Amy Coney - Consultant
About
Amy is a dedicated social impact professional with two years of experience working across the social impact and human rights space. Her work spans diverse sectors, including infrastructure, government, corporates, energy, and mining—always with a focus on tackling modern social challenges.
Capabilities
Amy brings a strong foundation in areas such as Indigenous rights, universal design, gender equality, psychosocial safety, safeguarding, social value and human rights. She is especially passionate about best-practice community and stakeholder engagement and is committed to creating meaningful, lasting positive impact and fostering beneficial community outcomes.
Professional Experience
Consultant - Beacon Strategies (2025-present)
Consultant, ESG Social team - KPMG (2023-2025)
Academic Qualifications
Master of Development Practice - The University of Queensland (2021-2022)
Bachelor of Urban Design and Town Planning (First Class Honours) - University of the Sunshine Coast (2016-2019)
Career Highlights
Conducted industry research including legislation, industry context, document review to provide awareness of themes and gaps to support development of guidelines.
Organised and participated in geographically dispersed and diverse stakeholder group interviews including client specialists, NGOs, Government bodies and frontline workers.
Proven track record in developing compelling business development proposals at ESG Social, including complex government tenders.
Demonstrated ability to create creative and relevant proposals that met client requirements, successfully converting multiple proposals into winning work.
Active member in the KPMG Brisbane Corporate Citizenship (Indigenous and Climate Action lead), Brisbane KPMG Social Club, KPMG ESG social event lead for Brisbane and a member of the KPMG Australia Green Champs network.
Personal Interests
Outside of work I love travelling, dancing and attending live music events!
