b'Education matters Education matters to managing the entire explorationI manage a team of seven project portfolio for our APLNG joint venturemanagers, project engineers, and and recently moving into renewableproject analysts. Were all working on fuels. The other role that Ive held overdelivering these projects for Origin. I about five years of that time, and that Ialso have a leadership role in the Future think is important and relevant to thisFuels team, which is a really interesting conversation, is that I chaired both theopportunity to bring a new team graduate and summer student steeringtogether, to mobilise behind a really committees at Origin. That role wasclear vision and our renewable fuels looking at ensuring that we got the rightaspirations.talent through the pipeline into Origin, with a real focus on the emerging skillMP: Its very interesting to know what needs for our business but also focusingOrigin is doing in the field of renewable really strongly on the behaviours of theenergy. Does Origin have any project in students - because thats an absolutethe CCUS field?must. But also taking a really broadEB: In the Future Fuels Team, I manage diversity lens to those students andthe renewable fuels projects, but we also Marina Pervukhinathinking about talent differently byhave a Carbon Management arm, who Associate Editor for Educationidentifying, integrating, and retainingare looking at how to create business Marina.Pervukhina@csiro.au fantastic, diverse young talent for theopportunities in carbon management. organisation. Origin is one of Australias leading energy MP: It looks like you are absolutelycompanies. The way I think about Origin passionate about the young talent. I haveis that we know about molecules, we Education needs to unlock the future chosen the right candidate to talk aboutknow about electrons and we know future education needs. about data. And so if you think about a In this issue, we are starting a series ofNet Zero future - we are going to need to interviews with industry leaders in orderEB: Yes, absolutely! So, the questioncreate, move and store molecules, were to infer what they expect from tertiaryabout what gets me out of bed everygoing to need to create, move and store education in the field of earth sciences. Imorning, particularly in my currentelectrons and its all going to be driven am honoured to introduce our first guestrole - I think theres two aspects toby data. Theres this incredible synergy Emma Brand, a Renewable Energy Projectit. One is about the people in theacross everything that Origin does today Leader in Origin and the AEGC President- team. The second part is by coaching,that lines up really nicely with how we Elect. unlocking their talents and then workingsee the value chain evolving towards collaboratively in ways that peoplea Net Zero future. On the molecules had never imagined, we can solve thefront, weve obviously got subsurface massive problems that are facing thecapabilities. We have geologists and globe, that are facing this generationgeophysicists, we know how to take and will continue to face the next. Thegas out of the ground, we know how to energy transition is well underwaydrill, we know how to undertake seismic and were going to need to do thingssurveys. Turning it around, theres some completely differently to work through itcomplexity involved in that, but as a core successfully. capability Origin is well-positioned.There will be jobs and skills, andMP: Very impressive. It looks like being companies and value chains that wein a commodity business requires such cant even imagine today. These willa multidisciplinary team. This brings us Emma Brand emerge and our ability to navigate andcloser to the main topic of this interview. to position ourselves to step into thisWhat does the industry expect from MP: Emma, can you say a few wordsopportunity will be critical. tertiary education nowadays?about yourself, please?MP: It is a terrific introduction to ourEB: I am so deeply fascinated by that EB: Im a seismic geophysicist byconversation today. Maybe you specify aquestion, and Im really fascinated about background, having worked in the oillittle bit more about your role as a leaderit because all companies should be and gas sector for almost 20 years. Iof the renewable energy project? thinking about their core capabilities started out at Origin in the early 2000sversus what can be outsourced, that and subsequently moved overseasEB: At Origin weve got three projectsis, what are the capabilities that we to pursue a Masters in geophysicsthat weve talked about externally. Onedont need all the time. If I think about at Memorial University in St Johns,of them is an opportunity in Townsvillegeophysics specifically as a core Newfoundland. I then had the amazinglooking at renewable hydrogen to exportcapability, I can see a world where opportunity to work for BP in Alaskainto Asia. The second opportunity iscompanies like Origin get smaller and before returning to Origin in latewith renewable ammonia in Bell Bay insmaller in our specialised geophysics 2014. So this stint with Origin will beTasmania, and then the third opportunityor subsurface skill sets, and we look for seven years in September, mostly inis looking at developing a domesticpeople that are more multi-skilled across project management roles, movingmarket for green gas based in Westerna wide range of disciplines. We want from geophysical operations throughSydney. people that have got broad knowledge, 35 PREVIEW OCTOBER 2021'