WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
Woman of the Year Award recipient Engineers Australia CEO Dr Bronwyn Evans AM, speaking at the event.
Engineers Australia CEO receives prestigious Women in Industry award THE WOMEN IN INDUSTRY AWARDS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD GOING TO ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA CEO DR BRONWYN EVANS AM. DR EVANS ALSO RECEIVED THE WOMEN IN INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING AWARD. Dr Evans was acknowledged as an
construction, medical technology, and digital
to use our profiles and our influence to
outstanding engineer and trailblazer in
business sectors.
be role models and to be champions for
her field and she was the first woman to
Dr Evans is a Chartered Engineer and
the amazing women who are joining our
graduate from electrical engineering at
Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia.
industries and professions.”
Wollongong University. Her career has taken
In 2021, she was awarded an honorary
The Women in Industry Awards recognise
her from industry and academia to the
doctorate by Swinburne University and
outstanding women from the industrials
boardroom and she is the first woman to
appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order of
sector – those who work in mining, road
occupy the role of CEO at the profession’s
Australia for significant service to engineering,
transport, manufacturing, engineering,
peak body Engineers Australia.
to standards and to medical technology.
logistics, bulk handling, waste management,
Dr Evans was previously the first female
In accepting the award at the gala dinner
rail and infrastructure.
CEO of Standards Australia, where she was
held in Melbourne, Dr Evans said there was
The Excellence in Transport award was
instrumental in improving the standards
still much work to do to increase the number
presented to Catherine Baxter who is the
development process and was elected to a
of women in industry.
Chief Operating Officer of Metro Trains
global role on the ISO’s governing President’s
“Nights like tonight are important so we can
Melbourne (MTM) and is responsible for
Committee.
celebrate our successes. However, we still
safely operating metropolitan passengers’
Dr Evan’s career has involved both corporate
need to have difficult conversations about
services, and making sure they run on time
and not-for-profit roles at the forefront of
education, bias, assumptions and missed
and are cost effective.
engineering both in Australia and globally,
opportunities for women in industry,” she
Under Ms Baxter’s leadership, MTM has
and has included senior executive roles
said. “We know we will have succeeded
rolled out a number of rail transport
at Cochlear Ltd and GE Heath, as well as
when women are represented 50 per cent
industry-driving “firsts” and innovations to
non-executive board membership in the
top to bottom. I urge all of us here tonight
drive continuous improvement.
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