Our people
We bring together some of the world’s leading experts across the metering, energy, infrastructure and technology industries. Our people have been at the forefront of Australia and New Zealand’s smart grid and advanced meter developments and have led some of the largest successful deployments of smart meters across North America, Europe and Asia.
Leadership team

Wes Ballantine
CEO
Wes has held several leadership roles across the finance and infrastructure sectors over the past 20+ years.
Read moreHe played a pivotal role in establishing Transurban’s North American business and was the first leader of its $7 billion Queensland operations.
Wes has been an advisory Board member and committee member on a range of industry and Government forums and founded and chaired an infrastructure investment and advisory business as well as a farming operation.
Wes holds a Master of Commerce (UNSW), Bachelor of Arts – Politics (University of Melbourne) and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand. Wes is an alumnus of the Stanford Executive Program.

Michelle Fahey
Executive General Manager People & Culture
Michelle has 15+ years within the generalist Human Resources field, with the last 10 years being within senior leadership positions.
Read moreMichelle has vast industry experience within Food Manufacturing, Aviation, Arts & Entertainment, Market Research and Automotive.
Michelle holds a master’s degree in Human Resource Management with Monash University, a bachelor’s degree in Business majoring in Human Resource Management with Victoria University. As well being a certified Organisational Coach level 1 & 2 with Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL).

Alastair McKeown
Chief Financial Officer
Alastair has over two decades of insight and experience across the energy supply chain including leadership and senior finance roles.
Read moreBefore relocating to Australia, he was a long-serving Finance Director of major business units at Centrica plc, a London-listed supplier of gas and electricity services to customers in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Alastair holds a Bachelor of Economics & Accounting from Queens University, Belfast and is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland. He also holds an Australian CPA and is a member of Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Sally Kennedy
Chief Information Officer - CIO
Sally has held multiple technology leadership positions across a variety of industries including foreign exchange, institutional banking, public trustee, telecommunications, and cash logistics.
Read moreSally holds a B.Ec. (Social Sciences) from the University of Sydney, Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment, M Sc. in Organisational Behaviour from the University of London (Birkbek) and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Phil Barton
Executive General Manager Australia
Phil is an experienced utilities and energy executive, with a deep knowledge of the challenges and opportunities from the energy transition underway across the region.
Read moreHe was a partner at Bain and Company, leader of the Bain utility and renewables practice in ANZ and co-leader of Bain’s Infrastructure advisory.
He has assisted utilities with development of future energy strategies as well as working to design and lead transformational performance and improvement in order to deliver those strategies.
In his role as EGM Australia at Intellihub, Phil brings his deep knowledge of the strategy, challenges and opportunities for Intellihub’s key clients together with experience in team leadership, transformational performance delivery and field service optimisation.
Phil holds a Master of Engineering and Management (1st class) from Birmingham University, and MBA from INSEAD, France.

Lindsay Cowley
CEO New Zealand
Lindsay has held various senior leadership roles within the telecommunications, travel ecommerce, software development and utilities sectors in New Zealand and the Pacific.
Read moreLindsay holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) and a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) from the University of Otago and is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.

Jonathan Hammond
Executive General Manager Strategy & Corporate Development
Jonathan has 10 years’ experience in the strategy and energy sectors, with the last 5 years in senior leadership positions in smart metering businesses.
Read moreJonathan previously held strategy and finance roles at Acumen Metering and was part of the leadership team that managed the carveout and divestment of Acumen from Origin Energy in 2018.
Prior to this he worked in strategy roles at Origin Energy, and as a strategy consultant at Port Jackson Partners and PwC.
Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Sydney University.

Abhishek Sharma
General Manager Operations
Abhishek has extensive experience leading engineering and operational teams, driving business growth and transformation.
Read moreHe holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunications), Masters in Engineering Science (Telecommunications) and Masters of Engineering Management from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Brendan McAnnalley
General Manager Group Digital Services
Brendan leads the companies Digital Services Operations, with responsibility for Trans-Tasman Customer Data Delivery, Remote Services and Engineering.
Read morePrior to joining Intellihub, Brendan was a senior leader in Metrix Limited, a New Zealand metering business which has been providing AMI metering solutions for over 15 years.
Brendan is a Director of Intellihub New Zealand and has worked in the Electricity, Financial, Transport and Information Technology Services industries.