Robbie Aherne

Robbie Aherne is Co-Founder and Director of Ardvellan Advisory, an independent energy advisory firm supporting clients across Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. He has more than 20 years' experience across electricity system operations, network planning and the energy transition in Ireland and Australia. Prior to establishing Ardvellan, he was General Manager, System Resilience at Transgrid (the transmission asset owner and operator in NSW), Australia where he established the system resilience function and led initiatives on system strength, operational preparedness and control room technology. Before joining Transgrid, he was Director of Future Networks at EirGrid, leading development of the 2030 roadmap for the electricity systems of Ireland and Northern Ireland and establishing EirGrid's offshore network planning function.