Accomplished health and safety leader brings vast cross-industry operational expertise to help advance intelligent work readiness throughout APAC

Avetta^®, the leader in intelligent work readiness across global supply chains, today announced the appointment of Lynda Richards as APAC Principal, Health and Safety. Richards will work across Avetta's Risk Advisory, Product Management and regional leadership teams to strengthen the company's health and safety capabilities and help shape innovation that addresses the evolving needs of businesses across APAC.

Drawing on her vast experience in governance, contractor management and operational risk at companies such as Sydney Airport, Qantas, Thales and CBRE, she will contribute to the continued development of technology and solutions that help organisations proactively identify and address readiness gaps across their supply chains.

The hiring reflects Avetta’s continued investment in embedded industry expertise—bringing firsthand experience from the aviation, infrastructure, defence and property sectors to help guide solutions grounded in the realities of contractor management, operational risk and complex supply chains.

“Having worked on the client side, I’m very familiar with the implementation and operational processes that go hand-in-hand with adopting new technologies,” Richards said. “I’m excited to bring those insights and knowledge to Avetta so we can deliver improved and aligned outcomes for our customers, helping them build stronger, more resilient supply chains to drive long-term success.”

Richards joins an industry-leading Risk Advisory practice within Avetta that combines decades of real-world experience across health and safety; procurement; and environmental, social and governance with data-driven insights from an unmatched global network of hiring clients and suppliers. She will report to Scott DeBow, Director, Health and Safety at Avetta.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Lynda to Avetta,” said Luke Boyle, Vice President of APAC Operations at Avetta. “Lynda’s expertise in these specialist areas will be invaluable as we focus on increasing safety and risk maturity throughout the supply chain in APAC. For our local customers, having someone of Lynda’s calibre on board is going to be transformative for the way they interact with Avetta’s solutions.”

About Avetta

Avetta is building the largest global community of hiring clients and suppliers that are Ready to Work. Its unified platform streamlines compliance, prequalification, safety and performance benchmarking in a single, integrated experience. Trusted by over 360,000 businesses across more than 120 countries, Avetta blends AI-driven insights and human expertise to close risk gaps and strengthen supplier reliability so projects start on time, risks are managed proactively and operations scale with certainty.

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