Meet The Energy Charter team

    Sabiene Heindl

    Chief Executive Officer

    sabiene.heindl (at) theenergycharter.com.au

    With a proven track record of driving transformational change, Sabiene brings a wealth of experience from senior leadership roles in energy, telecommunications, media and legal sectors. Previously serving in the CEO Office at Energy Consumers Australia, Sabiene has consistently championed innovative, human-centred solutions. Her academic credentials include an Executive MBA from Brown University (USA) and IE Business School (Spain), a BA in Laws (First Class Honours) and a BA in International Business.

    With a strong background as a corporate lawyer and a deep commitment to people-driven outcomes, Sabiene is passionate about shaping the future of energy through purpose-driven leadership and inspiring decision-making that creates meaningful impact for all.

    Winner of the 2024 International Equality in Energy Transitions (EIET) Woman of Distinction Award!

    Sabiene’s superpowers: Sabiene is an intuitive activator. She uses her intuition and experience to bring to life innovative ideas. She loves bringing people together to inspire them to do better.  

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    Bec Jolly 

    Director, Energy Equity

    bec.jolly (at) theenergycharter.com.au 

    Bec has over 15 years’ experience enabling sectors and communities to work together. Her background spans from all levels of government, not-for-profits and the private sector. She is motivated by systemic changes that work to support all people (leaving no one behind). Fundamentally, she is a community development practitioner who relies on her curiosity to continually learn and her positivity to identify possibilities. This commitment extends to the for-purpose group Hive that she founded in 2008, connecting communities with their services, businesses, institutions and sectors. 

    Bec’s superpowers: Bec is an intuitive activator – able to assess situations quickly and accurately, and rally people to act. Collaborative by nature, she is experienced at bringing people together to reach their shared goals.  

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    Martine Holberton

    Martine Holberton

    Director, Renewables – currently on secondment to Wimmera Southern Mallee Development 

    martine.holberton (at) theenergycharter.com.au

    Martine has over 12 years’ experience leading community engagement and media relations across multiple industries, with deep experience in the renewable energy sector.

    Passionate about a clean energy future, working in the renewables sector puts Martine at the heart of this essential energy transformation. Ensuring community engagement is genuine, participatory, upfront and follows through is essential to the development of any renewable energy project, but Martine understands our future rests on our capacity to collaborate #BetterTogether. In order to get the best outcomes for people and planet, we need to be creative, agile and innovative, with a human-centred focus. It is through a systems’ thinking lens that Martine is committed to delivering the shift to clean energy that’s not only essential but builds resilience and brings communities together.

    Martine’s superpowers: Martine is a deep thinker and connector, driven by authenticity and a determination to deliver sustainable outcomes that result in a brighter future. 
     
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    Fiona Ivits

    Communications + Community Manager

    Fiona is a senior communications and engagement professional, with over 20 years’ experience leading communications in the not-for-profit and corporate sectors, including almost a decade working in the Australian climate, environmental and energy sector. She’s passionate about helping communities and individuals to tell their stories and have their voices heard on the issues that affect them.

    Sarah Whitehouse

    Communications and Community Manager – currently on maternity leave until August 2025

    sarah.whitehouse (at) theenergycharter.com.au 

    Sarah has over 7 years’ experience in marketing and communications, with a passion for creating consistent and easy to understand messages and content. Her background spans across both business to business and customer-facing roles across multiple industries including financial services, regulations and standards, always placing the customers and communities at the centre of what she does. She is passionate about delivering campaigns end-to-end, bringing stakeholders together and delivering transformational outcomes.

    Outside of work, Sarah loves walking, baking, tackling home projects and spending time with the family including her Jack Russell, Daisy, as well as supporting the people around her to continually strive to do more of what makes them happy. 

    Sarah’s superpowers: Sarah is a reliable go-getter. She puts in the extra yards to make sure projects are completed with great attention to detail and derives energy and joy from providing encouragement and assistance for projects and tasks.