Giles Purbrick

Associate Director, Engineering & Asset Management

KPMG Australia

Giles has deep expertise and experience in strategic planning, business transformation, management systems, project investment management, project portfolio management and business capability development. He is driven by delivering customer satisfaction and realising value through strategic change, continuous improvement and innovation. He has gained a diverse set of transferable skills across a career in investment banking, startups, technology and transport sectors in Australia, USA, UK, Europe, ASPAC and Africa.

Giles worked in investment banking in London from 2000 to 2009 where his experience included finance transformation programs and central new business integration. He has leveraged and diversified his skills and experience through delivering customer-centric innovation and sustainable solutions to complex problems.

These solutions range from a large scale technology transformation program at an Australian bank, a significant reform initiative of a public sector transport entity, investment and asset management system improvements for transport organisations, establishment of a systems integration group and the effective scaling of a project development and delivery organisation to support complex rail infrastructure projects. Giles has systematically enhanced value by being customer-focused and utilising a wide array of methodologies and approaches appropriate to the situation.

Giles has an interest in the business of sport and empowering people to achieve personal and business goals.

  • Customer experience optimization
  • Government and Public Sector
  • Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure management
  • Innovation
  • Innovation and Engineering
  • Operational efficiency, strategy
  • Technology
  • Transformation
  • Transport and Logistics

  • Master of Business Administration, Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) & Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

  • Bachelor of Commerce – Finance, Financial Accounting & Economics, University of Cape Town (UCT)

  • Certified Practicing Project Director (CPPD), Australia Institute of Project Management (AIPM)

  • Member – Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM)

  • Member – Project Management Institute (PMI)