Our team.

Tony Concannon

CEO and a co-founder of Reach.  Tony has circa 40 years’ experience.  He was an Executive Director of International Power plc (FTSE 100 company 2004-11), CEO for IPR Australia and CEO Asia Pacific region for GDF SUEZ energy until Q1 2014. He is a chartered power engineer with international experience in governance, investor relations, power plant operations and risk management.

Tony joined the Board for the Australian Energy Market Operator in May 2017 as a non-independent non-executive director.  He was previously a Director on the Board of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (until December 2023) and is now a Committee Member on its CEFC Rewiring the Nation Investment Advisory Committee.

Chris Kendall

Head of Finance and co-founder of Reach. Chris has over 25 years experience in the Energy and Infrastructure sectors having held corporate roles; including the assistant treasurer of Transurban Ltd, the Director of Acquisitions Investments and Financial Advisory for Engie Asia and Head of Corporate Finance Engie Australia.

David Webster

David is a cofounder and a Director of Reach Solar Energy. David led the development of renewable energy projects across Australia including the Ord River Hydroelectric power station; the Appin Tower coal seam methane project; the Karratha Airport Solar Project, a successful recipient of an ARENA grant.

At Reach Solar Energy, David leads all matters identifying, negotiating, compiling and managing authority approvals for all land associated matters. This also includes all community consultation; aboriginal land and heritage matters.

David was previously a senior development director with both Lend Lease and Transurban.

Andy Biffen

With 40 years of experience within the energy sector, Andy has held senior positions within: development, acquisition and operation of large power generating facilities. Specific areas of expertise include; gas fired CCGT, coal fired power plants, water desalination, solar PV, battery energy storage and other renewable energy technologies.

Andy has held numerous leadership roles within the energy sector in the Middle East and Australia. This includes; Executive Director, Asset Development at EWEC (Abu Dhabi), CEO of Shamal Azzour North (Kuwait), Executive Managing Director at HPC (Bahrain) and Executive Advisor at Sumitomo Corporation (Abu Dhabi).

Andy is a Co-founder of Reach Solar Energy and holds a BSc Honours Degree in Energy Technology from Aston University, UK.