Craig Savage is the Head of Network Performance and Management Systems for Citipower, Powercor and United Energy responsible for coordinating the three investment portfolios in delivering a safe and reliable service at least long-term cost, including bushfire risk reduction. Over the past 20 years, Craig has managed the development and implementation of United Energy’s Asset Management, Reliability and Bushfire Mitigation initiatives while in positions such as Asset Manager, System Performance Manager and in his current role. He has chaired workshops and delivered papers on asset management, reliability planning, future networks and bushfire risk management and continues to contribute to the industry through leadership in many of these areas. He has represented UE on many Industry Advisory Steering Committees as well as the Victorian Bushfire Minimisation Taskforce following Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires.