Leadership Team

Paul Geason, BA, LLB (Hons), GradDipLaw

Chief Executive Officer
Paul has more than 25 years of executive leadership experience in large publicly listed companies, government owned enterprises, and emerging pre-IPO businesses in the communications, technology, and energy sectors in Australia and the USA. Throughout his career Paul has successfully developed and commercialised technologies and products in these sectors. He has led the marketing, sales, and delivery of products and services through B2C and B2B channels and has extensive experience developing effective relationships with large complex enterprise and government customers and partners. As a director and CEO of WSE, Paul’s responsibilities include the defining and executing the company’s strategy.

John Brown, B.Bus (Econometrics)

Chief Operating Officer
John has more than 25 years’ experience in investment banking and financial services. He has worked for leading global investment banks in New York, London, Singapore, Sydney and Melbourne. John’s career includes foreign exchange trading and corporate advisory. John worked closely with Tom Denniss during the 1990s in the Treasury and Commodities division of Macquarie Bank building trading models and taking them to market. John has had a strong interest in the renewable energy sector for the past 20 years. As a director, former CEO, and now COO of WSE, John’s responsibilities include the company’s day-to-day operational matters and strategy.

Scott Hunter B.Eng (Nav. Arch.)

Chief Technology Officer

Scott is the Chief Technology Officer of WSE. He has a Bachelor of Engineering in Naval Architecture from the University of New South Wales, and has been involved in the development of marine renewable technologies in Australia and the USA for more than 18 years. Since joining WSE, Scott has been heavily involved in developing and validating the core intellectual property of WSE. As a director of WSE, Scott’s board responsibilities include overseeing and evaluating the company’s design and technology operations.

Tom Wilson B.Eng (Civil)

Chief Development Officer
Tom has been working in the renewable energy sector for three years, with a vested interest in wind, wave and biogas technologies. Tom has a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. He spent his initial years in the building and construction industry as a managing director of engineering companies in Australia, UAE, and UK providing specialist engineering services on government, commercial and private projects. Involvement in various civil and marine projects saw him transition to become an owner operator of a dredging company and subsea cable burial company. More recently he has focused as a marine construction engineer on bridge and jetty construction for major civil, oil and gas infrastructure projects.