Nicholas Proud is the CEO of Civil Contractors Federation the national Peak Industry Body and Registered Organisation for the Civil Construction Industry in Australia.

With Branches in every State and Territory, the Civil Contractors Federation and its 1,800 Contractor and Associate Members play a critical role in delivering the nation’s infrastructure in every community, town and city in Australia.

After twenty years in residential/community built form working in State and National Offices of Housing Industry Association, Property Council of Australia, CPSISC (Build Skills Australia) and CEO of PowerHousing Australia, national advocacy and bring industry, government and key stakeholders is his focus. In PowerHousing Australia his Members secured the support from the Federal Government to deliver the 40,000 home Housing Australia Future Fund and Housing Accord and a move to Civil Contractors Federation supports a wider opportunity to create widescale investment into community enabling infrastructure which includes, roads, bridges, rail, water, sewerage utilities.

Leading the civil infrastructure Peak Body enables new opportunity to tackle national macro housing, community and energy transition goals that cant be achieved without this critical infrastructure playing a central role.