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Who are we – An overview of the PWA Group:

The PWA Group is a specialist consultant firm to the Australian and international engineering and manufacturing sectors.

Founded in early 1982, we are located in Melbourne, Australia and have operating branches in Houston, Texas, USA and in HCMC (Saigon), Vietnam. We have an extensive client base that cuts across the IT&T/IC&T, mining, petrochemical, pulp & paper, automotive, food, plastic, fabrication and general engineering industries and have worked throughout the Asia Pacific, Australasian, US, African and European regions. We are one of the leaders in international market development and workplace productivity, performance & leadership effectiveness solutions.

Our comprehensive business and process improvement initiatives integrate with processes that are specifically and explicitly connected to critical client business issues – thereby allowing organizations to achieve optimal operational potential and better align individual company and employee goals & competencies with organizational objectives.

Operating Values and Mission

The PWA Group was founded to make a difference to organizations, to drive human worth and effectiveness in the workplace and to help each organization we work with become the provider, employer, and investment of choice. The foundation for this is upheld in our operating values and our mission statement.

Our Operating Values

Ethical Behavior — Behave in a legal, fair, balanced manner.

Relationships — Make and keep our commitments to our clients, our colleagues, our company, and ourselves. Show respect for self and others by being open, honest, and truthful, and by resolving conflicts.

Success — Contribute to the growth and prosperity of our client companies and to our own company through individual, team, and total company effort. Pursue excellence, as well as opportunities, to learn in all we do.

Learning — Pursue personal and professional growth and development opportunities for the benefit of ourselves and the organization.

Our Mission

To attain a market leadership status as a dedicated, client-focused consulting firm offering a full range of process improvement solutions that protect and extend the goals and ideals of client enterprises and individuals.

This will be achieved by using our experiences and skills in developing leading innovative systems and technologies to help clients unleash the power and potential of the people in their organizations for the common good by leveraging new and existing assets that move people and organizations to peak performance.

Peter W. Atkin - Managing Partner - Australia

Peter W. Atkin is British born and was educated at Drexel, Philadelphia. Graduating in 1966 with a BSc in Applied Mathematics and BAs in Psychology & Philosophy he has worked throughout Europe, the Middle East, North America, Africa and Asia. Peter now resides in Melbourne, Australia.

Peter W. Atkin - Managing Partner

Nguyen Lien Hong Diem - Managing Partner - Vietnam

Born in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, Diem was educated in HoChiMinh City and is one of the most dynamic young entrepreneurs in the country. She has worked in various positions in many challenging marketing development environments for various foreign companies and has generated an exceptional reputation for her marketing and motivational capabilities.

Nguyen Lien Hong Diem - Managing Partner