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Managing Director, Keller Australia

Biography:

Athena is the Managing Director of Keller Australia, a leading ground engineering contractor. She is a civil engineer with over 25 years of experience in developing, designing and delivering numerous complex infrastructure projects, working both for government and in the private sector.

Principal, GHD

Qualifications and Memberships:

• CSM
• FIEAust
• BEng
• Grad Dip Phil
• psc

Areas of Expertise:

• Project management
• Energy
• Consulting
• Business strategy

Biography:

After graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon with Civil Engineering from the University College, ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ, Greg had 23 years in the Australian Army as an engineer, staff officer, future strategist, leader and commanding officer. Then followed 7 years at AGL / Agility / Jemena leading the delivery of the gas capital programs for multiple asset owners. Most recently Greg has had 14 years at GHD consulting as an experienced Project Director bringing complex multi disciplinary projects together across future energy, substation, gas, transmission, heavy / light rail and Metro, due diligence, commercialisation of new technology, utility and property related projects.

Greg has extensive and versatile experience in managing the engineering and capital delivery programs for multiple infrastructure asset owners and is an organisational leader of engineering and service delivery enterprises. He has been on the IAC for nearly 10 years.

Senior Advisor, E3 Advisory

Biography:

Lucas has 15 years’ experience in the development, procurement and delivery of major infrastructure and building projects, covering both the private and public sectors. Having held key delivery roles during his time at the Sydney Ports Corporation and Evans & Peck, Lucas now specialises in commercial advisory services for major project delivery and in contractual disputes.

Director at Ian McIntyre & Associates Pty Ltd

Qualifications and Memberships:

• Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours
• Fellow of Engineers Australia
• President, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, Region 3 (Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands)
• Member of Executive Board Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (International Board),Ìý
• Member of Resolution Institute

Areas of Expertise:

• Construction
• Dispute Avoidance
• Contractual Disputes
• Expert Evidence on Delay and Disruption
• Cost to Complete
• Project Management.

Biography:

Ian is a Civil Engineer with long experience in major civil engineering and multi-disciplinary resources, transportation, power and industrial infrastructure projects throughout Australia, Asia and Dubai as a construction contractor executive and as a consultant. He was for 30 years a Principal of Evans & Peck and Advisian (same company renamed).

Ian is President of Region 3 (Australia and New Zealand) of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. He is also a member of the international board of the Foundation. He was, from 2010 to November 2023, Chairman of the Industry Advisory Committee for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales (ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ), and he is still a member of that committee. Ian is graded as an Arbitrator, trained as a mediator and trained in regard to Dispute Boards. He is an experienced expert witness and facilitator. He is included in the Resolution Institute Register of accredited Expert Witnesses. He is also a member of the Resolution Institute sub-committees for Expert Determination and Expert Evidence.

Chief Operating Officer, Aurecon

Qualifications and Memberships:

• BE Civil (Hons 1)
• MIEAust
• CPEng

Areas of Expertise:

• Executive Leadership
• Major Project Delivery

Biography:

As Aurecon's Chief Operating Officer, Scott is responsible for optimising delivery, execution and impact across Asia Pacific, focused on strengthening capabilities to ensure Aurecon’s teams consistently deliver innovative, high-quality solutions in a rapidly evolving market.

Scott leads critical business areas such as major projects, programme governance and risk management and work closely with the Group Executive Leadership Team to unlock strategic pursuit opportunities and enable profitable growth.

With over 26 years in the industry, Scott has extensive leadership experience including his most recent role as Managing Director – Operations where he was responsible for the performance and operational efficiency across Aurecon including major project delivery, global design delivery, project and financial performance.

Throughout his career, Scott has been recognised for building high-performing teams, delivering strong financial outcomes, leading global change programmes and providing exceptional client value. He is also passionate about mental health in the workplace and the positive benefits that a diverse and inclusive culture can have on innovation.

Biography:

Jessica is the past President of Engineers Australia Sydney Division and an infrastructure advisor. Jessica works across the full lifecycle of infrastructure projects, focusing on transport, development and social infrastructure sectors.

Head of Further Education & Career Development

Qualifications and Memberships:

• BEd
• DipTeach
• MEd

Areas of Expertise:

• Curriculum developmentÌý
• Careers counselling

Biography:

Des Sinovich has worked in education for most of his working life both in Australia and abroad at school and tertiary levels. He spent nine years in South Africa where he developed school integration programs at the time of significant political change. He served as a consultant to educational authorities, developed curricula, was involved in teacher retraining programs as well as adult literacy and other outreach initiatives. He has held executive and leadership roles. As a Careers Counsellor, his interest is in empowering individuals to explore widely and consider their innate abilities and qualities in their further education and career development decision-making.

Principal, Pells Sullivan Meynink

Biography:

Moving from academia to industry, Gareth’s expertise centres on tailings dam design and operation, assessment and management of mine subsidence impacts and numerical analysis. He is currently a Visiting Fellow with the ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Water Research Laboratory.

Managing Director, SDG

Biography:

Craig is the Managing Director of SDG, a Land Title and Survey Consultancy based in Sydney.Ìý He is a Registered Land Surveyor with over 30 years’ experience in Industry and is the current President of Consulting Surveyors National.

Technical Leader, Laing O'Rourke

Qualifications and Memberships:

• MBA (Technology Management)
• BEng (Civil) (Hons 1)Ìý
• BSc (Architecture) (with merit)
• Chartered Professional Engineer and Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
• Registered member Board of Professional Engineers Queensland Government

Areas of Expertise:

• Construction Engineering

Biography:

With over 20+ years over experience, Nicole has held multiple key leadership roles at Laing O’Rourke (LOR) and is a highly regarded member of the Australian leadership team. Nicole is currently the Project Leader for the TAP3 Footbridge St Marys NSW and most recently, Nicole was the Delivery Partner Lead for LOR on the $2bn Western Tunnelling Package and before this the Project Technical Lead for the Central Station Main Works. Nicole has delivered multiple complex multidisciplinary infrastructure projects across Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Asia in a range of sectors including rail, education, residential, commercial, cultural and civic, sports, and the water and wastewater industries.Ìý

Nicole is a natural leader and communicator, experienced in driving high performing to deliver within program and budget. She understands the importance of collaborative problem solving when working on complex large infrastructure projects and also in the development of a shared best-for-program culture, to enable the flow of innovative solutions across individual company borders to resolve interface and integration challenges.Ìý

Nicole is Laing O’Rourke’s Technically Assured Organisation (TAO) representative, which includes interface management and assurance responsibility in design, engineering and quality for projects for Transport for NSW.

Nicole is a passionate advocate for increasing the participation of women in the engineering sector across all levels of responsibility and she regularly presents at high schools to encourage female students into construction and Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) careers. As a frequent panellist for Women in Engineering events, both for the Institute of Civil Engineers and Engineers Australia, as well as participation in rail sector panels for Australasian Railway Association and Rail Track Association Australia, Nicole continues to foster positive, meaningful relationships within the industry. In September 2021 Nicole was selected to be on the Engineers Australia Sydney Division Committee and is currently the President of the Sydney Division Committee.