We are led by three commissioners (until a fourth commissioner is formally appointed) and our chief executive officer. Our commissioners are responsible for approving the determinations, reviews, penalty notices, litigation and other decisions that respond to our primary responsibilities as an economic regulator.
Our leaders
We are led by three commissioners (until a fourth commissioner is formally appointed) and our chief executive officer. Our commissioners collectively constitute the commission.
The commission is responsible for administration of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 (Vic), the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Act 2007 (Vic) and undertaking other roles as conferred on the commission in other legislation.
Our commissioners are responsible for approving the determinations, reviews, penalty notices, litigation and other decisions that respond to our primary responsibilities as an economic regulator.
Sitesh Bhojani – Commissioner
![Commissioner Sitesh Bhojani sitting at a desk looking at the camera, smiling.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/media/image_library/Sitesh%20Bhojani_0.jpg?itok=iSJrradk)
Sitesh commenced as a commissioner in September 2019. He is a barrister and is highly experienced in competition and consumer law.
Sitesh's previous roles include practising law as a barrister with the Western Australian Bar Association, the New South Wales Bar Association and Victorian Bar. He was also a member and deputy chairman of the Competition and Consumer Committee of the Business Law Section at the Law Council of Australia.
Between 1995 to 2003 Sitesh was a commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Sitesh has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University.
Rebecca Billings – Commissioner
![Commissioner Rebecca Billings](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/media/image_library/Rebecca%20Billings.jpg?itok=UBvOwIme)
Rebecca was appointed part-time commissioner in February 2020.
Rebecca is an economist with over 20 years' experience providing economic and policy advice to government across a diverse range of regulatory systems.
Rebecca's consulting roles include being a director at PwC, NERA Economic Consulting and Deloitte Access Economics.
She was previously a senior economist at the Department of Treasury and Finance, where she supported the implementation of the Reducing Regulatory Burden reforms.
Jess Young – Commissioner
Jess Young was appointed as a commissioner in June 2024. An expert in regulatory economics, Jess is currently the Director of Networks and DER Integration, at the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.
Prior to joining the Victorian Government, Jess was a Director at Deloitte Access Economics where she spent over 10 years advising regulators, state, commonwealth and overseas governments, and private sector clients, on regulation and energy market analysis and policy.
Sarah Sheppard – Chief Executive Officer
![Interim Chief Executive Officer Sarah Sheppard](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/media/image_library/Sarah%20Sheppard_0.jpg?itok=5yE0-2Kd)
Sarah was appointed Chief Executive Officer in August 2023. Sarah joined the commission as Executive Director of Energy in April 2021. Sarah has degrees in law and arts from the University of Adelaide and has extensive experience in economic regulation and the energy sector, including six years with the Victorian Government, a decade at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and experience as a competition lawyer in the private sector.