Nick Fleming

Nick Fleming BE(Hons) PhD FIEAust CPEng EngExec NER joined the EA board in 2017 and is in his second term as a director. He is the National President and Chair of the Board, and Chair of the board’s Governance Committee. He previously chaired the board's Engineering Futures Committee, and remains a director of the Australian Engineering Foundation and Engineers Australia Pty Ltd.

Nick is an experienced non-executive director. In addition to Engineers Australia, he is member of the board of South Gippsland Water and an advisory board member with Infrastructure CoLab. He is managing director of advisory firm, Innergise Pty Ltd, and a faculty member with the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. He is an active thought leader, speaker and author, recognised for his expertise in strategy, innovation and complex problem solving.

His 30-year professional career spans the infrastructure, natural resources, water, mining, energy, defence, social welfare and education sectors in Australia, NZ, the Americas, Asia and the UK. Prior to establishing his own advisory firm, Nick was the Director of Business Innovation at Jacobs Group (Australia). He previously held global roles at SKM including Chief Sustainability Officer and Technology and Innovation Manager, also sitting on Board committees leading strategy and corporate social responsibility. Within industry, Nick contributed as a Director of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) and Chair of its Technical Standards Committee, and Chair of the Sustainability Taskforce for Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA).

Nick has been a member of Engineers Australia from his undergraduate days and was made a Fellow in 2016. He has an honours degree in civil and environmental engineering and a doctorate in sustainable infrastructure systems from the University of Adelaide, training in strategic foresight from Mt Eliza Business School, and an international corporate governance qualification from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). He has received almost 20 awards for technical excellence, leadership and innovation. He is passionate about the role of intentional design and engineering in general to resolve big public problems and enable a sustainable society.