Governing Bodies
CIGRE Steering Committee 2022 - 2024
Michel AUGONNET is President of MVAconnect an energy consulting company since 01/01/2016.
Prior to this role he was Senior Vice President for Alstom Grid Commercial Solutions (now GE) in charge of the Regional Sales and Project organization.
Graduate Engineer from SUPELEC in Power Electronics in 1973 he held various positions in the Power Generation Industry (Nuclear, Hydro, Thermal) and Grid Transmission from Project Manager to Senior Executive in companies such as Cegelec, ABBAlstom Power, Areva T&D, Alstom Grid.
He was 7 years Chairman of the French CIGRE National Committee and member of CIGRE Steering Committee. He has been elected Vice-President Finance of CIGRE in 2016.
Marcio SZECHTMAN is presently the Director General of CEPEL, the Brazilian National Power Research Institute. He acted as the CIGRE Study Committee B4 Chair from 2002 to 2008 and is the current Technical Council Chair of CIGRE.
He started his affiliation with CIGRE back in 1982.He received the following CIGRE and IEEE awards: the CIGRE Medal in 2014; the Life Fellow degree from IEEE/PES in 2018; the Uno Lamm HVDC IEEE/PES Award in 2009; The Honorary Member of CIGRE, in 2008.
His main technical activities have been dedicated to the area of HVDC and Power Electronics, since the 1970's.
Michael HEYECK has over 40 years' experience in the electric power industry. He retired in 2013 as Senior Vice President - Transmission for American Electric Power serving 37 years at AEP, and founded The Grid Group, LLC. He serves and has served on numerous industry boards. Heyeck served CIGRE as US National Committee president (2011-2016) and now serves on the CIGRE Steering Committee and CIGRE Administrative Council. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering, and holds a Master's in Business Administration. Heyeck is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio.
Graduate Engineer of the Ecole Centrale de Paris, Philippe ADAM started his career in EDF R&D division in 1980 as a research engineer in the field of HVDC and FACTS. Then he held several management positions in EDF Generation and Transmission. In 2000, he was appointed manager of the financial and management control department of RTE. In 2004 he contributed to the creation of RTE international. From 2011 to 2014 he has been the Strategy Director of Infrastructures and Technologies of the Medgrid industrial initiative.
He have served CIGRE as the Technical Committee Secretary and as the Secretary and Treasurer of the French National Committee. He was appointed Secretary General of CIGRE in March 2014.
Dr. Jianbin FAN has served as Deputy Secretary General of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering since 2013. He was Deputy Director General of International Corporation Department in State Grid Corporation of China, responsible for strategy planning in international standardization and academic activities, with a focus on smart grid, UHV power transmission, renewable energy, etc. Dr. Fan is also adjunct professor of Southwest Jiaotong University. He worked in ETH Zurich as an Academic Guest from 2008 to 2009.
Dr. Fan has served CIGRE as Regular Member of Study Committee A3 and B3, and Convenor / Secretary of several Working Groups. Currently he is also Member of IEC Market Strategy Board and Secretary of IEC PC127. Dr. Fan received the 2007 IEC&CIGRE Outstanding Contribution Award for the excellent organization of International Symposium on International Standards for Ultra High Voltage.
Born, raised, and graduated in Aachen in electrical engineering, I have held various leading positions with international manufacturers and operators of power supply systems over the past 30 years, thereof ten years abroad. High-voltage and transmission technologies have always been the recurring themes through my professional path. In all this time, power grids and technologies have never changed as rapidly and fundamentally as today: the global demand for electricity is significantly increasing, while carbon emissions must be radically curbed. These trends go along with a comprehensive transformation of the grid infrastructure – and thanks to my experience on both the manufacturer and operator side, I know about the enormous technical and strategic demands entailed.
I’m very proud to be able to actively shape this transition as a member of the management board at the Reinhausen Group since 2019, working with a highly competent, experienced, and motivated team of more than 3,600 employees worldwide. With intelligent, increasingly digital solutions we support manufacturers and operators in implementing sustainable and resilient energy systems. Our innovative strength coupled with well-proven technologies and more than 150 years of experience make us a uniquely strong and reliable partner for our customers.
