GHD has appointed Jill Hannaford as its new Executive General Manager, Technical Services. In this newly created role, Jill will focus on accelerating technical innovation in response to growing global client needs, especially in water, energy and urbanisation.
With an impressive career at GHD spanning 30 years, Jill has held a variety of senior roles. Most recently, she was the Global Future Communities Lead and General Manager, Technical Services for APAC.
She was a pioneer in the field of community and stakeholder engagement for infrastructure, and a founder of International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia which now has over 12,000 members.
She is also a proud advocate for diversity and is committed to the inclusion of First Nations peoples’ knowledge and cultural values into infrastructure design and provision. Her longstanding Indigenous advocacy has included serving on the Advisory Board of CareerTrackers, which links Indigenous university students with private sector employers.
In addition to her work at GHD, she is on the University of Sydney’s advisory committees for the Halloran Research Trust and the Warren Centre Humanitarian Engineering Hub. She is also a non-executive director of Bridge Housing, which provides affordable and social housing in Sydney, and RedR Australia, a disaster relief organisation that deploys technical professionals during crises and conflicts.
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