Mark Paterson

Mark Paterson is the Managing Director and Lead Systems Architect at Energy Catalyst. He is a globally-respected energy system transformation leader with over 25-years of experience in power systems, applied science, systems architecture and thermal and fluid systems. Mark is known for his expertise in leading the navigation of complex and contested issues, systems thinking and the co-design of transformation pathways that foster social license and deliver future-resilient outcomes.

Mark’s theoretically robust but pragmatic approach is grounded in his electro-mechanical technology origins together with Engineering, Business and Master of Enterprise qualifications. Mark has been formally trained in Systems Architecture & Engineering disciplines at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Power Systems Architecture methodologies developed under US Department of Energy’s Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortia (GMLC).

Internationally, Mark is a Fellow of the Pacific Energy Institute (PEI), contributing author for the IEEE Power & Energy Society, and an expert contributor to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grid resilience activities.

Email: mpaterson@energycatalyst.au and phone: + 61 459 841 006