Max is the Managing Director (Australia) of Bivios, a sustainability, strategy and engineering advisory company focused on the energy transition. In a former life a ship designer, today he is an energy systems analyst who has held senior roles at KBR, AEMO, Austal Ships and Frazer-Nash Consultancy. 

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Max led the development of the techno-economic model featured in The Superpower Institute (TSI)’s A Green Iron Plan for Australia, released in May 2025. He continues to work with the TSI and Bivios teams to quantify, analyse and optimise the industrial systems at the heart of the Australian superpower opportunity.  

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His other current work includes developing a portfolio of wind farm projects in Queensland and acting as Energy Advisor for Arafura Rare Earths’ Nolans Project, where he leads the development and implementation of a decarbonisation pathway for a major new mineral processing facility in the Northern Territory.

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Max’s passion is the energy transition. Max is also co-chair of the Engineer’s Australia WA Working Group for Energy Transition.