He has spearheaded development of robust National grid in the country integrated with State-of-the-Art technologies as well as Green Energy Corridors for integration of renewables. He is known for his technological prowess and people-centric leadership. He is member of Governing Body of Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore and President, International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) – India and other professional bodies. He has published/ presented numerous articles, technical papers in the field of power system in various international and National Journal/Conferences.
He developed his career in Terna TSO, where he progressed from the position of ‘thermal power plant operation’ senior engineer to the director of ‘Dispatching and System Operations’ and, lately, of ‘Grid Planning, Interconnection and Permitting”.
Alongside with his position in Terna, he plays several leading roles in the key organizations of the energy community, among which: ENTSO-E, CIGRE-SEERC, IEA, IEC, CEI (Italian Electrotechnical Committee), AEIT (Italian Association of Electrical, Electronics, Automation, Information and Communication Technology), SEleNe (Southeast Electricity Network Coordination Center) and CORESO (COoRdination of Electricity System Operators) Regional Security Coordinator.
Experience on power system long-term planning and design, network access and administrative permitting procedures, operational planning and dispatching, electricity markets, the systems and processes that support them.
Entered the Advisory Council of CIGRE in 2020, chairman of CIGRE Italian Committee since 2021, elected to the CIGRE Steering Committee in 2022.
Frequent invited speaker at conferences globally on secure energy transition in the power sector. Author of more than 170 scientific publications in international journals and conferences.
Dr. Hiroshi OKAMOTO
From 2015 to 2017, he was President of TEPCO Research Institute, Managing Executive Officer of TEPCO Holdings. Since 2017, he has been Executive Vice President of TEPCO Power Grid where he was responsible for the management reform of the power transmission and distribution business.
PhD Ciprian DIACONU holds a Master’s Degree in Power Engineering from the Technical University of Bucharest and a PhD Degree from the Technical University of Timisoara in Asset Management.
In the 34 years of experience in Transmission and Distribution Systems, having responsibilities in System Development and Renewable Energy Systems Integration, System Operation, Asset Management, Maintenance, Investment projects, also involved in R&D projects such as EHighways 2050 and Feasibility Study for Synchronous Interconnection of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the European COntinental Grid.
Ciprian, as management experience within power network companies - the Romanian Transmission and System Operator, Transelectrica – has been through various positions, from engineer to Deputy General Director, Member of the Directorate and Member of the Supervisory Board and also in the distribution utility Electrica as a Member of the Board.
For more than ten years, he has represented Romania and Transelectrica in EURELECTRIC’s Network Committee and ENTSO-E’s System Development Committee.
Within CIGRE, Ciprian is the Chairman of the Romanian NC CIGRE, a member of the CIGRE Administrative Council from 2010 and a member in the Management Board and Technical Advisory Committee of South East Europe Region –CIGRE (SEERC). He is also active in the Study Committee C1 “System Development and Economics” (since 2014).
His previous involvement in CIGRE includes memberships in the Study Committee B3 “Substations” (2006-2014), in the Technical Council, representing ADCO (2018-2020), and in ten working groups within the study committees B5, B3 and C1.
Ciprian Diaconu has a strong commitment for a greener environment and developing talents within extensive social-economic frameworks, both within CIGRE or otherwise.
Fedor OPADCHIY, Chairman of the Management Board of SO UPS, JSC.
Born on January 4, 1974. Mr. Opadchiy graduated from the Faculty of Electronics and Automation of Moscow Engineering Physics Institute as Engineer Physicist in 1997. In 1997-1999 he received two additional educations in the field of financial management: at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Mr. Opadchiy worked in the non-profit partnership "Administrator of the trading system of the wholesale electricity market of the Unified Energy System" in 2002 - 2004. In 2004 he joined SO UPS as the Director for Markets Support & Development and was elected to the company's Management Board in 2011. He was appointed as the Deputy Chairman in 2012, then as the Chairman of the Management Board of SO UPS in 2021. Since April 2021 he serves as the member
of the Board of Directors of the company.
Mr. Opadchiy actively participates in various activities of the most authoritative professional associations, both Russian and international. He is the member of the Supervisory Board of the Association “NP Market Council” since 2008. He represents SO UPS on the Governing and Steering Boards of GO15 (VLPGO) since 2011 and served as the GO15 President in 2019.
