Mr Philip Galloway

Mr Philip Galloway founded Syncline Energy in 2005. The company collaborates with communities to deliver clean energy infrastructure, with more than $7 billion in operation, under construction or finalising approvals. Its success comes from the early identification of technical challenges caused by integrating renewable energy into legacy networks, and the timely delivery of engineered, commercial and  financially-backed infrastructure solutions to fix the problem.

A good example is the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (MREH) project which will store 1.6 GWh of electricity just outside Melbourne. Syncline originated the project and developed it through to construction. Equis, a green infrastructure investor, became the majority owner in early 2022. In November 2023, the newly formed SEC Victoria became a 36 per cent owner of MREH Side A, positioning the government at the heart of the State's energy transition. Construction started in December 2023 and is progressing. Syncline has also developed micro-grids for remote communities and a 110 MW large-scale solar project that supplies Melbourne’s tram network.

Mr Galloway was an executive at BHP for 10 years, until 2005, holding global roles in aluminium, corporate finance and gas development. He was also a member of the BHP Aluminium Executive Committee for five years based in London. In addition to his operational achievements, his notable transactions include outsourcing BHP’s power operations for $520 million to Duke Energy and being part of the team that merged BHP with Billiton, a US$31 billion transaction.

Before joining BHP, Mr Galloway was at CS First Boston, specialising in energy sector M&A and finance. After graduating with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering at Monash University, he worked in design and construction roles with Rio Tinto in Australia and PNG, as well as in commercial roles with Esso as a gas market analyst.