Fran Murphy appointed senior director at KBR

“Fran brings to our business an extraordinary range of skills and experience from a long and successful career in the defence industry,” according to Nic Maan, government solutions APAC vice-president.

“This will be a pivotal role as we seek to support the Australian government’s defence and security ambitions for the nation and contribute six decades of experience to developing an internationally competitive and more resilient Australian defence industry.

“Fran served our country and on leaving the Australian Army, worked in number of senior roles across the Defence industry, including leading the delivery of complex leading edge, sovereign systems and platforms.”

KBR employs approximately 33,000 people performing diverse, complex, and mission-critical roles in 33 countries, according to Maan.

Representatives from KBR, including Murphy, will attend Indo-Pacific 2023 in Sydney from 7–9 November.

Robert Dougherty

Robert is a senior journalist who has previously worked for Seven West Media in Western Australia, as well as Fairfax Media and Australian Community Media in New South Wales. He has produced national headlines, photography and videography of emergency services, business, community, defence and government news across Australia. Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Public Relations and Journalism at Curtin University, attended student exchange program with Fudan University and holds Tier 1 General Advice certification for Kaplan Professional. Reach out via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via LinkedIn.