Shirley Chen

Progressing her career at AECOM from landscape designer to managing director, Shirley has collaborated with premier real estate developers, governments, and numerous multinational hotel operators to drive and deliver projects. She believes that beautiful landscapes create tremendous social value for the communities and people they serve. “It’s like art meets problem solving, and this is what motivates me to design,” she explains. Shirley is a trailblazer of creative employee engagement initiatives in all the offices she has led and is keen to foster an ED&I culture, especially making women in highly technical fields more visible in the work they do. Nurturing team morale is a signature of her leadership, which has been recognized in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, Titan Business Awards, and Titan Women in Business Awards. With nearly twenty years of experience across three AECOM offices in the region, Shirley is a portrait of agility and perseverance, demonstrating that a commitment to excellence in all things and empowering others can yield powerful results.