He was elected as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the CIS Electric Power Council and also as the member of the Supervisory Board of the Digital Energy Association in June 2021.
Mr. Opadchiy is honoured with numerous ministerial, industry and corporate
awards.
Javier IGLESIAS is Project Director in Red Eléctrica de España (Spanish TSO), being responsible of investment projects for the electrical transmission system in Spain. He has over twenty year experience in engineering, construction and management of transmission lines and substations projects.
At present, he is the Chairman of the CIGRE National Committee of Spain, the Chairman of the Technical Advisory Group B2.4 “Electrical aspects of Overhead Lines” and Regular Member of the Study Committee B2. Javier has been Convenor of two CIGRE working groups and active member of more than fifteen. He has been Special Reporter in the Paris Session in 2016, as well as Chairman of various CIGRE Symposia and Workshops. He has been co-author of sixteen papers and publications, and received the Technical Council Award by the Study Committee B2 in 2018.
Rudolf MEIER graduated from the Polytechnical University in Zurich as an electrical engineer and has a degree in economics. He started his career as a software engineer for control systems. He then worked as senior consultant and team leader utilities at AWK Engineering. In 2006 he entered Alpiq as Head of Asset Management Grid. With the creation of the Swiss TSO he became managing director of the newly created grid services company Alpiq EnerTrans Ltd. In 2018, the Service Business of Alpiq was acquired by Bouygues Energies & Services (BYES). He is now part of the executive board of the Swiss Branch of BYES and responsible for the Energy, Transport and Telecommunication division. Rudolf MEIER was member of the C1 Study Committee until 2020. He is now heading the Swiss National Committee and entered the Steering Committee of CIGRE in 2020.
Mark WALDRON has more than 30 years’ experience in electricity transmission asset management focussing upon substation primary equipment, particularly switchgear. He is employed by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) in the UK as Net Zero Asset Strategy Technical Lead and has a particular interest in SF6 management and alternatives to SF6. He is active internationally within CIGRE, IEC, IEEE and ENTSOE, and has held senior leadership positions within both CIGRE (past Vice President Technical) and IEC (present Chair of Sub-Committee 17A). His present national & international activities focus heavily upon alternatives to SF6 and the wider environmental context of reducing SF6 emissions and inventory associated transmission assets, supporting NGET’s commitments and ambitions towards Net Zero.
Adam Middleton has a strong interest in the development of new and diverse talent within the engineering industry, application of digitalization to improve project delivery and has a passion for improving safety at work. He is based in Brussels, Belgium.
• Performance and publications in the areas of Electric Energy Law, Regulatory Law, Business Law, Electricity Commercialization and Electricity Market.
• Member of the Board of Directors of Cigre Brasil.
• Member of the Board of Directors of Santo Antônio Energia, the 4th largest hydroelectric generator in Brazil, in the Amazon region.
• Invited professor at FGV, Fisul and USP / Fundação Vanzolini - postgraduation and MBA.
• 2002-2020: She worked at the Brazilian Electricity Commercialization Chamber – CCEE (Brazilian Market Operator), having been a Director from 2014 to 2020, Vice-President of the Board of Directors from 2015 to 2020, legal executive manager from 2002 to 2014. She was an alternate member of the Brazilian Electric Sector Monitoring Committee - CMSE (2014 to 2020).
Solange has a passion for supporting young professionals in the industry and has undertaken several mentoring roles throughout her career.
Phil has nine years of experience working across the electrical engineering industry. He started work at a consultancy as a design engineer, completing designs for greenfield and brownfield substations, and cabling systems. He is now part of a high performing utilities team delivering major transport infrastructure projects in Victoria, where he is the projects primary contact for all power and telecommunication utilities.
Phil has also undertaken several roles as part of his involvement in CIGRE, which has increased his knowledge, network of industry contacts and helped develop his communication and interpersonal skills. Phil has a passion for supporting young professionals in the industry and has undertaken several mentoring roles throughout his career.
CIGRE Technical Council 2022 - 2024
Marcio Szechtman is presently the Director General of CEPEL, the Brazilian National Power Research Institute. He acted as the CIGRE Study Committee B4 Chair from 2002 to 2008 and is the current Technical Council Chair of CIGRE.
