Brisbane-based bureau^proberts has announced that Amena Reza will join the practice in the newly created role of Head of Strategy and Operations.
Building on her affinity with the practice, Reza joins in an official capacity after serving on bureau^proberts’ Advisory Board for the past five years. The majority of her career has been spent working alongside architectural firms in strategic growth roles.
Reza’s role will see her assist in directing the practice’s next chapter on a local and international scale, at a time when Brisbane is a hotbed of activity in the lead up to the 2032 Summer Olympics.
“I’m excited to bring my drive, strategic leadership and governance experience to the table to help bureau^proberts build on its great platform to take its passionate and dedicated team of design leaders to the next level,” Reza says.
“Having played an instrumental role in setting the practice’s Strategic Plan, I am delighted to now be a part of the team that brings the strategic vision to life.”
bureau^proberts’ Creative Director Liam Proberts says the role has been created in order to strengthen workplace culture and navigate through a number of local and international projects currently in the pipeline and into the future.
“This role recognises our unwavering commitment to fulfilling our design ambitions as well as business goals,” he says.
“We look forward to drawing on Amena’s extensive strategic leadership experience to bolster our practice and work in Australia and abroad.”
Reza’s built environment career commenced in 1999 at ML Design as a Financial Controller, progressing through to the role of Partner. Come 2014 she became Managing Director of the practice and has held a number of contract senior C-Suite Executive roles since 2017. She is currently the Deputy Chair of the RSPCA Qld Board and is a Member of the Audit & Risk Committee for Mining.
