Louise Adams FTSE is a Chartered Civil Engineer and as of October 2022 Aurecon's chief operating officer.[1][2] In 2020, Adams was awarded Australian CEO of the Year by The CEO Magazine.[1] Previously she served as the Chief Executive for Australia and New Zealand at Aurecon, overseeing a workforce of 4300 people.[1] In 2013, Adams became the first woman to serve as executive director on Aurecon's Global Board and is Aurecon's global spokesperson for Women in Leadership.[3] Adams has worked as a civil engineer for over 25 years.[1]

Adams is passionate about championing diversity in STEM fields and acknowledging, what she calls, the uncomfortble truth that the engineering sector has a "significant lack of cultural and gender diversity".[4] She says that: "For decades, our industry has been positioned as a male-centric profession. Promoted with images of hard hats and heavy machinery, a profession most suited to men. I believe this has narrowed our thinking, our perspectives, it has created a gender imbalance, siloed cultural profiles and above all – stifled potential for diversity of thought and, in turn, innovation."[4]

In 2018 Adams graduated from the Wharton Business School,[4] through the Chief Executive Women Scholarship.[5]

In 2021, Adams was recognised as a Deakin University Alumni of the Year[6][5] and later that year, in November, she was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.[2]

In 2023 Adams was made the Australian Business Champion to Vietnam by the Australia Vietnam Poliy Institute.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Louise Adams, Chief Operating Officer". Aurecon Group. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  2. 1 2 "Louise Adams FTSE". ATSE. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  3. ↑ "Louise Adams". Infrastructure Partnerships Australia. 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  4. 1 2 3 "Bridging the gender gap". www.innovation-intelligence.com. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  5. 1 2 "Our 2018 CEW Scholars". Chief Executive Women. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  6. ↑ "Past award winners". Deakin University. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  7. ↑ Theme, Base (2023-04-04). "Australian Business Champion to Vietnam 2022 – Louise Adams | AVPI". avpi.org.au. Retrieved 2023-10-08.


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