Amelia LinzeyChief Executive Officer, Beca

Amelia is accountable for the business operations of the Beca group, leading delivery of our global strategic objectives. She has a distinguished track record in option evaluation, planning, consultation and driving sustainability outcomes. She has extensive experience in Australia, New Zealand the Pacific, and beyond, across a wide variety of sectors spanning 25 years.

Prior to taking up the CEO role, Amelia was Group Director – Advisory and the Chair of Beca’s Sustainability Steering Group. She is a member of the Sustainable Infrastructure Council Board (AU) and an Editor for Planning Quarterly (the NZ Planning Institute’s official journal). A geographer by training, she has a focus to systems thinking. She was selected for the Global Women Breakthrough Leadership Programme, a programme tailored to develop the breakthrough thinking that drives exceptional leadership performance in executive leadership teams, governance roles and wider spheres for economic and social impact. She has also had roles with NZ Government and infrastructure clients on project and advisory boards.