Toll Group’s former interim CIO, Carl Duckinson, is the new IT chief at the Melbourne office of global engineering and advisory company, Aurecon. Duckinson has replaced Sean Elwick who left the company in July after almost four years in the role. Duckinson led Toll Group’s technology transformation and had been interim CIO since March this year following the departure of John Ansley. Aurecon’s global CFO, Andrew Muller, said that Duckinson’s proven track record as a senior IT executive in large and complex organisations – notably his skills in mapping technology strategy to business strategy and developing high performing teams – was important for Aurecon. Duckinson said he was drawn to Aurecon because of its engineering portfolio, energetic culture and strong interest in innovation, IT and digital initiatives. “I believe Aurecon is well advanced in understanding what digital means and how digital influences the future of engineering. The company is eager to harness the opportunities that digital disruption presents,” he said. Aurecon said its focus on digital innovation is backed by its hiring of John McGuire as chief innovation officer in May 2015, and Dr Andrew Maher as chief digital officer in October last year in addition to the CIO role. Maher was hired to champion the firm’s digital vision and lead a cross-organisational digital team focused on ‘achieving a convergence of core advisory, engineering and delivery platform’. “It is rare to see these three roles at these senior levels in an organisation,” said Duckinson. “My role will be to continue to support cross-border collaboration to ensure that the business is able to respond to rapid change within the energy and resources, built environment and infrastructure industries.” Prior to his role at Toll Group, Duckinson was CIO at Australia’s largest independent gold miner, Newcrest Mining for 7 years. He also worked at Avanade and BHP. Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebook… Twitter: @CIO_Australia, Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation on LinkedIn: CIO Australia Follow Byron Connolly on Twitter: @ByronConnolly Related content feature Expedia poised to take flight with generative AI CTO Rathi Murthy sees the online travel service’s vast troves of data and AI expertise fueling a two-pronged transformation strategy aimed at growing the company by bringing more of the travel industry online. By Paula Rooney Jun 02, 2023 7 mins Travel and Hospitality Industry Digital Transformation Artificial Intelligence case study Deoleo doubles down on sustainability through digital transformation The Spanish multinational olive oil processing company is immersed in a digital transformation journey to achieve operational efficiency and contribute to the company's sustainability strategy. By Nuria Cordon Jun 02, 2023 6 mins CIO Supply Chain Digital Transformation brandpost Resilient data backup and recovery is critical to enterprise success As global data volumes rise, business must prioritize their resiliency strategies. By Neal Weinberg Jun 01, 2023 4 mins Security brandpost Democratizing HPC with multicloud to accelerate engineering innovations Cloud for HPC is facilitating broader access to high performance computing and accelerating innovations and opportunities for all types of organizations. By Tanya O'Hara Jun 01, 2023 6 mins Multi Cloud Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe