Finalists have been announced for the 2020 Women in Industry Awards, with the winners to be showcased online and through print.
The awards aim to highlight the outstanding female leaders and their achievements across the mining, engineering, manufacturing, road transport, logistics, infrastructure, rail, bulk handling and waste industries.
Winners will be announced in the Women in Industry newsletter, as well as in Manufacturers’ Monthly, Australian Mining, Australian Bulk Handling Review, Prime Mover, Trailer magazine and MHD Supply Chain Solutions.
The finalists are:
Social Leader of the Year
Alanna Vial – Automation Engineer, BlueScope
Elizabeth Taylor – Director, RedR International
Jane Tiller – Genetic Counsellor, Monash University
Jackie Lewis-Gray – Graduate Engineer, BAE Systems Australia
Gemma Murphy – Senior Manager – Customer Experience, QBE Insurance
Althea Papinczak – Director & CEO, Women in Design and Construction (WIDAC)
Sarah McSwiney – Composite Technology Manager, Boeing Aerostructures Australia
Rising Star of the Year
Rose Lindner – Mine Closure Project Advisor, MMG
Louise Azzopardi – Heavy Vehicle and Plant Mechanic Trainer & Assessor, WesTrac
Nima Sherpa – Principle Global Technology Strategy,BHP
Kate Stanbury – Environmental Scientist, Stantec Australia
Alicia Heskett – Turnaround Engineer, Shell Australia (QGC)
Keren Reynolds – Systems Engineering Lead, Hardware Engineering Team Lead, BAE Systems Australia
Vera Milutinovic – Marketing & Communications Manager, Inenco
Helen Vu – Graduate Enginner, BOC
Kate Robertson – Senior Geophysicist, Geological Survey of SA
Noriko Wood – Materials Engineer, Fulton Hogan
Business Development Success of the Year
Jackie Thew – Owner, Abrasive Media Supplies
Sonia Turner – Mining Client Specialist, Scope Systems
Rachael Ashfield – Marketing Manager, ifm
Stefanie Frawley – Director – Portfolio Management, Occupier Services, Colliers International
Caroline Murray – Senior Estimator – Projects, APS Industrial
Marika Logan – Area Manager, Elgas
Industry Advocacy Award
Shay Chalmers – Owner & Director, Strategic Engineering
Joy Marrocco – Digital Employee Experience Manager, AGL
Hayley Jarick – CEO, Supply Chain Sustainability School
Rose Read – CEO, National Waste & Recycling Industry Council
Sonja Malcolm – Senior Manager – Capability & Development, Sydney Metro
Elizabeth Molyneux – General Manager, AGL Energy
Jodie Sainsbury – Founder, Kickass Women
Jacqueline Brotherton – Transport Women Australia Limited
Safety Advocacy Award
Lyndal Denny – Chief Executive Officer, Women In Trucking Australia
Natalia Trewin – HSE Manager, WesTrac Pty Ltd
Annastasia Denigan – Safety & Sustainability Specialist, Cement Australia
Noelani Reardon – Program Manager, Transport for NSW
Maddy Holloway – Health & Safety Specialist, CITIC Pacific Mining
Tracey MacDonald – Site Safety Health & Environment Coordinator, BAE Systems Australia
Nadine Yousef – Associate Director, Sydney Trains
Terese Withington – Regional Managing Director APAC, Weir Minerals Australia Ltd
Mentor of the Year
Kylie Jones – Production Development Manager – Liquids & Packaging, Diageo Australia
Clytie Dangar – General Manager – Commercialisation, CRC ORE
Dayle Stevens – Chief Data Officer, GM Data & Analytics, AGL Energy
Marie Varrasso – Head of Supply Chain Operations, Officeworks
Excellence in Manufacturing
Rochelle Avinu – Manufacturing Manager, Leica Biosystems
Rebecca Parnell – Technical & New Product Development Manager, Artisan Food Company Pty Ltd
Josie Costanzo – General Manager, Brickworks Building Products
Samantha McDonald –Process Improvement Officer, Bluescope
Marina Melik – Senior Manager, Boeing Aerostructures Australia
Excellence in Mining
Kim Parascos – CEO, iVolve Industrial Technology
Rose Lindner – Mine Closure Project Advisor, MMG
Jacqueline Madsen – Automation Application Specialist, Caterpillar
Carlie Hayward – Specialist A&I Development Underground, BHP
Sarah Withell – Head of HSE Business Partnership, BHP
Clytie Dangar – General Manager – Commercialisation, CRC ORE
Terese Withington – Regional Managing Director APAC, Weir Minerals Australia Ltd
Excellence in Engineering
Jo Withford – Project Engineer/Contract Manager, Department of Transport
Elizabeth Taylor – Director, RedR International
Mandy Petrides – Product Manager, Bosch Australia
Lesley DeGaris – Manager Engineering, Boeing Aerostructures Australia
Lidija Dumbaloska – Professional Head of Electrical Engineering, Sydney Trains
Jane MacMaster – Chief Engineer, Engineers Australia
Excellence in Transport
Danelle Kempton – Owner and Managing Director, Dananni Haulage
Lyndal Denny – Chief Executive Officer, Women In Trucking Australia
Melissa Strong – Manager – Safety, People & Culture, Lindsay Australia Limited
Camilla Drover – Acting Head of Commercial, Performance & Strategy, Transport for NSW
Jane Gillespie – Senior Consultant, Arup
Agnes Lesson – Regional Scheduler, Elgas
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