Alpine Energy executive appointment

Alpine Energy has appointed Louisa Homersham as Chief Financial 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.

Louisa is an established finance and executive leader with more than 20 years’ experience across infrastructure services, electricity distribution, tertiary education and professional services in New Zealand. She currently serves as Chief Financial Officer at Delta Utility Services, a national infrastructure and utility services contractor, where she leads finance, risk, procurement, property and fleet functions.

Prior to joining Delta, Louisa held the role of Corporate Finance Manager at Aurora Energy, leading budgeting, performance reporting and regulatory functions. Earlier in her career, she served as Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Business Services at Otago Polytechnic, and spent seven years with Deloitte, progressing to Associate Director within Accounting & Advisory.

Louisa is a Chartered Accountant and will be relocating from Dunedin to Timaru to start with Alpine in January 2027.