Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors brings together a powerhouse of international expertise, spanning nuclear energy and waste management, risk analysis, exports, education and government advisory.

We ensure strategic investment foresight and operational resilience.

Our board’s forward-thinking will guide you through the complex and rapidly evolving global energy landscape.

James Voss

Chairman

  • James Voss is a global leader in nuclear energy and environmental risk management, with a career spanning over five decades and operations in 52 countries.

    He has held executive and board-level roles across the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and Spain, guiding companies through nuclear safety, decommissioning, fuel storage, and large-scale infrastructure transitions.

    James has raised over $1 billion in debt and equity for energy enterprises, negotiated transnational shareholder undertakings, and chaired companies in the nuclear, renewable, and environmental sectors.

    As Chairman of MRP Systems, he led the development and deployment of advanced radiological and ballistic shielding technologies.

    His advisory influence extends to the policy level, with early career work intersecting with the Carter and Reagan administrations on nuclear security and energy issues.

    James has embedded sustainability into core operations across multiple industries.

    He continues to support tertiary engineering education through scholarship programs, advisory boards, and guest lecturing roles at institutions in the US, UK, and Australia.

    James has served on the Advisory Board of the Applied Research Centre at Florida International University and is author or co-author of over 50 publications across nuclear science, engineering, and environmental policy.

    He brings unmatched global perspective and technical depth to our advisory work on nuclear readiness, infrastructure de-risking, and cross-border energy strategy.

     

Alan Lachman

Managing Director

  • Founding Director | Strategy Advisor – Energy Security & International Projects

    Alan B. Lachman brings over four decades of international experience across complex systems, energy, technology and enterprise. His expertise lies in strategic planning for sovereign energy security, particularly in nuclear energy development and hydrogen fuel infrastructure drawing on firsthand advisory work in both Australia and Europe.

    He has worked with governments, private investors and multinationals to evaluate and navigate high-stakes energy transitions and to troubleshoot project crises through to resolution. His earlier work in Italy included 5 years consulting on nuclear operations at the Trino Vercellese plant and advising/deal-making on international hydrogen technology collaborations. Alan has also supported projects requiring his NATO top-secret status on classified technology, and provided executive consulting to 14 Fortune 50 firms through his founding of The M.I.T. Center.

    His track record includes establishing national-scale education initiatives, securing government funding, and designing long-term system reform - demonstrating the depth of his capability in stakeholder engagement, policy navigation, and implementation under pressure.

Sarah Lawley

Director

  • Sarah is a nuclear physicist with more than 20 years of experience across the resources and energy sectors. Her career spans uranium mining, energy risk management, and energy procurement and hedging strategies for industrial-scale electricity consumers—bringing technical understanding and commercial insight to all aspects of energy strategy and risk management.

    She has held positions in government, industry, and data-critical sectors, including leading energy supply strategy for Canberra Data Centres—ensuring affordable, decarbonised, and reliable electricity for one of Australia’s largest hyperscale infrastructure providers. Sarah has also managed wholesale portfolios, including customer load and generation hedging, for energy companies, and advised on power purchase agreements, risk frameworks, and decarbonisation strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

    Her early work on radiation protection and project approvals in the uranium sector gives her a unique systems-level view—linking policy, physics, and operational execution. She has advised ASX-listed mining companies, overseen energy risk across multiple jurisdictions, and worked on uranium projects in both Australia and Africa.

    Sarah is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy and a member of the Australian Institute of Physics. She brings both scientific depth and strategic clarity to our advisory work—particularly in nuclear readiness, market structuring, and sovereign energy risk.

Cheryl Lacey

Director

  • Cheryl Lacey brings education into the boardroom where decisions about energy, infrastructure, and investment are made.

    For over 30 years, she’s worked across education, media, policy, and entrepreneurship advising leaders in Australia and the U.S. on how education, as a foundational system, drives workforce capacity, regulatory performance, and public trust.

    In the energy sector, her work reveals what many overlook: when education is misaligned, it drives skills shortages, stalls infrastructure, and weakens public engagement, undermining investor confidence and escalating sovereign risk.

    Cheryl is the founder of First Principles on Education®.  Her method identifies where systems falter, what must be replaced, and how to secure alignment at the level of cause, not effect.

    For investors - private, public, or institutional - her work brings education back into focus as one of the most undervalued assets in long-horizon infrastructure: the source of system integrity.