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Today’s most tomorrow company.

We will lead carbon reduction by building and
operating our mega-scale battery solutions.

Our Team

Tony Fullelove

Tony Fullelove

Managing Director & Chief Development Officer

Tony Fullelove has almost twenty-five years' experience in the energy industry, leading large scale and distributed renewable projects and delivering major transformational programs across the energy sector.

Tony leads the Development and Delivery team, a talented and multi-discipline group of engineers, land developers, community and environmental experts and construction managers that develop and deliver industry leading BESS and renewable energy projects both in Australia and across Asia. Tony has extensive experience doing the same for large corporates in Australia, such as AGL and Monash University (Net Zero Initiative) and across Asia with Macquarie Capital’s renewable development vehicle, Blueleaf Energy.

Paul Curnow

Paul Curnow

Managing Director & Chief Commercial Officer

Paul leads our cross-business strategy for revenue contracting and entry into new energy markets and products. Prior to joining Akaysha, Paul held leadership positions in private legal practice with law firms Ashurst (as Global Head of Energy) and Baker McKenzie (as Head of Renewable Energy APAC), building on a successful 25 year legal career focused on clean energy and climate change. During this time, Paul was recognised as one of Australia's leading renewable energy lawyers and globally as a long-standing market leader in climate change and carbon markets. During his two decades in private practice, Paul has been a driving force behind giga-watts of market-first greenfield renewable energy and M&A transactions across solar, wind, pumped hydro, energy from waste, and battery storage at both the utility scale and distributed generation. In addition, Paul has been – and continues to be - a long-standing policy voice for the clean energy sector as the energy transition accelerates toward net zero.

Rika Kawanami

Rika Kawanami

General Manager, Development Japan

Rika joins Akaysha after working for Canadian Solar Project KK with a focus on land/project origination, development and related commercial activities. Rika’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce from Victoria University of Wellington.

Joseph Chin

Joseph Chin

Project Manager

With more than 15 years of experience in project management, Joseph Chin is a seasoned leader in the field of building utility-scale projects. His track record speaks volumes, showcasing his ability to deliver complex projects on time and within budget.

Joseph's career highlights include spearheading the construction of a hybrid solar farm with a rainwater collection system, revolutionizing sustainable energy practices in the region. His innovative approach and meticulous attention to detail are instrumental to Akaysha leading the energy transtion.

Kelly Seo

Kelly Seo

Senior Legal Manager

Kelly is a Senior Legal Manager at Akaysha looking after Akaysha’s projects in Japan as well as Australia including the Waratah Super Battery.

Kelly has a Bachelor’s degree in law and international studies from the University of New South Wales and prior to commencing to joining Akaysha worked in the legal team at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and as a corporate M&A lawyer at Arnold Bloch Leibler.

Kelly's experience spans project finance, projects and corporate M&A and was also a recipient of the Clean Energy Council’s Chloe Munro Scholarship for Transformational Leadership.

John Atherton

John Atherton

Senior Consultant & Modeller - Energy Markets

John joins Akaysha after working for Aurecon, CSIRO and UQ with a focus on analytics, market policy insights, and battery modelling results through Akaysha’s Energy Market Pillar.

Therese Neo

Therese Neo

Senior Associate, Finance & Investments

Therese joins Akaysha after working for Standard Chartered Bank and Blueleaf Energy with a focus on Credit Analysis, Cash Management, Trade Financing, Wind and Solar Development.

Eric Wallace

Eric Wallace

General Manager, Battery Systems Engineering

Eric joins Akaysha after working for both Powin and Solar City to focus on Supplier engagement; Product qualification and integration; Procurement, contracting, and design support; Siting and acquisition. Eric’s qualifications include MSc (Mech Eng); BSc (Mech Eng).

Phil Lee

Phil Lee

General Manager, Commercial Strategy

Phil Lee is responsible for driving and innovating Akaysha's contracted revenue strategy, including offtake product design and negotiation, commercial negotiation of key project documents, and assessing and structuring and negotiating business development opportunities.

Project Pipeline
Total: 1.74GW/3.48GWh
As of July 2024.

Kyushu

  1. 100MW/200MWh
  2. 300MW/600MW
  3. 150MW/300MW

Kanto

  1. 50MW/100MW
  2. 50MW/100MW
  3. 50MW/100MW

Tohoku

  1. 400MW/800MWh

Hokkaido

  1. 400MW/800MWh
  2. 300MW/600MW
  3. 300MW/300MW

Our Projects

We are building a better, brighter tomorrow,
by building the world's most powerful BESS today.