"Solving complex commercial problems has always been my strength. Helping save the planet in the process is the one gift I want to leave my children and their children."
Stacey Vacher, ceo
About us
At Edge2020 we thrive on the dynamic nature and complexity of the industry we work within.
Our team are highly regarded in terms of our industry expertise, commercial acumen, and reputation. We are experts in structured products, including the incorporation of renewables. Our relationships with key market counterparties are unparalleled, meaning that we know how to package portfolios and negotiate terms to ensure that you will receive competitive proposals and execute favourable agreements.
At Edge2020, we are built to deliver and manage energy contracts for large, sophisticated users and generators. We can provide financial advice and negotiate financial products with wholesale market participants. We are experts in delivering wholesale outcomes within retail energy contracts, and in doing so ensuring that flexibility is delivered with simplicity.
We are licensed (AFSL 425572) and follow strict compliance procedures (ISO 9001 QMS) to expertly advise clients.
Our clients include national and global brands with large energy portfolios that demand proactive and flexible management, and innovative forward-thinking solutions. Many of our clients have growing sustainability targets and objectives, with a genuine resolve to transition our planet to a cleaner future in a safe, reliable, and cost-effective manner. These clients rely on experts to ensure they are informed, equipped, and ideally positioned to make the right decisions at the right time.
Led by senior energy experts
As a team we share a resolute commitment to personal and highly responsive customer service and form strong, long-term relationships with our clients. This is because we view each one as being vital to our business. Equally we nurture strong, long-term relationships with our industry counterparts because we view each of these as a conduit to products and services that will ultimately deliver value to our clients.
Our clients demand the best of the best: timely and secure access to data and information, and expertise and advice that delivers superior outcomes.
Our values
Acting with integrity
- We will maintain honesty and integrity in all our dealings.
- We value diversity, transparency, and swift conflict management.
- No mountain is too high when tackled with integrity.
Educating & informing
- We will freely and frequently share non-confidential information and education with clients, internal and external stakeholders.
- We see your growth as a measure of our success.
Building & nurturing
- We will constantly build and nurture client and partner relationships and opportunities.
- Our network can be a foundation and a catalyst to your superior results.
Delivering
- We will deliver opportunities, outcomes and results that meet the needs of all those involved.
- Let us save you time, eliminate stress, and ensure you hit your targets.
Our Energy Management Team
Our team have over 50 years combined energy market experience across businesses and organisations in every corner of the industry. We’ve worked in retail, wholesale, and regulatory markets across operational, trading and risk management teams. We’ve held senior positions in the Australian Energy Market Operator, run some of the NEM’s largest generation portfolios, and traded billions of dollars of physical, financial, and renewable products. We’ve been senior advisors to some of the largest businesses and corporations in Australia.
Edge2020 bring together and nurture the brightest minds, in a one stop cohesive and collaborative team that become an extension of your team.
Stacey Vacher
ceo & founder
Stacey founded Edge2020 in 2007 and continues to lead both the Edge2020 and Edge Utilities businesses.
She has 20 years of experience in engineering and financial markets in Australia and Europe and is sought after for strategy development, implementation and portfolio optimisation for large consumers and sellers of energy. She thrives on bringing wholesale and retail parties together to deliver optimal risk managed outcomes.
Stacey is held in extremely high regard amongst industry peers in the National Electricity Market and has a strong working relationship with all major generation, retail, and wholesale trading entities in Australia, including many linked to renewable generation projects.
Stacey started Edge with a vision to deliver superior knowledge, solutions, and outcomes to businesses navigating Australian energy markets. She has worked with many market counterparts to develop products and strategies that allow the Edge businesses to realise this vision.
Kate Turner
HEAD OF ENERGY
Kate has been with Edge2020 since 2019 and proudly leads of our energy management team.
Kate knows the breadth and depth of energy markets, with over 16 years’ experience in gas, electricity, and carbon markets and products. Having held positions ranging from managing physical trading activities and industry capital projects to strategy development of the trading of financial energy products. Kate has a comprehensive understanding of the industry and a company’s energy market value chain, trading, generation, retail, energy settlements, regulation and compliance.
Kate has the knowledge and expertise to optimise the performance of energy portfolios whilst proactively managing risks and ensuring the team deliver on client objectives.
Through her passion for renewable energy solutions that combat climate change, Kate is our trained Climate Active consultant. Kate will ensure clients have all the options on the table, including those that are more sustainable.
Adam Strohfeldt
Energy MANAGER
Adam is the mainframe to our energy management activities. He is instrumental in producing qualitative & quantitative analysis and modelling across our portfolio management, portfolio optimisation, and advisory projects. In developing real time portfolio positions, Adam provides dynamic and accurate position and performance reporting for internal and client applications.
Adam is a critical member of our energy management team. He is primarily responsible for Edge’s trading analytics and forecasting services. Undertaking trend analysis of energy markets to assist in procurement recommendations, and best positioning clients in these ever-changing and often volatile markets.
Adam has a passion to develop, maintain and deliver a superior service of in-house modelling capabilities and strategic analysis that is exceptional and delivers immense value to Edge and our clients.
Building an important understanding of client’s constraints within their risk framework Adam proposes solutions that competitively and comprehensively deliver clients’ requirements.
Joseph Grech
PORTFOLIO ANALYST
Joe is another of our analytical masterminds. As an incredibly tech driven energy professional, Joe ensures Edge systems and the delivery of our services and client facing energy management tools are cutting edge.
Joe is our commercial conduit to our internal systems development team, ensuring Edge energy management systems optimise the management and reporting of our various portfolios, products, and markets. Joe compiles and analyses customer and market data, providing analytical expertise and ensuring accurate and timely reporting to clients.
He is instrumental in the delivery and development of our account management services. Ensuring bespoke financial reporting is scoped, developed, and maintained. Joe ensures our systems have all up-to-date tariff information, and clients’ tariffs are appropriately assigned.
Joe provides invaluable support to our energy management team in the development of energy portfolio and energy optimisation strategies. As well as providing crucial support to our market engagement (RFP / EOI) activities.
Our focus on family, community,
and sustainability
Edge2020 clients demand a standard of service and outcomes that can only be achieved through the highest levels of experience, expertise, commitment, and dedication.
Whilst we go above and beyond to deliver to our client’s standards, we do so with a resolute focus on what’s fundamentally important in our day-to-day lives. Our commitment to our families, our communities, and our planet.
Our team have a tribe of sons and daughters who get the pleasure of mum or dad watching their swimming carnival, Easter hat parade, or dance recital. Whatever the event, we ensure that we have the depth and breadth of resourcing available to put our families first.
We support generously to organisations, sporting teams, and events in our local communities that exist to help people be the very best versions of themselves. Through people and events that have touched members of our team directly, we especially support mental health, men’s health, cancer, the Children’s Hospital Foundation, and blood donations through Australian Red Cross.
We are acutely aware of the rapidly changing energy landscape and our responsibility to commit to reducing our carbon footprint. Edge2020 have proudly chosen carbon neutral electricity through our own electricity procurement and assist many large users in meeting their renewable electricity and carbon offsetting sustainability targets. Where possible we conduct paperless services, exercise prudent recycling practices, and have implemented efficient cooling in our offices.