Alpine Energy executive appointment

Alpine Energy appoints Jamie Jordan as Chief Assets Officer

Wednesday 21 October 2026

Alpine Energy has appointed Jamie Jordan as Chief Assets Officer following an executive search conducted by SEQEL Partners.

Alpine Energy is an energy distribution company that provides and maintains the power lines used to transfer electricity from the national transmission grid to more than 34,000 homes and businesses across South Canterbury.

Jamie is an accomplished engineering and asset management leader with more than 17 years’ experience across electricity transmission, distribution and generation in New Zealand and the United States. Since joining Transpower in 2013, he has held progressively senior engineering and strategic leadership roles and currently serves as Strategic Asset Integration Manager. In this position, he leads network strategy, asset management policy and investment decision-making for New Zealand’s national grid, with particular expertise in resilience, risk-based investment planning, future network development and engineering governance.

Originally from the United States, Jamie holds an Executive MBA from Washington State University, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso.

Jamie now calls New Zealand home and will relocate from Wellington to Timaru, joining Alpine Energy in January 2027.