Amelia Linzey

BSc 1994, MSc (Hons) 1996 Amelia Linzey is Group CEO of Beca, the engineering and design firm founded in Auckland in 1920. Employee-owned Beca is now a team of over 4,300 people in 25 offices around the world with projects delivered in over 70 countries. Amelia is committed to connecting people and forging partnerships and collaboration and to championing Beca’s values of cultural competency and sustainability. Amelia gained a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of Auckland with first-class honours in 1996. She held several planning and leadership roles at Beca over the course of 25 years, including Group Director – Advisory and Chief Planner, and began her Group Chief Executive appointment in 2023. One of New Zealand’s leading planners and social impact specialists, Amelia has strongly influenced environmental, infrastructure and policy development throughout New Zealand. She had a significant impact on the Auckland Unitary Plan and providing for housing, with earlier work for Auckland Council to recognise the cultural and areas of importance to M?ori and worked on Christchurch’s recovery planning after the 2011 earthquakes. She has been a strong contributor to sustainability governance, including board roles with the Infrastructure Sustainability Council and the New Zealand Sustainable Business Council. Amelia has held advisory and board roles for government entities, including Supporting Growth and Waitemat? Harbour Crossing and in 2019 was appointed by the Minister for the Environment to the Resource Management Review Panel. Amelia has been the editor of the New Zealand Planning Quarterly between 2016 and 2022 and in 2019 she received a Distinguished Service Award from the New Zealand Planning Institute.