Louise Adams is a Chartered Civil Engineer and

Aurecon Aurecon is an engineering, management, design, planning, project management, consulting and advisory company based in Australia, with operations in the Middle East, New Zealand and South East Asia. History Formed through the merger of three ...

's chief operating officer. In 2020, Adams was awarded Australian CEO of the Year by The CEO Magazine. Previously she served as the Chief Executive for Australia and New Zealand at

, overseeing a workforce of 4300 people. In 2013, Adams became the first woman to serve as executive director on Aurecon's Global Board. Adams has worked as a civil engineer for over 20 years. In 2021, Adams was recognised as a

Deakin University Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, ...

Alumni of the Year. Adams is a graduate of the

Wharton Business School The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in P ...

, through the 2018 Chief Executive Women Scholarship. In November 2021, she was elected a fellow of the

Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is a learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. It was founded in 1975 as one of Australia's then four learned academies (now five) ...

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Australian civil engineers {{Australia-bio-stub