Lissa van Camp is Executive General Manager, Land, Planning, Environment and Sustainability at Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA). Having joined SRLA in 2020, Lissa led the team responsible for Victoria’s first fully interactive digital Environment Effects Statement (EES) - a ground-breaking and innovative piece of work that secured the necessary approvals to build the SRL East rail infrastructure. For the past 20 years, Lissa has worked across Australia, making sure infrastructure projects have considered sustainability, environmental and social outcomes. As a highly accomplished and trusted expert, Lissa provides technical advice and leadership across major infrastructure project approvals, managing complex stakeholder relationships to cultivate a collaborative, transparent and delivery focused project culture. Lissa has a broad range of experiences, having started her career in academia before moving into consulting where she worked on flagship transport infrastructure projects. This ranged from channel deepening projects to regional road and rail projects, flood mitigation projects, and nuclear waste storage facilities. Lissa holds a PhD in marine molecular sciences from Flinders University in South Australia, and a Bachelor of Science with Honours from James Cook University in Queensland. Lissa was recently nominated as a finalist in the Women’s Achievement Award by Infrastructure Partnerships Australia
