This interview is with Maddy English, who has a dual management role at KPMG in Sydney.  She is a Manager in the Engineering Assets and Project Delivery team, and a Divisional Environment, Social and Governance (ESG for short) Manager for Infrastructure.

Maddy is an active member of AWA’s Young Professional committee in NSW who has championed the mentoring program and developed a Sustainability Action Plan, both of which have shaped the committee’s focus. She regularly promotes activities such as Plastic Free July, Women in Engineering, and World Ocean Day.

Maddy is a dynamic professional and loves collaborating with people of all different backgrounds and skills. Through this collaboration she is committed to promoting circular economy actions as part of the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) agenda.

We had a great conversation with Maddy, we hope you enjoy!

Hawkes & AD

In today’s episode , Hawkes and AD sit down with Climate Activist and Sustainability Champion – Steve Posselt.

Steve’s water journey has been truly amazing.  He started his Civil Engineering career at Sydney Water before working in the UK and Libya. After returning to Australia, he made his mark establishing a successful penstock manufacturing company at Ipswich.

Following that venture, at the age of 54 after a life changing moment, he decided to save the world by raising awareness about climate change via kayaking. He has travelled on his kayak throughout Australia, USA, UK and France. He has also written two books on his kayaking journey’s “Cry Me a River” and “Tough Is Not Enough”

He is also the Immediate Past Chair of the Sustainable Engineering Society which have been working with Engineers Australia to come to grips with the urgency for climate change action.

His passion for doing whatever he can to provide a better world for his grandchildren, truly inspires us.

We hope you enjoy the podcast.

Today we gain an insight into Anthony's background in Water, his passions and inspiration, and motivation for the The Good Drop. Hope you enjoy listening!

I'd like to introduce to you my fellow co-host and good friend Anthony Domanti, aka AD. As AD has mentioned earlier, we've known each other going on 13 years, of which we spent about 11 1/2 working together on a long term project.

For anyone who's met AD you'll appreciate he's a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. He's very passionate about everything he does, whether it his day-to-day engineering, his passion for wine making, barbecuing or playing a round of golf.

In today's episode AD interviews Hawkes one-on-one to get an understanding of what makes him tick. 

It gives me great pleasure to introduce my co-host and good friend Simon Hawkes.

I have known Hawkes for approximately 13yrs, and I can honestly say you won’t find a better man, and I am privileged to work with him on this podcast.  Simon comes from regional NSW - and is a qualified Environmental Engineer. Despite being from NSW, a majority of his engineering career has involved worked closely with water utilities in South Queensland, such as Logan Water and Gold Coast Water. He has recently started with AECOM as a Principal Civil Engineer in their Brisbane Water office.

He is heavily motivated and passionate about contributing to the betterment of the water sector and its growing attempt to ‘go circular’- in general attempting to reduce the consumption and waste of the water industry and focus on the renewable and reusable elements of our industry.

He loves working in an industry that can take ‘waste streams’ and make them ‘revenue’ streams, and how the industry can reduce the stresses that humankind place on our planet. He is committed to encourage this focus to grow now and evermore into the future.

On a personal front, he is a great family man, and is father to one daughter.  He is a self-proclaimed a “sporting-tragic”, who loves his Canberra Raiders and cricket in all forms.  He is also a made keen DIY-er, although I haven’t seen any sign too many photos of his skill in this area.