Helping you navigate the energy transition

Energy policy advice | Reputation management | Government relations & advocacy | Stakeholder engagement | Social license building

0411 427 965

ian@sageenergyadvisors.com.au

Sage Energy Advisors provides strategic advice and support to companies operating in the energy sector, based on a detailed understanding of the political, policy and reputational landscape across Australia.

We work with organisations to manage policy, reputation and social license risk through strategic engagement with key external stakeholders.

Sage helps develop and implement strategies to grow the profile and social license of organisations in what has become an extremely complex operating environment.

We also assist companies in analysing the impacts of government and related policies, and advocate for change where appropriate.

Sage is led by Ian Israelsohn, a highly experienced economist and senior corporate affairs executive, with a long history operating at senior levels in the sector.

Key service offerings

Strategic advice

Considered input to strategy and business development processes, including identification of political, policy and reputation risks and their mitigations.
Work with internal resources to analyse the impacts of government and related policies, and advocate for change where appropriate.
Provide strategic counsel to Boards, shareholders and senior management based on an understanding of the policy, political and social license landscape across Australia.

Stakeholder engagement

Develop plans and facilitate engagement with key external stakeholders to strengthen reputation, mitigate risk, enhance opportunities, build trust and influence public policy settings.
Support business development opportunities (or major risks) through targeted government, community, media and key stakeholder engagement.
Work with internal and external stakeholders to help drive broad and consistent approaches to shared sectoral concerns.

Social license

Development and implementation of strategies to grow the profile and social license of organisations with communities and influential stakeholders.
Active engagement with local communities to build trust, understand concerns and identify workable solutions.
Issues, emergency and crisis management (reputation, regulatory, operational, environmental etc).

Ian Israelsohn

Ian is a highly experienced economist, senior corporate affairs executive and company director with a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors and the politics, policies and issues that surround it.

He has experience and achievement across a number of countries, including heading the corporate affairs and policy functions of one of Australia’s largest energy companies, and deputy CEO and chief advocate for a peak industry association on a range of reputation, market, regulatory, customer, environmental and taxation issues.

Ian was a Board member of the Energy & Water Ombudsman of NSW for almost seven years.

He has also worked for the World Energy Council in the UK, and was a partner in an economic consulting firm advising investors and governments across southern and east Africa on energy sector issues.

Ian has strong commercial and business strategy skills, and a detailed background in energy and infrastructure policy, particularly around regulated assets.

He also has a high-level network within Federal and State governments, regulators, infrastructure industry bodies and market participants, and detailed experience in managing customer and community engagement, including with traditional owners and on environmental matters.

Ian has successfully managed complex stakeholder negotiations and advocacy on a variety of topics and mitigated significant reputation risks including major crises.

Energy policy advice | Reputation management | Government relations & advocacy | Social license development | Media, issues and crisis management | Customer & community engagement