GHD FOUNDATION LIMITED - Key Persons
As CEO of GHD, Ashley leads a talented workforce of 11,000 people in solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. With a strong operational background as a professional engineer and business leader, Ashley has an active and ongoing curiosity for greater social inclusion and is committed to delivering lasting community benefit. He is the founding member of the ROADS Foundation, a not for profit road construction organisation working with underprivileged youth in regional Western Australia.
Jo oversees our impact across the globe. Raised on UNESCO and other development assistance donor projects in Nigeria and Solomon Islands and with not-for-profit involvement since she was a teenager she brings a personal commitment to our work. With arts, science and business qualifications Jo is passionate about research-led efforts, clear outcomes and demonstrable impact tackling critical problems worldwide. She's won multiple awards for leadership and diversity, bringing issues of inequality into sharper focus by facilitating real dialogue and driving change through action.
May Ngui strove to be a role model for others throughout her extensive engineering career, including numerous high-profile infrastructure projects in Australia, Malaysia, India and Vietnam. Now, through her GHD Foundation directorship, she is focused on ‘passing the baton' to future generations, showing the power of possibilities a STEAM education can unlock. May is also a volunteer and a trustee at the Brooke Trust, which aims to preserve, conserve and develop works that showcase the unique history and heritage of her birthplace, Sarawak, and using these works as a platform to engage, inform and inspire communities.
It is better to give than receive. This universally accepted statement unites people around a common good, which is why Rob is committed to the development of the Foundation. Rob's commitment to the Foundation is supported by his corporate experience as Chair of GHD Group, and prior executive roles across South America, China, Asia Pacific and New Zealand. He also brings experience from the not for profit sector as a Director of the national Australian charity Hands & Feet, which enables food distribution and Indigenous, NDIS and aged care services to the disadvantaged.
Robert brings to the Foundation an extensive background in both community service and delivering complex water and infrastructure solutions as a registered civil engineer and consulting executive. While managing a region of over 260 professionals, Robert has worked to increase diversity in the workplace and aims to cultivate talent across the social spectrum to bridge the gap for racially underrepresented individuals pursuing education and careers in STEM fields. His continued participation through volunteerism, speaking engagements, and mentorship in not-for-profit youth programs such as Project Pull, SSIP CityWorks, and Young Community Developers, has earned Robert nationwide recognition for his service and improvements to the community.