Ben Hutt

CEO and Managing Director, Evergen

Sydney

Ben Hutt is the CEO and Managing Director of Evergen, a software business focused on optimising and orchestrating fleets of residential and commercial batteries across Australia for the benefit of consumers, network operators and the energy system as a whole.

Ben is extremely passionate about the environment and envisions that ten years from now, more than 50% of the world’s energy will be generated through renewable sources, which will lead to significant economic and social changes in Australia and globally. Solar and battery technology, and the decentralisation of energy networks is critical to these changes and Evergen is at the forefront globally of the technology required to power and coordinate the energy network of the future.

An innovation leader, Ben has supported hundreds of Australian entrepreneurs over the last few years and was formerly Chief Program Director and Entrepreneur in Residence at Australia’s leading provider of corporate innovation programs, Slingshot. Prior to this, Ben co-founded and led a global startup, the Search Party Group, raising over $20 million in venture and institutional capital. He went on to list the business on the ASX in 2016 and win a prestigious Westpac Businesses of Tomorrow award in 2017.

Supplementing his startup career, Ben comes from a strong business background with over 15 years’ experience in management consulting and problem solving with top-tier firms including Macquarie Group and PwC Consulting.