2025 Plenary Speakers

Industry

David Howard

President Civil Contractors

New Zealand & CEO 

Construction Contracts Ltd

Gladys Woods

General Manager - Corporate 

Governance/HR

Haslin Construction Pty Ltd

John Anderson

CEO

DT Infrastructure

Mark Bruzzone

CEO

Abergeldie Complex 

Infrastructure

Scott Power

CEO

BMD

Amanda Challen

CEO

Advance Civil Engineering

Government

Jessica Hall

Deputy Secretary

Federal Department of

 Infrastructure

Colm Mooney

Executive Director 

Department of Transport 

and Main Roads


Gillian Geraghty

Director General and ACT 

 Chief  Engineer

Infrastructure Canberra

Chris Steel

Treasurer

ACT Government

Said Hirsh

Head of Strategy

Planning and Innovation 

Infrastructure NSW

Servet Brennan

BIRO Director

Department of Home Affairs 

Hon Patrick Gorman MP

Assistant Minister to the 

Prime Minister

Assistant Minister for the

 Public Service



Government Agencies/Regulator

Anna Booth

Ombudsman

Fair Work Ombudsman

Murray Furlong

General Manager

Fair Work Commission



Economic Forecasts

Adrian Hart

Head of Construction and

 Infrastructure

Oxford Economics Australia



2025 Breakout Speakers and Industry Experts

Adam Copp

CEO

Infrastructure Australia


Alex Cox 

Practice Leader

Bellrock Advisory

Andrew Rampton

Industry Transformation

 Leader

Procore Technologies

Andrew Winch

CEO

CCFTAS


Andy Graham

CEO

CCFWA

Anne Kemp

Manager

Cbus Super

Brett Schimming

CEO

BuildSkills Australia


Damian Long

CEO

CCFQLD

Daniel O'Donoghue

CEO 

CONQA

Evan Puzey

General Manager

ERP ANZ and Asia

The Access Group


Felix Pirie

CEO

ITECA

Frank Janssen

General Manager

Tracc Civil

Jasmine Jarvis

Account Manager

Propeller

Josh King

Director of

Solutions Consulting at

Timescapes

Kent Jones

Head of Government Relations

and Regulatory Affairs

National Electrical and

Communications Association

Kristopher Brunton

General Manager

Divall’s Earthmoving and

Bulk Haulage

Kylie Yates

CEO

CCFNSW

Lisa Kinross

CEO

CCFVIC

Liz Rooke

Director Workplace Relations

Civil Contractors Federation

NSW/National

Mark Boyes

National Business Manager

Construction Excavators 

Komatsu Australia

Matthew Hick

CEO

MEGT

Michael Doyle

National Business Manager

Infrastructure Projects

Iplex Pipelines


Michael Kilgariff

CEO

Cement Concrete

& Aggregates Australia

Mick Boyle

National President CCF and

Executive Chairman

of Abergeldie

Complex Infrastructure


Nerida Conisbee

Chair of the ACIF

Constructing Forecasting

Council


Nicholas Proud

National CEO

CCF and National Construction

Industry Forum

Peter Ali

CEO

Municipal Works Australia

Rachel Livingston

First Assistant Secretary

Regions and Workers Division

Net Zero Economy Authority

Robert Sobyra

General Manager

Research and Strategy

BuildSkills Australia

Rodney Dunn

Australian Representative

Tenstar Simulation

Scott Hocking

National HSQES Manager

Construction

Shaun Kempton

General Manager Water

John Holland

Shivendra Kumar

Managing Director

Shivendra & Co

Tom Brady

Executive Chairman

Brefni

Tom Harris

CEO

CCFNT


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