Innovation Program

Innovation at GHD is all about acting on the great ideas of our people, clients and business partners. We are harnessing our infrastructure market sector knowledge, our technical talent and our relationships across our global network to identify the opportunities and challenges facing the world and then delivering the solutions. This is lead through Innovations, our global Innovation program which we researched, designed, built and now manage.

The world continues to change at an ever increasing rate and organisations must keep learning, growing, and collaborating with their stakeholders to keep ahead. Successful innovation is about embracing the benefits of change.

However, innovation is not just about coming up with good ideas. Whether related to an organisation, or a team delivering a major project, innovation requires an integrated and committed approach. This is best achieved through establishing an appropriate culture and leadership team, supported by systems and tools focused on identifying the key opportunities and challenges, generating and selecting and then most importantly, delivering the great ideas.

Our global team of innovation specialists has experience in all facets of designing, implementing and managing an innovation program. Innovation services relating to an organisation or project team include:

Implementation of an innovation program

  • Innovation strategy development, design and roll out
  • Change management and stakeholder engagement
  • Creativity facilitation and training
  • Technology platform end user brief and appraisal

Developing innovative solutions

  • Challenge definition and idea generation (workshops)
  • Idea evaluation and feasibility studies
  • Market analysis and business case development
  • Solution implementation and project management

Connecting organisations

Our latest initiative, Innovation Interchange, provides a global forum for our clients and business partners to identify and collaborate on opportunities, challenges and then connect to solve. Visit www.innovationinterchange.com

To read more about GHD's Innovation program, click here

For further information contact:

Jeremy Stone
T: +61 3 8687 8341
E: Jeremy Stone

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Jeremy Stone

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Jeremy was responsible for the planning, design and implementation of GHD’s award winning global innovation program incorporating 6,000 staff operating in 5 continents.  He now manages this successful program.  He also works with governments and private industry to build innovation capacity to identify opportunities and then to deliver on the new ideas and concepts that add value.

Building on these experiences, he now leads in the design and establishment of the Innovation Interchange, a business to business global community that identifies and solves infrastructure challenges through connection and collaboration.

He has held the position of Non Executive Director for a number of companies, with involvement primarily relating to strategy, global operations and governance.

He has lived and worked in a variety of locations (lived for 14 years in Asia and the UK) and specifically in the following countries: Philippines, Singapore, England, China, Oman, Vietnam, Malaysia, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia.

Project experience is wide ranging, relating to both small and multi billion dollar project development/management. Projects are typically in the sectors of infrastructure, such as water, transportation and urban development. Input has occurred throughout all phases from due diligence/feasibility, planning, design and implementation, through to asset and maintenance management.

Jeremy was previously the Regional Director - Asia for GHD and was responsible for the strategy, establishment and management of a number of offices in Asia. He was also a member of the Sustainability Advisory Group and the Strategy Committee.

Jeremy is Group Manager - Innovations and Chairs GHD's Innovation Advisory Group.

Position: Group Manager - Innovation
Tel: +61 3 8687 8341

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Julie Frost

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Julie comes from an entrepreneurial background in product design which combined with studies in business  has given her a diverse range of skills including marketing and communications, opportunity identification, idea analysis and education. Some of her key achievements whilst working on GHD’s Innovation program have included:

  • Commercial Analysis: Intensive market research, identifying opportunities and developing business cases for innovative ideas;
  • Communication: Designing and implementing marketing and awareness campaigns as well as creating artwork for the program’s activities;
  • Innovation Training & Facilitation: Conducting ongoing brainstorm sessions to generate and develop ideas as well as workshops to train and develop innovation integration into daily business; and
  • Internal engagement: Building internal integration of the program and providing support to idea generators.

Position: Commercial Analyst - Innovation

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Claire Dixon

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Claire comes from a civil engineering background, with more than 8 years of national and international experience in the water sector.  She brings engineering design, project management and strategic planning skills to the Innovations Team. 

Claire is the Program Manager for the Innovation Interchange, which GHD is delivering with support from the Victorian Government.  She has experience consulting to the public and  private sectors, and working in strategic planning in the public sector.

Her experience includes:

  • Management of complex multi-disciplinary engineering projects
  • Alliance contract Innovation programs
  • Value Engineering processes throughout major infrastructure projects
  • Development of strategies, feasibility studies and business cases for major infrastructure investments

Claire holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne.

Positions: Program Manager - Innovation Interchange & Senior Water Engineer
Tel:  +61 3 8687 8668

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Lyna Astley

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Lyna Astley has worked in the finance industry for eight years. She is a committed and highly motivated professional with a background in Business Development and Account Management.

Her experience in personal and commercial lending involves high interaction with people to develop and deepen commercial and personal customer relationships, whilst having the ability to coordinate a range of projects and activities, effectively prioritise work, organise work flows and meet deadlines.

Lyna is passionate about projects and delivering a superior end-user experience. She is the Senior Administrator for the GHD Innovation Team and also one of the administrators of Innovation Interchange.

Position: Senior Administrator - Innovation
Tel: +61 3 8687 8992

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Tammy Lau

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Tammy is an established creative marketing professional with a background in business and marketing, and experienced with delivering 'business to business' and 'business to customer' marketing campaigns for medium and large international organisations..

Tammy is leading the development and implementation of the Innovation Interchange's stakeholder communications and engagement plan. She also supports GHD's Innovations program by improving the usability of GHD's innovation technology platform (the Zone) and develops creative program materials. Her key achievements to date include.

  • Project managed end to end strategic marketing campaigns to achieve client acquisition and retention objectives
  • Designed and implemented creative concepts to raise brand awareness in both online and offline channels
  • Delivered and managed local and international sponsorship events and business forums
  • Performed complex market segmentation
  • Developed websites and skilled designer of marketing communication artwork


Postion: Communications Manager - Innovation
Tel:  +61 3 8687 8519

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Matthew Bowler

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Matthew has a diverse background combining commercial, legal and technical qualifications and experience with management consulting. This flexibility to respond to the different perspectives involved in any commercialisation activity has led to positive clients' outcomes. Matthew has an extensive knowledge in valuation of intellectual property.

He has designed integrated commercialisation programs for large government and private organisations as well as managed IP portfolios and led discrete commercialisation projects. Matthew leads the management of GHD's commercialisation opportunities.

Position: Commercialisation Manager - Innovation
Tel: +61 3 8687 8780

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