Panel members and state government design champions

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Dijana is a director of Choi Studio and has over 25 years’ experience leading award-winning projects. Her experience includes master planning, urban design, residential, integrated infrastructure, commercial and education.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Matthew is director at D M Taylor Landscape Architects and is a registered landscape architect and heritage expert with over 43 years’ experience across a wide range of project types.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Noura is an associate principal at GroupGSA with extensive experience across the built environment. She shapes sustainable, adaptive spaces that balance innovation with practicality, reflecting an integrated approach and elevating communities through considered design.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Peter is a principal at BVN, one of Australia’s largest and most acclaimed architectural practices. He has worked at BVN for 20 years, leading teams on award-winning projects across a range of sectors including public, education, health, research and multi-residential housing.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Ksenia is director of projects at Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and an award-winning architect who leads mixed-use, multi-residential, and urban design projects. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and has served as National EmAGN President for the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Bill was appointed Blacktown City Council’s first City Architect in 2015 and runs a multi-discipline directorate of over 90 staff responsible for the design and delivery of council’s major projects. His public and private sector experience covers infrastructure, public buildings and spaces, commercial and residential projects.

Design Champion

Tanya is part of the Place and Urban Design team at Transport NSW working across planning policy and projects. She is an urban designer with 25 years' experience in the greenfield development, housing, public domain and transport. 

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Ché is a Director of Flux Consultants. He provides strategic and expert advice to governments and the private sector on the delivery of improved sustainability in the built environment, including climate change mitigation, passive design, and design for health and amenity.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Liz is a principal and managing director of Hassell with global experience. She has led high-profile projects across workplace, education, residential and cultural sectors, and is an advocate for inclusion, regenerative design and innovation.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Jonathan is an associate director at CM+ with extensive experience in designing major architectural, interior, and public projects. He brings a deep understanding of user-focused planning and actively promotes biophilic design principles across a diverse portfolio, including retail centres, mixed-use developments, and adaptive reuse projects.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Emily is an award-winning designer and an architect and partner at SJB Sydney. She balances the commercial drivers of a site with socially and environmentally sustainable outcomes, leading design across multi-residential, mixed-use and commercial projects.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Kawai is the co-founder and director of Kaunitz Yeung Architecture, a practice dedicated to creating socially impactful and culturally sensitive works that foster positive change in communities across Australia and the Asia-Pacific.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Michael is the director of Studio Zanardo and Associate Professor in Architecture and Housing at UNSW. His independent and collaborative architecture and urban design practice works at the intersection of policy and built form and specialises in the design of housing, particularly public and affordable housing.

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Joshua is design director at CHROFI and the recipient of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship. He has taught design at University of NSW and University of Technology Sydney and has experience leading complex mixed-use developments, impactful public projects, and strategic urban design.