Lisa van Beurden is programme director at Hotwire. A qualified chemical and materials engineer, Lisa has worked as a project engineer and environmental consultant in New Zealand and overseas. Later she worked as a technical journalist for the Institute of Physics Publishing in the UK before returning to New Zealand in 2003 to become editor of Progressive Building magazine. Lisa joined PR agency Hotwire in 2006 and manages client accounts including Construkt, Steel Construction NZ, AVJennings, Ixom (formerly Orica) and Staples Rodway.