Origin Energy appoints Teresa Engelhard to its Board as Independent Non-Executive Director

– AUSTRALIA, Sydney – Origin Energy Limited (ASX:ORG) today announced Ms Teresa Engelhard has joined the Origin Board as an independent Non-executive Director to fill a vacancy. Ms Engelhard also joins the Remuneration and People Committee.

Ms Engelhard has more than 20 years’ experience in the information, communication, technology and energy sectors as a senior executive and venture capitalist. Ms Engelhard started her career at McKinsey & Company in California spending over a decade in Silicon Valley before moving to Australian in 2006. More recently she has focused on emerging technology in the energy sector as a venture investor and board member. Teresa’s past directorships include Daintree Networks and Zen Ecosystems.

Ms Engelhard is also a Non-executive Director of RedBubble Ltd, Planet Innovation Ltd, StartupAUS, Redkite and is a member of Innovation and Science Australia’s Entrepreneurs’ Programme Committee.

Origin Chairman, Mr Gordon Cairns said, “We are delighted to welcome Teresa to the Board. Teresa’s extensive experience in disruption, technology, innovation and growth, together with her global corporate perspectives, will further strengthen the Origin Board and complement the skills of the existing Directors.”

About Origin Energy

Origin Energy is the leading Australian integrated energy company with market leading positions in energy retailing (approximately 4.2 million customer accounts), power generation (approximately 6,000 MW of capacity owned and contracted) and natural gas production (1,204 PJ of 2P reserves and annual production of 75 PJe). Through Australia Pacific LNG, its incorporated joint venture with ConocoPhillips and Sinopec, Origin is developing Australia’s biggest CSG to LNG project based on the country’s largest 2P CSG reserves base.

For more information : http://www.originenergy.com.au

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