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Industry updates INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS Professionals Australia are pleased to announce the appointment of Jill McCabe as their new Chief Executive Officer. Jill has an impressive background in advocacy and industrial relations. Working in roles across the Victorian public sector since 2003 covering industrial relations and workplace health and safety, Jill has held executive positions at director level including as the Director Office of Women's Policy, Director Community and Economic Participation and Director Office for Youth. Kate Drews has been promoted to lead SMEC’s Urban Communities business in Australia, following the retirement of Michael Jones. Since joining SMEC in 2018 as the National Manager, Urban Renewal, Kate has led the growth and diversification of SMEC’s Australian Urban Renewal business. Kate has more than 25 years of industry experience and has held several senior leadership roles. She was recently appointed a Director on the Board of Consult Australia. After moving from Brisbane to Seattle to lead Jacobs’ People & Places Solutions operations in Northwest USA in late 2018, Jacobs welcome Eva Wood back to their Australian operations as Vice President & Executive Director of Operations Delivery & Solutions - Central West & Northern. In her new role, Eva will lead Jacob’s Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland operations. Beca has appointed David Papps to the Beca Group Limited (BGL) Board effective 23 October 2020. David’s appointment will temporarily increase the size of the BGL Board from seven to eight directors before returning to seven directors on 31 March 2021.
Kate Robilliard has joined Jacobs as their new Water Resources Team Leader for New Zealand and South East Australia. In this role, Kate will lead around 70 of their people at the forefront of delivering innovative #solutions for their water clients across New Zealand and South East Australia. SMEC are pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Davis to the position of National Manager, Roads & Highways in Australia. Jeff has over 32 years’ experience in design, documentation and construction aspects of a variety of civil infrastructure projects. Having previously been in the role of SMEC's Queensland Transport Manager for seven years, Jeff has overseen the recent delivery of the Gateway Upgrade North and Logan Enhancement Projects. Jacobs social strategist, Sarah Alexander, has been appointed to the role of Regional Solutions Director – Strategic Consulting for Asia Pacific. In this role Sarah will drive collaboration between Jacob’s strategic and technical capabilities to develop practical and fresh solutions that help realise the future opportunities facing our cities and regions across the Asia Pacific region.
Jacobs architect and computational design and parametric design specialist, Marina Villanueva, has been appointed as Regional Solutions Director – Digital Delivery. In this new role, Marina will help Jacob’s clients leverage their data to deliver better value in projects, increasing assets efficiency through digital technologies and designing workflows and processes that enable the design of sustainable cities and the infrastructure of tomorrow.
INDUSTRY NEWS Congratulations to Aurecon Chief Executive of Australia and New Zealand, Louise Adams, on being named Australian CEO of the Year. Aurecon’s Chief Executive of Australia and New Zealand, Louise Adams, has taken out the top award at The CEO Magazine’s 2020 Executive of the Year Awards. She's the second woman to win the CEO of the Year Award in the event's nine-year history.
Tonkin welcomes Mark Gobbie to the Tonkin team. Mark recently joined the team as Strategic Advisor – Water, Transport and Business Operations. Mark brings extensive leadership experience and technical skills in the water sector and is especially passionate about developing exceptional infrastructure outcomes that put people first. Paul Francis has joined Jacobs as Regional Solutions Director – Digital Solutions for Asia Pacific. In this new role, Paul will drive innovation and digital transformation at Jacobs; encouraging and inspiring the teams he works with to challenge the status quo and use the power of diverse thinking to bring smarter, connected, contemporary, and customer centric solutions to their clients.
SLR, a global leader in environmental and advisory solutions, has acquired KDC, a planning and development consultancy headquartered in Newcastle, New South Wales. The integration of the KDC team will build upon SLR’s industry leading environmental planning, management and approvals capabilities. By providing additional expertise in development and strategic planning advice, SLR will now offer true endto-end services, particularly to clients in the Built Environment sector.
