaugural chair of the Standing Committee of Officials for the Council of Australian Governments Ministerial Council on Energy and has overseen significant aspects of the energy reform agenda during his time in that role. Mr Ryan was a member of the Prime Minister’s 2004 Energy White Paper Task Force which proposed reform to fuel taxes, measures to improve energy efficiency and the development of low emission technologies. He was head of the secretariat for the Prime Minister’s Review of Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy which examined impediments to and opportunities for the expansion of uranium mining, downstream processing and development of nuclear energy in Australia. Mr Ryan was the chair of the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency in 2006 and 2007.
The AEMC's organisational structure and contact details can be found here.