In her role as CCS Engagement Lead, Katarina leads client and project integration of the entire CCS value chain across emitters, transport and storage. She is a study manager for strategic CCS projects and is working with industry to provide tangible tactical energy transition solutions and collaborates effectively with technical communities, sharing insights, learning, and best practices across CCS and H2.

With a background in petroleum engineering, Katarina has been involved in providing technical and economic assessments for oil and gas and LNG assets for due diligence and auditing purposes, the interpretation of CCS subsurface certification guidelines, the optimization of life-cycle field development plans for a large-scale LNG plant, production prediction for multi-layer tight gas reservoirs, and in drilling operations. 

She holds a Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering with First Class Honours, a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Geophysics and a Bachelor of International Studies in Arabic and International Relations.  Katarina has authored journals and spoken at several key technical and commercial conferences. She is on the Committee of the CCUSNA in Perth, the Assistant Federal Treasurer of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, on the Reservoir Advisory Committee of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and on the Board of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Energy Club in Perth, Western Australia.