Dr Alex Smillie is currently the Vice President, Geothermal Operations of Star Energy, an independent energy company with its base of operations in Jakarta, Indonesia. Alex is responsible for the operations and development of Star Energy’s geothermal activities. In this role he oversees the operations of the Wayang Windu field in West Java and, most recently the implementation of the second phase of this development bringing the geothermal power plant to 225MWe net generation. The team he is leading is now working to increase exploitation to 400MWe and also developing other fields in Indonesia and overseas. Prior to this, he has held senior management positions in engineering consultancy practices working in power system planning & development, being involved in Indonesia since 1980. He has previously worked in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific.