Mark Paterson

Senior Advisor

Mark is the Principal and Lead Systems Architect of Energy Catalyst, a specialist consulting practice focused on the targeted structural shifts required for legacy power systems to be capable of supporting a secure and cost-efficient Net Zero Emissions future. With over two decades in the energy sector, Mark’s robust and holistic approach is grounded in his Engineering, Business, and Master of Enterprise qualifications and electrical-mechanical technology origins. As the energy sector faces accelerating change, his work at the intersection of Systems Engineering, Strategic Foresighting and multi-stakeholder collaboration is globally respected.

Previously, Mark led several national energy system transformation projects in Australia, including as Chair of the CSIRO Future Grid Forum and Program Director of the CSIRO/ENA Electricity Network Transformation Roadmap. At Horizon Power and Energex, energy utilities serving both high-density metropolitan and remote regional communities, he led the innovative development and scale deployment of several utility technology innovation firsts.

Internationally, Mark is a Fellow of the Pacific Energy Institute and an invited Associate of the US Department of Energy’s GridWise Architecture Council (GWAC). He is the founder of the International Energy Systems Architecture (IESA) collaboration, a contributing author for the IEEE Power & Energy Society, and an invited expert contributor to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grid resilience activities.