He started his affiliation with CIGRE back in 1982.He received the following CIGRE and IEEE awards: the CIGRE Medal in 2014; the Life Fellow degree from IEEE/PES in 2018; the Uno Lamm HVDC IEEE/PES Award in 2009; The Honorary Member of CIGRE, in 2008.
His main technical activities have been dedicated to the area of HVDC and Power Electronics, since the 1970's.Graduate Engineer of the Ecole Centrale de Paris, Philippe ADAM started his career in EDF R&D division in 1980 as a research engineer in the field of HVDC and FACTS. Then he held several management positions in EDF Generation and Transmission. In 2000, he was appointed manager of the financial and management control department of RTE. In 2004 he contributed to the creation of RTE international. From 2011 to 2014 he has been the Strategy Director of Infrastructures and Technologies of the Medgrid industrial initiative.
He have served CIGRE as the Technical Committee Secretary and as the Secretary and Treasurer of the French National Committee. He was appointed Secretary General of CIGRE in March 2014.Mark WALDRON has more than 30 years’ experience in electricity transmission asset management focussing upon substation primary equipment, particularly switchgear. He is employed by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) in the UK as Net Zero Asset Strategy Technical Lead and has a particular interest in SF6 management and alternatives to SF6. He is active internationally within CIGRE, IEC, IEEE and ENTSOE, and has held senior leadership positions within both CIGRE (past Vice President Technical) and IEC (present Chair of Sub-Committee 17A). His present national & international activities focus heavily upon alternatives to SF6 and the wider environmental context of reducing SF6 emissions and inventory associated transmission assets, supporting NGET’s commitments and ambitions towards Net Zero.
Adam Middleton has a strong interest in the development of new and diverse talent within the engineering industry, application of digitalization to improve project delivery and has a passion for improving safety at work. He is based in Brussels, Belgium.
Thani Al Khusaibi is holding MSc in Electric Power Engineering from UMIST (UK). He is currently holding position of Transmission and Planning Affairs Advisor in Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC). Prior to this role he was heading a technical team responsible of establishing OETC as part of restructuring of electricity sector in Oman and became General Manager of OETC. Before restructuring he had several years of experience as distribution, transmission and projects engineer and later became director of electrical projects managing projects of power stations including desalination plants, distribution, and transmission networks. He was a director in several state owned electricity companies in Oman and has represented Oman in the board of GCC Interconnection Authority for over six years. He is the past chairman and advisor of GCC CIGRE board, and representing Oman in the board from 1993 until present.
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Kevin Mayor received a BA in Engineering from Cambridge University, England, in 1981 and began work with GEC (Stafford UK) as an electrical design engineer. He has since worked in various roles in the area of turbogenerator design and development, including Group Leader, Electrical Design Manager, Program Manager and is currently a Consulting Engineer at General Electric based in Birr, Switzerland.
He is a Senior Member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, former chair of the IEEE Electric Machinery Committee, and continues to participate in IEEE standards working groups.
He has been a CIGRE member since 2006, is the CIGRE Study Committee A1 regular member for Switzerland and takes over the role of SC-A1 Chair in September 2020.
Geir CLASEN has a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering. He started his career in Nexans in 1991 (former Alcatel) where he now functions as a technical specialist for testing cable systems in the High Voltage Laboratory. His work within CIGRE as SC B1 Member, both as member and secretary of several Working groups. In addition, Special Reporter, Convener of Tutorial Advisory Group and National Committee representative from Norway for SC B1.
He has been recognized with the “TC Award” in 2021. Since September 2022 Geir is the Chairperson of CIGRE Study Committee B1 “Insulated Cables”.
Pierre Van Dyke has over 30 years of experience on conductor dynamics at the Hydro-Québec Research Institute (IREQ). He has a B.Eng. and M.A.Sc. from École Polytechnique de Montreal, a Masters Certificate in Project Management from Laval university and a Ph.D. from Sherbrooke University where he is also adjunct professor.
He has been the Canadian representative of B2 for eight years and in charge of TAG B2.06 also for eight years before being appointed chairman of SC B2 Overhead lines.
