John Gaskell is a chartered electrical engineer and had a forty-five year career in the electrical power industry before he took up the role of Director of the Electrical and Information Engineering Foundation in 2010. He was nominated by Engineers Australia among Australia’s most influential engineers in 2009 and 2010. John served as the President and CEO of ABB Australia between 2002 – 2010, President, Energy Business, Rolls-Royce 2000 – 2002.