"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 Management Team
Our Management Team lead an outstanding team of talent and have the privilege to deliver to a market leading portfolio of clients. The Management Team is overseen by an Advisory Board, comprising extensive experience from large mining, energy, and consulting companies.
Edge2020 has a team with over 80 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.
In 2024 Stacey is taking an extended leave of absence but maintains a position on Edge’s Advisory Board.
Stacey 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 our Energy Management Team (EMT), comprised of outstanding talent across account, portfolio, and energy management.
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.
Kristy Vacher
HEAD OF OPERATIONS & COMPLIANCE
Kristy first joined Edge2020 in 2015 and is the heart and soul of quality management and delivery across all of our teams. Kristy is Acting COO during our CEO’s absence.
Kristy has worked in every capacity within the Edge2020 business, across back, middle, and front offices. She knows our products and services, our clients, and our systems and processes inside out and back to front.
Kristy came to us with an extensive background in banking and finance. Specifically, she has led national teams across compliance and change management. Having worked for some of the largest banking institutions in Australia and the United Kingdom, Kristy knows what it takes to operate optimally, and to deliver value to large organisations.
She is passionate about ensuring teams function well, with a focus on quality management, and delivering to the highest of standards. Kristy is our northern star when it comes to project and change management, the implementation of our ISO9001 certified Quality Management System, and AFSL compliance procedures. She is the backbone of everything we do to ensure outstanding performance and client retention.
Justin King
HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY
Justin first joined Edge2020 in 2016 as a unicorn in our industry. Justin is a senior software developer with a near 20-year career spanning Australian energy markets specifically.
Justin leads our in-house development team, comprised of hand selected talent across a technology stack that supports our own bespoke energy management software.
Justin also works with Edge2020’s trusted partner in the United Kingdom to explore new technology solutions for Australian energy markets. With a specific focus on improving consultant energy management systems, wholesale trading platforms, retail billing solutions, and innovative sustainable focused products.
Edge2020 is a technology driven business. Our energy management systems have been in development since 2013, allowing us to track and analyse energy markets and deliver advice and services that are backed by quality data, advanced analytics, output, and security you can trust.
Justin’s team carries a heavy development pipeline at any given time, and a mountain of responsibility to ensure our systems optimally support our EMT, clients, and BD.
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.