Building Women Networking Event

Join us for an inspiring afternoon of connection and celebration at the 2025 HIA Building Women networking event. This event brings together professionals from across the construction industry to recognise the achievements of women and strengthen the networks that support their success.

Whether you're on the tools, in the office, or anywhere in between, this event is a chance to share stories, spark new connections, and celebrate the impact women are making across the sector. All are welcome—come along to show your support for the HIA Building Women initiative and be part of a growing community that champions diversity, leadership, and opportunity in construction.

Speaker

Karin is an accomplished business leader, recognised for her strategic acumen and ability to innovate. With a strong foundation in education and research, Karin’s varied career of more than twenty years spans multiple industries across organisations of many sizes.

Karin has owned and operated her own successful small businesses, is a fully registered secondary teacher, and recently held the position of CEO with Keystone Tasmania (the Tasmanian building and construction industry training board). As CEO, Karin led the transformation of the organisation through a rapid period of reinvention, strategic repositioning and growth.

Karin’s leadership style is entrepreneurial, marked by collaboration, adaptability and strategic thinking. She is recognised as someone who is forward-thinking, innovative and capable of inspiring others to achieve a shared vision. Karin brings her broad experience to her current work as a business strategy consultant to several organisations across Australia, and as co-owner and General Manager of two Hobart-based construction industry businesses.

Karin holds a PhD in Management (Organisational Sociology), a Master of Education and Master of Commerce. She has completed study in non-profit management at Harvard University and is a Graduate of the AICD Company Director’s course. Early in her career, Karin held Industrial Officer/ Organiser positions with the AMWU (Vic), CPSU-SPSF (Vic), HACSU (Tas) and NTEU (Tas). She was subsequently a Lecturer in Management at UTAS for twelve years, and remains active in academia as an Adjunct Lecturer and Associate Editor of the top-ranked Journal of Industrial Relations.

Venue

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