Amber Stevens joins as Managing Director and Co-leader of A&M Australia’s INFRA practice in support of energy, utilities, social infrastructure, and transport sector clients.
Melbourne – February 20, 2024 -- Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced the appointment of Melbourne-based Amber Stevens as Managing Director and Co-leader of A&M Australia’s INFRA, infrastructure and capital projects practice. This service line expansion continues A&M’s steady INFRA growth strategy execution, which originated as a Brazil-based business unit in 2017 and now spans across eleven countries world-wide.
Marcos Ganut, Managing Director leading A&M INFRA’s global expansion, noted
“Our INFRA practice expansion delivers on our strategic commitment to provide clients with strong regional capabilities rooted in a global approach. Amber’s joining significantly increases Australia’s INFRA capacity, operating since April 2023 in Perth with a focus in energy & resources.”
Ms. Stevens has worked with public and private clients in Australia, the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and North Africa with assignments spanning social infrastructure, energy, utilities, transport and commercial real estate. She advises clients across the project lifecycle from feasibility to master planning along with procurement, project controls, delivery and operations. Ms. Stevens specializes in supporting clients who are significantly increasing the scale and complexity of their capital projects, in crisis situations involving program issues or external disruptions.
Utsav Garg, Managing Director and Head of the Southeast Asia and Australia (SEAA) practice, noted,
“A&M Australia has expanded its presence with significant investments in the firm’s Corporate Performance Improvement, Private Equity Performance Improvement, Global Transaction Advisory Group, Tax and Disputes and Investigations practices. Amber’s appointment demonstrates A&M’s continuing commitment to bring our full suite of services to our Australian clients. With Australia’s anticipated, massive infrastructure & capital spending increases over the next few years, Amber’s experience will add value for our clients. Moreover, her deep expertise, hands-on delivery approach and inclusive leadership style align with the A&M’s leadership, action, results ethos.”
Ms. Stevens has led engineering and construction business unit transformations, of varying scale, duration and complexity, in the oil and gas, healthcare, and power generation sectors. By providing boards and senior executives with project performance transparency she enables good governance, accountability, confidence in outcomes, and timely course corrections.
Luis de Lucio, Managing Director and head of Growth Markets said,
“Identifying and aligning talent is a key competitive advantage to our fast-track growth in Australia and our ability to deliver value for clients. By establishing a beachhead of market-driven lines of service we leverage our global network of professionals as we invest in regional and sector expertise to help clients drive change. Our INFRA Australia expansion is a case study of that strategy in action.”
Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Stevens spent 12 years at PwC, most recently as a Partner. During her tenure in that firm, she spent seven years in the U.S., focused on the energy and utilities sector, and five years in Melbourne, focused on complex energy transition and social infrastructure. Before that she worked at Mace International, focusing on large, mixed-use developments and unique major projects and programs, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Ms. Stevens, said,
“A&M’s integrated platform and results-driven mindset are key differentiators that resonate in the market. My professional credo to develop and execute commercially sound and practical solutions aligns with A&M’s mission to maximize value for clients.”
Ms. Stevens earned bachelor’s degrees in mechanical and manufacturing engineering and political science from The University of Melbourne. Additionally, she is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Sourced from: Alvarez and Marsal