Ball, who lives in Melbourne, also leads Woods Bagot’s studios in Adelaide and Aukland, meaning she heads a team of around 150 people in total – and she says she is incredibly proud of the fact that her senior leadership team is 50% men and 50% women.

In fact, says Ball, this flows down through the various tiers of roles within the Melbourne studio hub. She believes some of the attrition rate in the industry as a whole has to do with having children and the way the sector functions.

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