He has authored or co-authored more than 50 papers, the EPRI orange book, a Springer book entitled Atmospheric Icing of Power Networks and the CIGRE green book on Overhead lines.
He received the ‘CIGRE B2 Technical Council Award’ in 2020 and the ‘Masoud Farzaneh Award’ from Université du Québec in Chicoutimi in 2022.
Koji Kawakita was born in Mie, Japan. He joined Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. in 1986. Since then, he has been engaged in research & development, design, construction, asset management for substation, and international consultancy services. Presently, he is the General Manager of Engineering of transmission department. In CIGRE, he has been involved in Study Committee B3 since 2000. He contributed to a lots of activities such as Poster Session chair of Paris Session, Convener, Secretary and member of Working Groups. He positioned regular member of Study Committee B3 from 2012 to 2018. He has been inaugurated as Chairman of Study Committee B3 since 2018 to present.
Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1995 (China) and her master’s degree in computer and electrical engineering in 2001 (Canada). She is co-founder and vice president of RBJ Engineering Corporation. She was the secretary of Cigre B4 (2014-2020) and convenor of Cigre WG B4.61. She is chair of IEEE HVDC circuit breaker working group.
Mrs. Hu is a power system specialist with over 20 years experience in HVDC/HVAC including high voltage technologies and equipment; Power system stability and EMPT studies; Sub-synchronous resonance and small signal stability studies; HVDC/FACTS control and modelling; Series and shunt compensations; Equipment design studies; Pre-specification studies, technical specification, design review, factory testing and commissioning of HVDC transmission systems and FACTS device.
She works in Statnett, the TSO of Norway, and is the Project manager of the R&D Project Digital substation. She was the Head of Section for the Control and Protection system from 2007 until 2017.
She has been the Norwegian member for SC B5 between 2008 and 2012, and have worked in several Cigre working groups within SC B5. She was the secretary of Cigre SC B5 from August 2012 until August 2018. In August 2018, she became the chair of Cigre SC B5.
Italian national, Electrical Engineer, he served National Electric Utility ENEL and spent one year in Africa at United Nations technical cooperation project.
For a decade with ENI (Italian Oi&Gasl Major), working in Strategies, Investments Planning, Merging&Acquisitions, International Business Activities.
Since 2001 with TERNA RETE ITALIA, Italian TSO, several positions in: Power Exchange Pool set-up, Market Settlement, Business Development, Technology Engineering, Grid Planning, interconnection projects.
Since 2013 focused on R&D&Innovation: EU project Best Paths; ENTSO-E (Convenor of WG “Future Energy Systems” in Committee Research, Development and Innovation); ETIP SNET (EU Platform for coordination R&D&Innovation): co-chair WG Grids&System View.
Engaged in MedTSO (Association of Mediterranean TSOs), IEC ACTAD (Advisory Committee on T&D), ISGAN Annex6 (alternate national member), Dii-Desert Energy (member of Advisory Board, AEIT–LEE (Italian Electricity Journal, Editorial Board member, reviewer).
In CIGRE Antonio Iliceto Chairs Study Committee C1 (System Development & Economics); since 2010 he actively contributes as convenor/co-convenor/contributor of 8 WGs on planning drivers, global grids, TSO-DSO relation, vertical & horizontal interconnections, African electrification; he served as special reporter, poster session, member of Strategic Advisory Group to the Chair.
Brazilian, from Rio de Janeiro, graduated in Electrical Engineering in 1984. Postgraduate in the Specialization Course in Electrical Systems in 1994 and in Institutional Aspects of the Brazilian Electrical Sector in 2005.
Operation Engineer and Manager of FURNAS Centrais Elétricas S.A. from 1985 to 2002.
Manager and Senior Manager of the Regional Operations Center of ONS, National ISO in Brazil, from 2002 to 2018. Since May 2018, he has been an Assistant to ONS Operations Director.
From 2014 until 2018 he was the Brazilian representative in Working Group C2.35 and from now on, convenor of the Working Group C2.39.
Chair of SC.C2 of CIGRE Brasil from 2018 until 2020.
