ROMILLY MADEW LEAVES INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA

ROMILLY MADEW LEAVES

INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA

Romilly Madew has left her position as Infrastructure Australia’s Chief Executive to take up the role of Chief Executive of Engineers Australia.

Infrastructure Australia Chair, Col Murray, said, ”Romilly has been an outstanding Chief Executive for Infrastructure Australia and we will miss her leadership, collaborative approach and skills.

“Under her leadership, Infrastructure Australia has strengthened the Infrastructure Priority List and refreshed Infrastructure Australia’s Assessment Framework, broadening the Assessment Criteria to allow for more holistic reviews of a proposal’s potential benefits, in addition to those that can be monetised through traditional cost-benefit analysis.

“During her time as CEO, Romilly oversaw the publication of the 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit, 2021 Australian Infrastructure Plan and provided support to the Australian Government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all highly regarded pieces of work to drive economic growth, maintain and enhance our standard of living, and improve the resilience and sustainability of nationally significant infrastructure.

“Romilly has also led a range of new initiatives for Infrastructure Australia, including our Infrastructure Market Capacity program, Regional Strengths and Infrastructure Gaps and Delivering Outcomes research and implementation of our first Reconciliation Action Plan.”

Ms Madew said, “I am extremely proud that I have been able to lead Infrastructure Australia over the past three and a half years with all that we have accomplished, and I am looking forward to seeing a new CEO appointed to take Infrastructure Australia even further.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed working closely with Federal, state and territory government officials to drive transformation across the infrastructure sector and appreciated their willingness to authentically collaborate.”

Infrastructure Australia’s board has announced Adam Copp as its new Acting Chief Executive Officer.

An accomplished and transformational public sector leader, Mr Copp has over 15 years’ experience in a range of policy, strategy and public affairs roles in Australian Government agencies across infrastructure, workplace relations and the Council of Australian Governments, and is currently Infrastructure Australia’s Chief Operating Officer.

As Chief Operating Officer, Mr Copp has led Infrastructure Australia’s Strategy, Finance, Risk, People & Culture and Digital Technology functions.

Mr Copp has also worked for more than a decade in strategic stakeholder engagement and government relations roles, including creating and leading Infrastructure Australia’s public affairs and government relations functions.

Mr Copp is an Advisory Board member to Deakin University, Chair of Infrastructure Australia’s Reconciliation Action Plan and holds qualifications in policy, law and business.