Kerry Schott

Schott has also had roles as visiting professor at Oxford and Princeton Universities, senior NSW Treasury official, chair of the Environmental Protection Authority, Director of NBN, Chair of Moorebank Intermodal Company, adviser to the Reserve Bank of Australia and Trade Practices Commissioner.She chaired the Energy Security Board from 2018-2021 and was tasked with redesigning the National Electricity Market for the increase in renewable energy.

In 2014, Schott chaired a panel that reviewed NSW electoral funding. The outcome ruled out full public funding of election campaigns, an option that had been favoured by the Premier Mike Baird and opposition leader John Robertson.

Schott accepted an Honorary Doctor of Science in Economics from the University of Sydney in 2014. She also received Honorary Doctorates from the Western Sydney University in 2015 and the University of New England in 2018.

In 2013-14, Schott oversaw the sale of NSW Coal Fired Power Stations to AGL, Origin, Energy Australia and the Vales Point Power Station to a company owned by Trevor St Baker and Brian Flannery.

Kerry Elizabeth Schott AO (born 20 September 1944) is an Australian executive who has had roles in the business and government sectors. She was managing director and CEO of Sydney Water from 2006–2011. She is currently Chair of [NSW Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board], Chair of the Advisory Board to EnergyCo NSW, and an Adviser to Aware Super. She is a patron of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia.