Wayne Collins
Director (Appointed 2020)
BE (Elect), BBus, MIEAus, GAICD
Wayne has more than 43 years of experience in the power and mining industries. Prior to his retirement in June 2020, Wayne lead TransAlta Corporation’s global mining activity and power generation operations across all fuel types. TransAlta is a publicly traded international power business based in Calgary, Canada.
In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer for Stanwell Corporation Ltd (Queensland), he was responsible for a fleet comprising coal, gas and hydro power generation and a large open cut coal mine.
His career has predominantly been in power plant operations and maintenance but also included a period developing and building new utility scale renewable power plants.
He has spent more than 20 years working in associated energy commodity markets (power, coal, gas, liquid fuel).
Wayne is the Chair of the Powerlink Board’s CopperString 2032 Project Committee and a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and the Mega Projects Committee.