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Roz Hansen (born 2 August 1952) is an Australian urban planner and principal director of Roz Hansen Consulting Pty Ltd. Hansen is an active part of Australia’s urban and regional planning industry having worked in a diverse range of public and private projects for more than 30 years and is also a notable advocate for women in the planning profession.

Early Life and Education
Hansen was born Melbourne, Australia and studied at the University of Melbourne from 1970 to 1976. She majored in Geography in completing a degree in Bachelor of Arts, which led to her interest in urban planning before she later received a Diploma in Education and Diploma in Town and Regional Planning.

Early Work
After graduating in 1976, Hansen first began working in the government public sector for the Town and Country Planning Board of Victoria and was a statutory planner for the Gippsland lakes region until 1978. Hansen continued working for the government and became an urban planner for the City of Fitzroy (now amalgamated under City of Yarra).

In 1981, Hansen became an associate and began work in the private sector for Wilson Sayer Core, before establishing Henshall Hansen Associates with John Henshaw in 1986.

In August 1997, Hansen left Henshall Hansen Associates to establish a new partnership at Hansen Partnership and was Managing Director until she announced her retirement from the firm in December 2011. The consultancy firm has won several awards and still currently active in the leadership of David Barnes as managing director.

Recent Work
In 2012, Hansen established Roz Hansen Consulting Pty Ltd as a sole practitioner to continue working in the planning and property development industry and explore the international market, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.

Currently, Hansen still practices and serves as a member of a number of advisory boards and organisations in the public sector, including the Property Council of Australia, Women’s Planning Network and Social Housing Victoria. Hansen is also a fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia and Victorian Planning and Environmental Association, and has been an Adjunct Professor at Deakin University since 1995. She has appeared as an expert planning witness at VCAT, Planning Panels Victoria and the Supreme Court in Victoria.

Plan Melbourne
In May 2012, the government appointed Hansen as chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Committee for the new Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Strategy, and sought to develop a strategy for planning a liveable Melbourne in the face of population growth and urbanization to 2050. In August 2013, Hansen resigned from the committee alongside five other members.

Awards

 * Centenary Medal for services to heritage planning, Australian Government, January 2012
 * Planning Institute of Australia 'Hall of Fame', March 2013 (First female planner to receive the award)