(C) The Conversation This story was originally published by The Conversation and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Juncture Dialogue - Rebalancing Markets [1] [] Date: 2026-04 Jessica Venning-Bryan has more than a decade of experience building technology companies in the energy sector. Her work has focused on designing customer-centric energy products and services, and identifying and accelerating opportunities created by the sector’s ongoing transformation in APAC and Europe. She was a co-founder of Flick Electric Co., the first and only New Zealand energy utility to give residential customers access to the wholesale energy market. Now, as the CEO and Co-founder of Factor, an AI-driven energy forecasting and pricing platform, she works with global utilities to help them embrace an energy world where the lines between buyers and sellers are increasingly blurred, and market dynamics are more complex than ever before. Tex Edwards is the Research Director of Monopoly Watch, a public policy group he founded in 2016 to advance New Zealand consumers' welfare in capital-intensive industries. A University of Auckland BCom graduate and qualified corporate treasurer, Tex began his career in banking and stockbroking in New Zealand before working in investment research across Africa, the Middle East, Japan, and the US. A pioneer of investment into African mobile phone companies in the 1990s, he went on to found the 2degrees mobile business in New Zealand in 2001 — a venture that took a decade to become operational and in which he held a shareholding until 2016. His published research reports span a wide range of topics — from offshore currency loans, African stock markets to NZ social housing costs, supermarket profitability, and boardroom diversity — and through Monopoly Watch he has led research across telecommunications, supermarkets, building materials, banking, fuel, insurance, and aviation. Raj Krishnan joined the Commission in 2021 from the Department of Internal Affairs where he held several leadership positions, including General Manager, Policy and General Manager Regulatory Services. His substantive role with the Commission is General Manager - Office of the Board and Chief Executive. He brings extensive leadership experience in policy and regulation and a strong background in governance and stakeholder relations. Raj has previously held roles with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Department of Corrections and ACC. He has a BA in Social Policy and Education and a Master of Public Policy from Victoria University of Wellington. Dr John Land is a senior commercial litigation barrister and competition law specialist at Bankside Chambers in Auckland. John has in-depth specialist competition law expertise and experience having acted as counsel in a number of major New Zealand competition law cases and having provided competition law advice for over 30 years. Competition and regulatory matters in which John has been involved cover a large number of industries including telecommunications, electricity transmission and distribution, ports, airlines, credit cards, manufacturing, sporting bodies and professional associations. John is also a Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland Law School where he has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate company law. He has a PhD in Law Event facilitator: Dr. Drew Franklin is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Associate Dean of External Engagement at the University of Auckland Business School. Drew also serves as Associate Director Strategic Engagement for Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism. Drew’s research centres on marketing relationship dynamics, particularly trust, and the impact of emergent technologies on business and marketing practices. Prior to his academic career, Drew enjoyed 12 years of global experience in sales, marketing, and business development across North America, Western Europe, and developed Asian markets. We hope that you can join us. Professor Susan Watson Director, Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism is a University of Auckland Business School Research Centre that engages with the conundrum that capitalism is both humankind’s greatest invention and a system that poses existential threats. 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