Sue Murphy (businesswoman)

Susan Lee Murphy AO FTSE is an Australian business executive and engineer. She has worked at chief executive level in private industry and a government utility.

Sue Murphy

AO FTSE
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia
Occupation(s)Business executive, engineer
Employer(s)Clough Engineering
Water Corporation

Career

Murphy graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering in 1979.[1] She joined Clough Engineering in 1980 and, in 1998 became the first woman on its board. She rose to chief executive officer of its Minerals and Infrastructure Division before she left in 2004 to join Water Corporation.[2] After four years as general manager of planning and infrastructure, Murphy became chief executive officer in 2008.[3]

Murphy was appointed to the board of Monadelphous in June 2019.[3] Other board roles include Western Australian Treasury Corporation, Fremantle Dockers Football Club.

Awards and recognition

Murphy was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2009.[4] Four years running Engineers Australia named her in the top 100 engineers in Australia.[4] She received the 2014 Women in Water award from the International Water Association.[3] She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to the natural resources sector in Western Australia, and to engineering".[5]

References
  1. "Susan Murphy Net Worth (2022) – wallmine.com". wallmine. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. "Sue Murphy AO". Engineers Australia. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. "Our People: Sue Murphy AO". Monadelphous. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. "Sue Murphy: Water is Women's Business". Asian Development Bank. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. "Ms Susan Lee Murphy". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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