Dr Cristiano Marantes
Dr Cristiano Marantes
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Chief Executive - Ara Ake

Dr Cristiano Marantes is the Chief Executive of Ara Ake (New Zealand’s New Energy Centre), a role he started in September 2020.

Having worked in different international markets, Cristiano is a highly experienced energy sector leader with an extensive engineering background and an informed worldview on the potential of technologies and business opportunities that will likely emerge in a low emissions energy future.

He has a life-long passion for enabling this future, through strong leadership, innovation and knowledge of new low emissions energy solutions.