by Heidi | Nov 20, 2023 | Awards
We are thrilled to announce that the nomination process for the 2024 Asset Management Excellence Awards is officially open! This prestigious awards program, hosted by the Asset Management Council, is a celebration of outstanding achievement in the field of asset management and maintenance engineering. It’s an opportunity to shine a spotlight on those who are making significant contributions to this vital discipline, both in Australia and internationally.
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by Heidi | Jun 26, 2023
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.
by Heidi | Apr 13, 2023 | Awards, Conference
The winners of the Asset Management Council’s Asset Management Excellence Awards were announced during the AMPEAK Gala Dinner on Tuesday 6 April. Below is the list of the winners in each category. Congratulations to all!
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