Matt Dillon
Engineers Australia CEO Dr Bronwyn Evans AM has been honoured with the Women in Industry Excellence in Engineering Award at a recent gala dinner in Melbourne.
The first woman to graduate from electrical engineering at Wollongong University, Dr Evans was acknowledged as an outstanding engineer and trailblazer in her field. Her career has included stints in industry, academia and in corporate leadership and governance.
Dr Evans was the first woman to occupy the role of CEO at Engineers Australia, and previously the first female CEO of Standards Australia, where she was instrumental in improving the standards-development process and was elected to a global role on the ISO’s governing President’s Committee.
She has held an abundance of non-executive positions, many on a volunteer basis, in areas including Industry4.0, STEM, industry-academia connections, construction, and innovation.
Dr Evans is a Chartered Engineer and Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia. In 2021, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Swinburne University and appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for significant service to engineering, to standards and to medical technology.
Dr Evans says there is still much work to do to boost the number of women in industry.
“Nights like tonight are important so we can celebrate our successes,” she says. “However, we still need to have difficult conversations about education, bias, assumptions, and missed opportunities for women in industry.
“We know we will have succeeded when women are represented 50 per cent, top to bottom. I urge all of us here tonight to use our profiles and our influence to be role models and to be champions for the amazing women who are joining our industries and professions.”
The Women in Industry Awards recognise outstanding women from the industrial sector – those who work in mining, road transport, manufacturing, engineering, logistics, bulk handling, waste management, rail and infrastructure.
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