Our team
Our founders lead a team of professionals based in Sydney and across regional NSW
$30 billion projects we have played critical roles in the delivery of more than $30 billion of major infrastructure projects in the energy and water sectors over the last 5 years with expertise across the planning and construction phases
25 years economic regulation we have more than 25 years’ experience in economic regulation of electricity network and water businesses with experience in customer engagement from both business and consumer perspectives
Our founders
Elli Baker
Elli is an experienced C‐suite executive leader and non‐executive director with more than 30 years' experience working across both the private and public sectors. She is a major project, social impact, regulation, commercial and financial specialist in the energy and water utilities sectors with a passion for making a difference and leaving a legacy.
Elli has delivered on more than $27 billion of major energy and water infrastructure projects over the last 5 years for clients including Powerlink Queensland, Alinta Energy, EnergyAustralia, Fortescue, Plenary, Transgrid, WaterNSW and the NSW Government.
Elli holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Sydney graduating with 1st Class Honours and the University Medal, a Masters in Finance from London Business School, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Elli has served as a Non‐Executive Director on boards for over 10 years. She is currently serving as a member of the Finance and Infrastructure Committee of the Council of the University of Wollongong and as a board member of the South East Sydney Local Health District with over $2.1 billion in revenues and FTE more than 11,000.
Catherine O’Neill
Catherine is a regulatory, benefits sharing, engagement, strategy and policy specialist of more than 25 years in the energy sector.
Catherine is highly regarded in the Australian energy market for her work with Government and private energy clients on economic regulation, energy policy, long term business strategy development and implementation, customer engagement, tariff strategy and design, energy forecasting and compliance.
Prior to co-founding InfraFuture, Catherine held roles at the ACCC, AER, Networks NSW, Ausgrid.
Catherine has advised on corporate and regulatory strategy, and customer engagement for Energy Consumers Australia and energy businesses including Powerlink, Alinta Energy, EnergyAustralia, Transgrid, SAPN, Endeavour Energy, Jemena, United Energy, Citipower, Powercor and AusNet Services.
Catherine holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Arts (Political Science) from the Australian National University.