Matt is Transpower’s Grid and System Operations Manager. He manages the 24/7 Operations functions – including Transpower’s System Operator National Control Centres in Hamilton and Wellington and our Grid Owner National Grid Operating Centres in Christchurch and Auckland.
Matt joined Transpower in 2002 through our Graduate Programme as a Transmission Line Engineer. He has been involved in projects from concept through to delivery and most notably was a member of the North Island Grid Upgrade Project as a design and then stringing engineer.
In 2017, he moved to the Operations Division where he took on the role of System Operator Power Systems Manager. He has led the team in support customer connections and identifying and managing system risk. Recently, Matt led the Future Security and Resilience work with the Electricity Authority.