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February 2, 2022
Mariota Smutz
Head of Policy & Assurance
Mariota is a highly experienced, trusted policy advisor and senior executive with nearly 20 years advising C-suite Executives, Boards of Directors and Government Ministers in New Zealand regarding strategy, policy, and regulatory matters. He holds conjoint Bachelor Degrees of Law and Heath Science from the University of Auckland.
Mariota has been particularly focussed within delivery agencies creating strategic partnerships, and influencing regulatory change designed to lift social, economic and environmental outcomes across different sectors such as transport, electricity and gas retail as well as building and construction and urban development. A strong believer in collaboration, he has worked with various groups helping to shift regulation to be future focused, fit for purpose, enabling innovation and agility to deliver better outcomes for investors, businesses, communities and creating improved outcomes.
In addition, Mariota held NED governance roles across diverse portfolios of a Charitable Housing Association and as well as a Medicine and Health Device Clinical Trials Research Facility. He has also led engagements and negotiations with businesses, trade ambassadors and diplomats from Europe, China, United Arab Emirates, and Australia.
Mariota brings his experience to a newly created Head of Policy and Assurance role with FairHeat and believes the heat network industry has a critical role to play in helping the United Kingdom decarbonise all heat in buildings, to meet its ambitious net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
"I'm absolutely passionate about policy and regulatory systems that are practical and functional - fit for purpose and innovative, finding “the sweet spot”. FairHeat is at the forefront of industrial and regulatory transformation. Decarbonising heat is one of our biggest policy, regulatory and delivery challenges of our time. Like Heat Networks, this challenge is interconnected and traverses the multiple regulatory systems of planning, urban development, building and construction as well as energy. We need to turn policy, into regulation that works practicaly and pragmatically. When policy and regulatory settings are poor, its costly and wont address our pressing needs. Every day at FairHeat, I get to help shape the quality and assurance of Heat Network Schemes that will deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable heating for families, communities, and consumers. As well as, lifting industry practices, and support all professionals involved in designing, building, commissioning and operating Heat Networks."
Mariota Smutz
Head of Policy & Assurance
Mariota is a highly experienced, trusted policy advisor and senior executive with nearly 20 years advising C-suite Executives, Boards of Directors and Government Ministers in New Zealand regarding strategy, policy, and regulatory matters. He holds conjoint Bachelor Degrees of Law and Heath Science from the University of Auckland.
Mariota has been particularly focussed within delivery agencies creating strategic partnerships, and influencing regulatory change designed to lift social, economic and environmental outcomes across different sectors such as transport, electricity and gas retail as well as building and construction and urban development. A strong believer in collaboration, he has worked with various groups helping to shift regulation to be future focused, fit for purpose, enabling innovation and agility to deliver better outcomes for investors, businesses, communities and creating improved outcomes.
In addition, Mariota held NED governance roles across diverse portfolios of a Charitable Housing Association and as well as a Medicine and Health Device Clinical Trials Research Facility. He has also led engagements and negotiations with businesses, trade ambassadors and diplomats from Europe, China, United Arab Emirates, and Australia.
Mariota brings his experience to a newly created Head of Policy and Assurance role with FairHeat and believes the heat network industry has a critical role to play in helping the United Kingdom decarbonise all heat in buildings, to meet its ambitious net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
"I'm absolutely passionate about policy and regulatory systems that are practical and functional - fit for purpose and innovative, finding “the sweet spot”. FairHeat is at the forefront of industrial and regulatory transformation. Decarbonising heat is one of our biggest policy, regulatory and delivery challenges of our time. Like Heat Networks, this challenge is interconnected and traverses the multiple regulatory systems of planning, urban development, building and construction as well as energy. We need to turn policy, into regulation that works practicaly and pragmatically. When policy and regulatory settings are poor, its costly and wont address our pressing needs. Every day at FairHeat, I get to help shape the quality and assurance of Heat Network Schemes that will deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable heating for families, communities, and consumers. As well as, lifting industry practices, and support all professionals involved in designing, building, commissioning and operating Heat Networks."