Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023 - Keryn Mendes, Aurecon

Keryn Mendes leads the global mobility programme at Aurecon, an Australian design, engineering, and advisory company with 6,500 employees across the APAC region. She is also founder and co-host of the global mobility podcast, ‘The Working World’.Keryn Mendes is a connector. When she was frustrated by the lack of dialogue in the industry during Covid, she co-launched her own global mobility podcast, ‘The Working World’, interviewing specialists and colleagues to share their knowledge. Likewise, when she felt sustainability was not enough of a priority in Australia, she co-developed a global initiative, working with four universities including Monash in Melbourne and Malaysia, the University of Dallas in the US, and the University of Warwick in the UK, looking at environmental sustainability in the industry. “I find sharing knowledge incredibly rewarding, it really energises me,” she says.It was serendipitous that Keryn found herself working in global mobility in the first place. After studying hospitality management, she segued to in HR. She was working at Boeing when she took a lengthy car journey with a senior colleague from mobility to a meeting. They passed the time discussing the challenges of the global mobility function. By the time they arrived, Keryn was sold. “It was absolutely my calling,” she says. 

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