Edward (Ed) Hart - Principal
B Arts B Comm
Ed commenced his career in infrastructure development and has over 20 years’ experience leading and developing social, economic, transport and energy infrastructure. Prior to establishing FERN, he was a Director of Capella Capital where he worked on many of the company’s projects since 2011, including third-party advisory for asset refinancing and sale processes.
Since 2021 he has led the successful ACEREZ consortium’s bid for the Central West Orana Renewal Energy Zone Transmission project, which is now in delivery. This is Australia’s first hybrid PPP/Regulatory transmission project and will be one of the country’s largest ever privately financed concessions. Ed has also worked on smaller projects including an on base solar farm for the Department of Defence.
Ed can be found at the hardware store most weekends and, typically, multiple times in the one day.