Bio – Monica Oliphant AO

Monica Oliphant has a background in Physics and worked 18 years for an electricity utility as a Research Scientist.  She was President of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) 2008/09 and a Vice President of the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) since 2021. She is active in the IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) Coalition for Action . She is Patron of crowd funding initiative CORENA – Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia and also of the South Australian Energy Industry Past Employees Association. She is also a member of other energy related and social service committees.

Monica received an Order of Australia (AO) in 2015 and was 2016 Senior South Australian of the Year. In 2018 she received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Australia.