Colette Curran

Experience

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  ERM: Environmental Resources Management

  Apr 1998 - Feb 2015

  Responsible for: - Establishing and leading ERM Australia's Chevron Service Delivery Team, responsible for ensuring consistent performance and contractual compliance. Accountable to the Regional Chevron Client Director. - Business development, including responsibility for driving a client-focused Major Capital Project program, reporting to Asia Pacific Partner for Oil and Gas. - Project Management, obtaining environmental approval for clients. - Advising the senior management team on the secondment business model for staff retention. - Technical development of the Perth Impact Assessment and Planning (IAP) team. - Technical input and review of client deliverables. Show less January 2013 – Sept 2014: seconded as a Senior Environmental Advisor to Chevron Australia's Gorgon LNG Project Environmental Approvals and Compliance team accountable for managing and obtaining approval for Environment Plans, Oil Spill Response Plans, revisions to existing Environmental Management Plans, and developing or contributing to approvals strategies for new projects. A key focus of my work was to ensure approval commitments and compliance risks and efforts were minimised as this major capital project transitioned towards the operational phase. March 2011 – July 2012: seconded as Team Leader for the preparation of environmental approvals documentation (for both state and Commonwealth governments) for Chevron Australia's Gorgon Expansion LNG Project involving upstream (offshore) and downstream components. Show less Accountable to the Impact Assessment and Planning Partner in Malaysia for: - Business and financial performance of the IAP team. - Managing and growing a team of 3-6 consultants. - Efficient, profitable and quality delivery of client projects. - Upholding and instilling company principles, including health and safety, ethics and client service. - Member of the company’s operational management team responsible for improving office wide performance and efficiency. - Market development and sales, with a specific focus on an international oil and gas major, international opportunities and social impact assessment. - Growing the company's portfolio with an oil and gas major - Diversifying the team’s oil and gas focus into international hydropower, work for private equity investors, social assessment and environmental and social governance. Show less Responsible to the Managing Partner of Malaysia for: - Business and financial performance of the Environment Team. - Management and development of ERM’s environmental consulting services in Malaysia and Brunei. - Managing, mentoring and growing a team of 9 junior and senior environmental consultants (covering impact assessment, environmental management systems, environmental due diligence and soil and ground water management services). - Delivering and assuring service excellence to clients for own projects and those of the whole team. - Securing two multi-year service contracts with an international oil and gas major. Show less Responsible to the Manager of South East Asia for the management of ERM’s representative office in Vietnam. Role involved: - Management of office of 4 people including achievement of business targets and team development. - Management and delivery of client projects. - Upholding and instilling company principles in the team. - General office management. - Key achievements included negotiating and winning an influential contract with an international mining giant following on from a small desk-based study, strengthening ERM’s position with an international oil and gas major in Vietnam and being engaged by international lenders to support their disclosure processes for a controversial hydropower project. Show less

  • Principal Consultant and Technical Lead in Impact Assessment-Australia

    Mar 2011 - Feb 2015

  • Senior Environmental Advisor to Chevron Australia

    Mar 2011 - Sept 2014

  • Team Leader and Principal Consultant of Impact Assessment & Planning Team-Malaysia

    May 2007 - Mar 2011

  • Team Leader and Principal Consultant of the Environment Team-Malaysia

    Jun 2005 - May 2007

  • Chief Representative and Principal Consultant-Vietnam

    Sept 2002 - Jun 2005

  • Senior Consultant, International Development Team-UK

    Apr 1998 - Sept 2002
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  Arup

  Sept 2015 - now

  • Director

    May 2022 - now

  • Associate Director

    Sept 2015 - May 2022