KPMG is a global professional services firms that has been a ‘first mover’ among ‘Big 4’ firms to grow an asset management and technical advisory practice. Established in 2017, KPMG’s Engineering, Assets & Project Delivery team includes 348 people across Australia. Back in 2017, women represented 13% of KPMG’s asset management workforce. Today, following a strong focus on improving gender balance they have increased the representation of women to 32% and have seen increased participation from women in the team resulting in a significant reduction in turn over equating to more than $1.2M savings in turnover cost per year.
In this session, we’ll hear from Andrew O’Connor and Tammy Falconer who are Partners in KPMG’s Engineering, Assets & Project Delivery team about the challenges and successes along their journey to a more gender representative workforce.
About the speakers:
Andrew O’Connor is an Asset Management and Reliability Engineering professional with over 20 years’ experience in the Defence, aviation, maritime, mining, utilities and nuclear sectors. Andrew has a PhD in Reliability and Risk, is a Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) and a Certified Reliability Engineer. Andrew is a successful business owner having co-founded two engineering businesses winning the Telstra Business Awards and BRW Fast 100 company before joining KPMG as a lead partner in their Engineering and Asset Management practice.
Tammy Falconer is a leader in asset management specialising in the energy and water sector with over 15 years’ experience working across urban, regional and remote utilities. Tammy has a Master of Arts and is a Certified Asset Management Assessor. Tammy’s passion is leveraging data to drive better asset management decisions for organisations and the communities and customers they serve.