Kerryn Coker is an award-winning executive in the built environment, known for her deep technical expertise, visionary leadership, and commitment to driving meaningful change across diversity, sustainability and innovation. 

As co-chair for Arup Australasia, she demonstrated how successful business outcomes can support broader positive impacts for people and the planet. She led strategy implementation to embed the UN SDGs across business operations and through projects. Kerryn is a prominent advocate for gender equity leading industry wide change through the Consult Australia Champions for Change. 

She is a member of Chief Executive Women and the Vice-Chancellor’s Industry Advisory Board at the University of Technology Sydney. Coker was recognised with the National Women of the Year, Professional Services 2024 award by Australian Financial Review alongside Kate West FTSE for their successful collaborative leadership approach.

Her contributions to façade engineering and multidisciplinary design leadership have advanced engineering practices, applying innovative technologies to deliver exceptional sustainability outcomes.

Kerryn is an experienced executive leader, who draws upon her engineering training to think strategically across wide ranging complex matters and translate these into clear and decisive solutions which she leads through implementation. As a strong communicator and people leader, she identifies and enables leaders, builds collaborative high performing teams and inspires trust and followership. She is a passionate advocate for sustainable development being central to everything we do and committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.