Aurecon invests in Nomic to shape AI-enabled engineering
Aurecon's strategic investment in Nomic builds on a four-year working partnership to scale industry-specific AI capabilities across Aurecon's workforce.
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Louise Adams is Aurecon's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As CEO, she leads approximately 7,500 people in 31 locations across Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Greater China.
As a Chartered Civil Engineer, Louise has 25 years’ experience managing and designing 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.

Louise is a member of both the National Advisory and Fiduciary Boards of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, a member of Champions of Change Coalition’s STEM and Health Group and is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering (ATSE).
In March 2024, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointed Louise as Australia’s Business Champion to Vietnam, expanding the role she has held since 2021 to further trade and investment opportunities between Vietnam and Australia. Louise is also part of the Australia Government’s Advisory Board of the ASEAN-Australia Centre, and an Advisory Board Member of the Australia Vietnam Policy Institute (AVPI).
Louise is Aurecon’s first female Chief Executive Officer and a strong advocate for equality in STEM. She is a global spokesperson for women in leadership through her membership of Chief Executive Women (CEW).
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, while in the role of Chief Executive ANZ for Aurecon, 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.

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