Leadership

Murray has more than 30 years’ experience in administrative and accounting roles in both the public and private sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia. In addition to experience as a company director, he has 12 years’ experience as a company secretary of several ASX and AIM listed companies in the resources and technology sectors.

Luca Sorbello holds a Master of Arts in “Business Organization and Management” from the Engineering Management school at Tor Vergata. Since 2004 he has been an adjunct professor at Tor Vergata University in Rome.  From 2005-2008 Luca completed his Ph.D. in Industrial Management at the University of Tor Vergata (Rome). From 2011 to 2018, Luca Sorbello was Executive Sales and Marketing Manager of Greatcell Solar group. He has subsequently been appointed as Managing Director for Greatcell Solar Italia.

Andrew Carstens is an engineer with an MBA, having worked in engineering, venture capital and management consulting over the last 30 years. In 2005 he was a founder of Envista Pty Ltd, an information technology company serving Defence and National Security clients. Envista grew rapidly and was eventually acquired by Australia’s fourth largest employer Downer EDI Ltd in 2018 to form Downer Defence Systems. In recent years, Andrew has pursued other growth business opportunities as an investor and director, including open source intelligence services business Worldstack, and reg-tech company CastlePoint, along with investments in a range of innovative companies in sectors including battery, solar, soil conditioning and carbon capture, as well as a craft brewery. Andrew invested in Halocell Energy.

Dr. Ngoc Duy (David) Pham is Chief Scientist at Halocell Australia. He has over ten years’ experience in perovskite photovoltaics R&D both in industry and academia. He is responsible for the development of stable and high-performance indoor perovskite photovoltaics.

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Tom Fontaine is a professional engineer with degrees in physics and mathematics. He is an experienced company director who has considerable experience in the energy industry. He has been on the board and management of a number of private and ASX listed companies.

Tom was a founder and director of Pure Energy Resources Limited (ASX:PES) which listed on the ASX in 2006 and was purchased by takeover for $1 billion in 2010. He has been a founder and builder of successful energy companies in Africa, Cuba, North America and Australia.

Marion is a material technologist whose original degree was from the Reutlingen University in Germany. She commenced a master course in textile chain research, and completed her studies on electrically conductive nano-membranes, at CSIRO in Geelong. Marion is responsible for development of encapsulation techniques and the transition from small scale to roll2roll production.

Paul Moonie is Halocell Australia’s CEO and director of Pilot Production operations in Bomen, near Wagga Wagga, NSW. Paul has been working on 3rd generation photovoltaics for over 20 years in both industry (STI and Dyesol) and academia (QUT), with a highly successful track record in product development. He has been a key member to achieve milestone successes in collaborative projects with multi-national corporations, Australian Department of Defence, and universities. Paul was a member of the team that designed and fabricated the world’s most stable Dye-Sensitised solar cells; he has several journal articles and relevant patents in 3rd Gen PV product development and has an extensive network of professional contacts across the globe from his collaboration with high end laboratories such as EPFL.