Aurecon strengthens infrastructure team

Design, engineering and advisory company Aurecon has appointed two new leaders to shape its global infrastructure advisory business.

Georgia Gosse joins as Infrastructure Advisory Principal and Queensland Regional Service Group Leader, working across all sectors. Julian Mitton joins as Principal in the firm’s New South Wales Infrastructure Advisory.

An infrastructure sustainability and risk-management consultant, Gosse boasts 17 years’ experience working across the professional services industry. Mitton is a strategic adviser and business leader with more than 30 years’ experience. He joins from the Department of Regional NSW and has past experience at management consultancy Helmsman.

“With the world of infrastructure changing around us, the volume of activity, business case demand and due diligence around sustainability has never been as high,” says Aurecon Group Managing Principal – Advisory, Julian Dolby.

“Georgia will lead our prospering Infrastructure Advisory team in Queensland. Her strong background in sustainable development enables her to provide an interface between the sustainability and climate change practice, the strategic risk practice, business development and strategy that will be invaluable given our clients’ increasing need for sustainability requirements across portfolios.

“Georgia will also be shaping our go-to-market strategy to support Queensland’s infrastructure boom, including the growing demand for expertise to shape Olympics 2032 in line with Southeast Queensland’s commitment to become a green economy by 2032.”

Gosse says a key priority for her will be to help clients embed sustainability principles across all their projects, investments and programs of work.

“I am passionate about creating solutions for clients that go beyond simply meeting compliance requirements,” she says, “and instead results in measurable long-term sustainable outcomes both for their businesses and the communities in which they operate.

“It’s exciting that sustainability is being embedded in the early planning stages such as business cases and financing arrangements. We need to work collaboratively across sectors. To support our clients in solving problems and achieving long-term visions, it’s critical to consider regulatory and technological changes as well as social and political shifts. This holistic approach will ensure that the right blend of resources are pulled together as we move to a low-carbon, more sustainable economy.”

Slated to be based in Sydney, Mitton will have an Australia-wide focus on precincts and Defence.