Jessica Tiwade

Currently the GM of People, Governance and Risk at Arc Infrastructure (Brookfield Group), Jess has 20 years of experience in risk, strategy, governance, assurance, safety, accounting and people management in the private and not-for-profit sectors.

Jess oversees the Governance & Risk and People teams, helping to drive a proactive and strong risk culture by partnering with all functions within Arc to support effective risk management, training and development of Arc workers, reduction of harm to people and environment, strengthening governance and assurance in what we do, and ensuring that all regulatory, legislative and compliance requirements are met.

Jess takes a practical approach to implementation of governance frameworks and embedding risk and strategy through decision making culture, with the desire to integrate and simplify. Passionate about continuous improvement, practical application of processes and enabling individuals and teams.

Before joining Brookfield Group – Arc Infrastructure in 2018, Jess established and led the risk, assurance and business continuity function nationally at Silver Chain Group, Communicare Inc, held governance, risk, assurance and accounting roles within Rio Tinto and Clough Engineering.