The College of Leadership and Management invites you to a panel discussion and Q&A session on ‘Driving performance from home’. As engineering practitioners, we are at our best when we collaborate and use our collective expertise. This is the purpose of the ‘Asking for a friend’ leadership series. These events are an opportunity to hear from and engage with a group of experienced engineering executives who put in the hard yards to develop their own management and leadership toolkit.
The first iteration of this series is about ‘Driving performance from home’, a very topical discussion in the current covid situation. New research from Roy Morgan shows over 4.3 million people (32% of working Australians) have been ‘working from home’ (WFH) during the last few months. Driving the performance of your team members in this situation is something many managers and leaders find challenging.?

Speakers
Kate Hillman | Partner People Advisory Services, EY

Kate Hillman is EY’s People Partner for Oceania and the leader of the People Advisory Services practice within EY’s Brisbane Advisory practice.  As the People Partner, Kate is responsible for people and culture across the region, ensuring EY’s talent are future focused and fit.  Employee engagement, development and retention lie at the heart of EY’s business and Kate’s portfolio.  In addition, Kate works actively in the Australian market, supporting her clients with their workforce challenges and opportunities.
Kate is a passionate advocate for inclusive workplaces and leadership and strives to create psychologically safe workplaces that can truly build a better working world.
Kate has been acting as EY’s Crisis Managing Partner for Oceania since January, when EY’s Pandemic Plans were triggered.  Kate led the transition of all Oceania staff to remote working arrangements in early March and is leading the ongoing Office Reopening plans for the firm.

Anne Moffat | Chief Operations Officer, Office of the Director-General, Department of Transport and Main Roads

Anne has been the COO for the department since December 2018, supporting the Director-General with the day-to-day operations of the department. Prior to coming to this role, Anne had more than 20 years in the state and local government sector, working in senior roles across the infrastructure programming and delivery areas, as well as urban and regional planning. She has delivered a number of large policy and engagement projects, plus delivery reform agendas.

Michael Caltabiano | Chief Executive Officer, Australian Road Research Board

Mr Michael Caltabiano was appointed as Chief Executive of ARRB, in November 2016 after a very successful three years at the helm of the Australian Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA). Mr Caltabiano brings to the role of Chief Executive extensive experience in the flexible pavement and bituminous surfacing industry. ARRB is the National Transport Research Organisation for Australia and New Zealand with offices across Australia and is the national reference agency for infrastructure standards and delivery outcomes for Local, State and Federal Governments.
Michael graduated from James Cook University with an Honours degree in Civil Engineering and commenced work with the Department of Main Roads, Queensland. He subsequently completed a Master of Philosophy degree at Nottingham University in the UK and researched the application of treatments to prevent reflective cracking from cement treated bases through asphalt pavements. He has also gained a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and is a qualified Company Director and Mediator.
His career has spanned across a wide range of areas including the delivery of large infrastructure projects in Queensland and Victoria and the development and planning of multibillion-dollar City Budgets whilst in Brisbane City Council. These business and public sector skills have given Michael a unique skill set underpinned by a highly technical deep understanding of transport Infrastructure.
Michael brings almost 35 years of experience, and great enthusiasm for the roads and transport sector with a particular focus on creating knowledge for tomorrows transport challenges and driving innovation to deliver an adaptable connected future.

Nial O’Brien | Global Capability Leader, Roads, Aurecon

Nial O’Brien is the Global Capability Leader for Roads and is responsible for ensuring their Roads and Highways offerings are at the front end of digital solutions, new technologies and continuous change to ensure Aurecon deliver smarter and better for their clients.
Nial is a thought leader in his field of Roads and Transport and has written a number of future focused articles challenging the current way of thinking.
In 2016, Nial was nominated by female leaders in the business to be a male champion of change.
Since 2016 Nial, with Aurecon, has supported the Engineering Aid Australia Indigenous Engineering School hosted by Uni of Sydney – the program entices and supports young indigenous Australians on a career path to Engineering.
In 2018 Nial was made a fellow of Roads Australia. Last year, Nial was invited by Engineers Australia to become an Engineering Executive to compliment his chartership.
Nial holds a HC licence, so was Truck Driver all over Europe when he first left Uni, so he is passionate about Freight and Freight Safety.
Nial has been a mentor for around nine years and currently has six mentees across the globe in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.