Dr Marlene Kanga is listed among Australia’s top 10 women engineers. She is an Officer of the Order of Australia “for distinguished service to engineering, as a global leader and role model to women.” As a migrant engineer, she balanced family and career, achieving leadership as National President of Engineers Australia, and as President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (2017-19). She now leads innovative companies with global patents, and process safety engineering internationally as Chair, IChemE Safety Centre. Successfully proposing UNESCO’s declaration of 4th March as World Engineering Day, Dr Kanga led the review of the benchmark for international multilateral recognition of engineering education.