Pru Sanderson is the CEO of the Design Institute of Australia.

Pru is an architect and property professional who specialises in creating new benchmarks in urban planning and public infrastructure. She has held senior roles in the development of Melbourne’s Museum and Federation Square and has worked internationally, managing property affairs and the delivery of major infrastructure in South Africa and Malaysia.

More recently, she has served as CEO of VicUrban, the Victorian State Government urban development authority. At VicUrban, Pru was responsible for creating new paradigms in urban renewal (including Melbourne Docklands and Central Dandenong) and in innovations that challenged urban growth norms.

GHD are leaders in delivering urban places and infrastructure. GHD’s multidisciplinary teams ensure outcomes that work economically, for people and for the future. Pru’s role, as Global Business Leader City Development, harnesses GHD’s broad capacities to create precincts, neighbourhoods and towns that work as efficient, attractive, future-proofed places.

Pru is a member of the Federal Government’s Built Environment Industry Innovation Council (BEIIC) and is a Fellow of Leadership Victoria.

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