Aurecon's new Water and Environment leadership team to strengthen client delivery
Aurecon appoints three Water and Environment Leaders to enhance support for industry and address complex water requirements and environmental risks.
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International design, engineering and advisory company Aurecon has announced the appointment of former KPMG Director Engineering & Asset Management Ben Lambert as Industry Leader Resources in an expanded leadership team responding to significant growth across heavy industries.
Alongside Lambert’s appointment, three Aurecon industry experts have been promoted to resources industry leader positions including Lilly Shen, Gerrit Strauss and Elisha Bellchambers.
Aurecon Managing Director, Resources Anthony Richardson said the newly formed leadership team will focus on helping clients reimagine industry beyond decarbonisation.
“As our clients commit greater investments towards navigating energy transition it increases the opportunities to enhance the productivity of assets, operations and commodities further,” Mr Richardson said.
“Ben’s enthusiasm and passion for the resources industry and track record for success in asset management and large, complex energy projects is impressive. His vast experience in process and systems engineering and focus on business performance will help to further shape critical minerals projects for our clients, particularly in aluminium.”
“Aurecon’s ability to help solve complex problems spanning the lifecycle of operational assets – from business strategy, capital investment and delivery, asset management and closure and repurposing – will be further strengthened by our expanded leadership team. Together with Ben, Lilly Shen, Gerrit Strauss, and Elisha Bellchambers bring decades of experience delivering value within the resources industry from shaping, designing and delivering projects that improve business and asset performance to helping clients discover and produce the commodities needed for future generations.”
Ben Lambert said it was a fantastic opportunity to join Aurecon, an organisation that includes former mining executives and operational leaders as well as deep technical specialists in industrial systems and complex machines, process systems, ports and marine and power and energy.
“This is a hugely exciting time of dynamic change for industry as we support clients through the energy transition, against a backdrop of increased expectations in sustainability, reliability and responsibility. Aurecon has a fantastic footprint across resources and energy sectors with market leading capabilities in design, engineering and advisory. I will be leveraging my experience in process engineering and design development to help clients as they embrace change and uncertainty and face new challenges as we reimagine the industry beyond decarbonisation,” Mr Lambert said.
Learn more about our Resources Leadership team:
Resources Industry Leader, WA & NT – Australia
Based in Perth, Ben has 25 years’ experience across energy, oil & gas, mining and refining sectors as a process engineer with key skills in feasibility studies, development planning, risk management, commercial leadership and operational performance. Ben has led engineering, project and advisory teams across Australia and South East Asia, with the skills and experience to improve and optimise performance across the lifecycle of resources projects.
Resources Industry Leader, VIC & SA – Australia
Based in Adelaide, Lilly has more than 20 years’ experience across the mining, energy, oil and gas sectors with a deep understanding of the complete asset lifecycle from development to operation, maintenance and decommissioning of assets having managed significant capital and operational programs across multiple assets.
Resources Industry Leader, Iron Ore, WA & NT – Australia
Based in Perth, Gerrit Strauss has more than 25 years’ experience leading significant infrastructure and multi-disciplinary resources projects including mega mine and non-process infrastructure projects in remote communities throughout Africa, Australia, Chile and Canada.
Resources Industry Leader, QLD & NSW – Australia
Based in Brisbane, Elisha Bellchambers has more than 20 years of commercial experience across business strategy, financial performance, risk mitigation, asset management and data analysis in managing physical and other infrastructure assets. Elisha was previously the Chief Financial Officer at Quartile One, a key player in data-driven asset management that helped the resources sector meet the performance and pricing challenges of the commodity markets.
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