Dr Cristiano Marantes is the Chief Executive of Ara Ake (New Zealand’s Future 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.