GBCA’s Romilly Madew awarded International Leadership Award

Romilly Madew, Chief Executive Officer of the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), has been honoured with a International Leadership Award.

BY Ashley Tucker

December 2nd, 2015

Ms Madew was presented with the award by the US Green Building Council on Thursday 19 November at the annual Greenbuild Conference in Washington D.C. The award recognises outstanding individuals and organisations that embody vision, leadership and commitment to the evolution of green buildings and communities.

Chief Executive Officer and Founding Chairman of the USGBC Rick Fedrizzi says Romilly’s long-term leadership of the green building movement in Australia, and her clear success with Green Star, have been instrumental in helping us advance global market transformation of the building industry.

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