Allan McDougall

Allan McDougall joined PCS in January 2012 as a Principal Consultant after 17 years with Synergy, Western Power and SECWA. Specialising in commercial negotiations, business development and tender evaluation. Allan has represented Synergy as a Director of the Retail Energy Market Company, on the Gas Supply and Emergency Management Committee during the Varanus Island incident and various other groups and bodies such as CCI and Domgas Alliance.

From September 1999 to December 2011 Allan worked extensively on externally focused commercial activities for Synergy and Western Power, most recently development of Synergy’s gas business through a period of around 450% growth in sales volume and 1200% growth in revenue in 5 years to June 2011. Primary responsibilities in the gas business included:

• overall management and strategic direction
• negotiation of gas supply contracts, most recently from the Gorgon Project
• identification and securing new cornerstone customers
• renegotiation of existing gas supply arrangements to meet changing requirements
• negotiation of transport arrangements
• overseeing trading activities
• stakeholder management from government to customer operations
• establishing Synergy as a major player in the WA gas market

Prior to joining the gas business Allan fulfilled a variety of functions in Western Power’s Power Procurement branch, when the Kemerton and Newgen Kwinana gas fired generators were commissioned. Allan’s functions included:

• financial modelling
• systems development
• management of environmental and engineering consultants
• compliance reviews
• stakeholder management