Louise Adams

Louise is Aurecon’s Chief Operating Officer, responsible for driving all areas of the business to achieve the Group’s strategic goals overseeing performance across each of Aurecon’s Australian, New Zealand and Asian business groups.

Reporting to Aurecon’s Group CEO, Louise is a member of the Group Executive Leadership Team.

In addition to her role with Aurecon, Louise is also a member of both the National Advisory and Fiduciary Boards of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, a member of the Consult Australia Champions of Change Group and is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering (ATSE). She is also a member of the prestigious Chief Executive Women (CEW) Group.

In 2020 Louise joined over 50 business leaders working under the guidance of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry alongside Global Vic, to develop the Victoria Summit – a playbook on the state’s strategy to 2050. In 2022 she was also invited by the Chamber to be one of the inaugural Champions for their Chamber Change program, highlighting Louise’s advocacy for female leadership and equality within STEM.

In October 2021, Louise was appointed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as one of three inaugural Business Champions to further two-way trade and investment opportunities to business communities in Vietnam and Australia.

Throughout her career Louise has received numerous awards including the prestigious Sir John Holland Australian Civil Engineer of the Year Award from Engineer Australia’s Civil College in 2023, the 2022 Excellence in Engineering accolade at the Women in Industry Awards and a 2021 Deakin University Alumni of the Year Award.

In November 2020, whilst in the role of Chief Executive for Aurecon across Australia and New Zealand, Louise was named the Australian CEO of the Year as part of The CEO Magazine’s Executive of the Year awards.

In 2018 Louise was awarded a Chief Executive Women (CEW) Scholarship to attend the Wharton Business School and in 2016 she received a high commendation at the Consult Australia Awards for Excellence in the Champions of Change Female Leadership Award.

As a Chartered Civil Engineer, Louise has over 25 years’ experience managing and designing works in both civil and multi-disciplinary projects in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Iran, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Guyana, North America, Pakistan, Libya, Qatar, and the UAE.