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From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to Energy Transformation: Connagh Hopkins

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Episode 169

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Connagh Hopkins is Head of Business Planning and Reporting at Western Power, one of Australia’s largest electricity network operators. Connagh shares her fascinating and unconventional journey from working on the global licensing for  “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to navigating Australia’s energy transformation.

In this episode: 

• Who Wants To be a Millionaire success (powered by Lotus123)
• The Consolidated 10 year plan at Western Power 
• Scenario planning and Inflation challenges in utilities 
• How we are stacked: 65 person finance team at Western Power
• The power and challenge of AI in finance

Connect with Connagh Hopkins: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connagh-hopkins-a9b3871/

Connagh Hopkins is Head of Business Planning and Reporting at Western Power, where she oversees the FP&A function for one of Australia’s largest electricity network operators. With more than two decades of experience across utilities, property development, not-for-profit, retail, fuel, and media sectors in both the UK and Australia, she’s known for her focus on commercial strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and building high-performance finance teams.

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