Patrick D. Bateman, is the Principal Consultant & Strategic Advisor with PDBateman & Associates Inc. Patrick provides strategy, research and analysis at the convergence of electricity markets and climate policy to energy project proponents and stakeholders in Canada. He is a recognized energy transition expert and advocate with a large circle of influence, and a lateral thinker and skilled communicator. Patrick has fifteen years of industry experience, and holds an: MSc Renewable Energy from the School of Construction Management & Engineering, Reading (UK); a BSc Environmental Biology from the School of Biology & Environmental Science, Dublin (Ireland); and an Indigenous Canada certificate from the Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.