Ms Gao joined the Group as the Chief Technical Officer in October 2021. Ms Gao is the co-founder of Athena and is leading the development, technical and operational activities for Athena Projects. Ms Gao has extensive experiences in overall lifecycle of power infrastructure from early investment planning to commissioning, operations and maintenance in various technologies, including solar, wind, energy storage, gas fired combined cycle gas turbines (“CCGT”), coal fired power plant, mini-hydro project and waste-to-energy generation and transmission and distribution. Over the years, she established intensive network and relationship with key stakeholders in the power sector value chain, including local partners, equipment suppliers, and major EPC contractors. Prior to founding Athena, Ms Gao was based in Singapore and was a key member of the team that created the Advisian SEA and China utility business portfolio. Ms Gao also worked with China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Design Institute, subsidiary of Energy China, as Director of Business Development for international projects. During this tenure, Ms Gao set up the Turkey branch Company and oversaw the 6 branches company and representative offices, in Turkey, Bangladesh, Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand and Indonesia for developing of gas-fired co-generation plant, coal-fired power plant, wind farms and renewable energy. She was the leader and key negotiator for most of major international project negotiation in the organisation. Ms Gao graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from University of New South Wales, Australia.