- First experience in CIGRE in 2007, as WG C3-02 member
- Involved in other WGs: C3-04, C3-06, C3-12 & C3-20
- Spanish representative in SC3 and member of Spanish National Committee from 2008 to 2014
- Member of the SC3 Strategic Advisory Group (SAG), since 2014
- SC3 secretary from 2012 to 2020
- Special Report for CIGRE Symposium in Lisbon 2013 “Smarts Grids: Next Generation Grids for New Energy Trends”
- Special reporter for CIGRE Paris Session 2016
- CIGRE Study Committee Award in 2016
- Distinguished member in 2018
Main areas of expertise: Sustainability and Environment, in the last years mainly focused on Climate Change and Non-Financial Reporting. Other environmental issues: Environmental Management Systems, SF6, Environmental Due Diligence, Strategic Environmental Assessment and training.
- CIGRE individual Member through Irish National Committee
- Permanent member of Irish National Committee
- SC C4 Regular Member for Republic of Ireland (2014-2022)
- SC C4 AG3 Tutorials & Conferences Convener (2016-2022)
- JWG C4/B4.38 Convener
- WG C4.307 Task Force Lead
- WG C4.56 Member
- WG C4.502 Member
- JWG C2/B4.38 Member
- 2016 session SC C4 Special Reporter
- Session Chair in various CIGRE symposia
- 2020 CIGRE Distinguished Member Award
- 2020 CIGRE e-session Pioneer Achievement Award Recipient
- 2021 CIGRE WiE Award Recipient
Alex has over 25 years’ experience in energy markets with experience in a vertically integrated utility, a generator/retailer, a market administrator and the government. His key areas of expertise are in market design, regulation & rules, new technology and organisational design.
Alex has degrees in science, education and business from the University in Adelaide and currently lived in Melbourne, where he works as an Energy Consultant with Oakley Greenwood. Alex was Vice President of Smart Grid Australia, is currently a member of Smart Cities Australia and the Regulatory Advisory Panel of the Monash Microgrid Project.
Alex joined CIGRE as a member of the Australian Panel AP C5 in 2006 and became the Chairman of SC C5 in 2018.
Kurt has more than 35 years’ experience in the Distribution business. He has worked for ESKOM in a vertically integrated utility in South Africa, where he has had extensive involvement in their operational and associated asset management functions. His current role comprises the integration of DER and Embedded Generation resources in line with South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan, and includes utility-scale Battery Storage projects. He was instrumental in the development of the Renewable and Battery Storage Grid Codes for the country, and in parallel produced a number of national Planning Standards and Guidelines for ESKOM. Additionally he is also shaping the DSO and Energy Trading principles for the South African Distribution business landscape.
Kurt has a degree in Electrical Engineering and a diploma in Business Management. He is based in Pietermaritzburg where he works in an advisory capacity for ESKOM.
Kurt represented the Southern Africa CIGRE chapter as the C6 regular member role from 2016 onwards. In 2018 he joined the joint World Bank / CIGRE Africa Working Group as the Secretary, and became the SC C6 Chairman in 2022.
Simon works as Director of Professional Services for Altanova and is based in the UK. His responsibilities include business strategy, external relationships, and the coordination of technical activities around the world.
He has over 25 years’ experience in the electricity transmission and distribution industry predominantly in the cables sector. He has worked in the cable materials supply industry, as the cables policy manager for a transmission utility and in the research sector. His interests also include condition monitoring, diagnostic testing, forensics and asset management.
Simon holds a degree and PhD in Physics both from the University of Reading. Within CIGRE he was the past UK representative on CIGRE SC D1, Materials and Emerging Test Techniques, and has participated in many CIGRE working groups in a number of Study Committees (B1, B3, D1) and led the Advisory Group on Solids. He is a member of the editorial board of the IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton.
Victor TAN is a Registered Professional Engineer based in Australia and has more than 20 years of experience in critical infrastructure, including strategy and roadmap development, and designing and implementing secure and reliable information systems and telecommunications networks for power utilities.
He holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Engineering 1st Class Honours in Information Technology and Telecommunications, and several cybersecurity industry certifications including CISSP and CISM. Victor has been involved in CIGRE for more than 10 years as a Working Group convenor, Australia D2 mirror panel Chair, and has been awarded the Technical Council Award and the Pioneer Achievement Award.