1414 Degrees has appointed a new General Manager to drive the company’s commercial success.
John O’Donnell will commence in the role tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 November).
As an accomplished executive leader with 35-years’ experience – including driving growth of global businesses in the energy, oil and gas, infrastructure and defence sectors – O’Donnell will lead 1414 Degrees’ implementation of its pioneering clean heat technologies across industries globally.
His robust combination of public and private sector experience, together with academic qualifications, spans the project lifecycle from solution-design to decommissioning.
O’Donnell has considerable experience in sustainable energy systems, engineering design, and asset integrity solutions, including managing multidisciplinary teams of up to 3000 people. His work in clean energy spans projects such as bespoke waste-to-energy plants and innovative energy storage solutions for the defence industry. He has also served on influential boards and held executive roles in global industrial services providers – including Wood and KAEFER.
Guided by academic credentials in construction law (LLM), business (MBA) and electrical engineering (MSc, B.Eng (Hons)), he has a record for achieving financial and workforce growth targets in complex, highly-regulated environments, such as naval nuclear submarines; while ensuring safety, quality, and compliance.
1414 Degrees Executive Chairman, Dr Kevin Moriarty, said O’Donnell would be a valuable addition to the team.
“John will be instrumental in enhancing our operational efficiency and resource allocation as we commercialise our energy storage and hydrogen solutions,” Dr Moriarty said.
O’Donnell, who has been in Australia for three years already, plans to live in South Australia for the long-term and said he was drawn to a unique opportunity to influence the path of a new clean energy technology to market.
“I’ve always been interested in technology and the solutions in development by 1414 Degrees are at the forefront of clean energy innovation. I look forward to working with this talented team to bring these innovations to market.
“1414 Degrees has the expertise and partnerships to make this technology work and deliver market-leading solutions.
“I’ll be leveraging my own, and the company’s existing networks, to assist in the next phase of the journey, which is to implement solutions that decarbonise industrial operations and provide our shareholders a return on their investment,” he said.
See the ASX release, dated 11 November 2024, on our Investor page, for further information.
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