Shireen Hamdan, Madeleine Kessler, Sadie Morgan and Valeria Segovia Trigueros are shortlisted for BD’s Female Architectural Leader Award  

Eight women have been shortlisted for BD’s inaugural Female Architectural Leader of the Year award.

The list includes Shireen Hamdan (AADipl 2007 & AA Member) who became the first female member of Populous’s global board of directors last year; Madeleine Kessler (AADipl 2013 & AA Seminar Tutor) of Haptic Architects, who sits on the National Infrastructure Commission’s Young Professionals Panel, volunteers for the Stephen Lawrence Trust and has worked to establish a resource-sharing system for small practices; Sadie Morgan, co-founder of Stirling Prize-winning dRMM and chair of the National Infrastructure Commission and HS2 design panels; and Valeria Segovia Trigueros (AADipl 2006 & AA Member) who became a principal at Gensler last year, sits on the Hackney design review panel and is recognised for her teaching and advocacy of equality and diversity.

Others listed: Sue Emms, BDP; Tara Gbolade, Gbolade Design Studio; Joan McCoy, White Ink; Architects; Rita Ochoa, AFL Architects. The winner will be announced in May.

Image: Madeleine Kessler’s The Red City project, 2013