Biography

Antara Mascarenhas has extensive experience in energy policy and regulatory reform, across policy development, policy advocacy, regulatory change and reform implementation. Antara has built and led many cross-functional teams to deliver national policy and strategic priorities in Australia’s energy sector.

Antara has worked for the Australian Federal Government and held a breadth of roles at Australia’s national energy system and market operator (the Australian Energy Market Operator), including Chief of Staff to the CEO, GM Stakeholder Engagement and GM Entity Establishment (to establish AEMO's first subsidiary to deliver the state of New South Wales' $32 billion renewable energy policy).

As a Policy Leader Fellow, she is exploring the policy role that governments should play in facilitating an effective transformation to net zero, with particular focus on electric vehicles as a case study.

Antara holds an MPhil in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge, on a Commonwealth Scholarship, and Honours (BA) in Political Science from the University of Melbourne. Antara has previously been a Visiting Fellow at the MIT Centre for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.

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