Interview with Dr Juliet Newson, President of the IGA
Her day job as a geothermal reservoir modelling engineer at Contact Energy has her harnessing computer power to visualise the underground steam resources of the Wairakei area.
Fronting up for opportunities - even those that may have made her feel slightly out of her depth - has also resulted in her being elected to the presidency of the International Geothermal Association, an organisation representing 5000 members across 65 countries.
Newson, who splits her time between her Auckland home and Wairakei, where she helps to manage underground geothermal systems for power production, says New Zealanders are seen globally as the experts in that field.
She was supported into the presidency by the outgoing president and fellow Kiwi, the Stanford University-based Professor Roland Horne.
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