Ann-Maree Ruffles brings over 30 years of experience to her new role at the practice, which includes 20 years running her own business designing luxury homes, multi-residential apartments and disability housing.

ThomsonAdsett is an Australian architectural firm that now ranks as the second largest in the world in retirement and aged care – they have been involved in over 1,000 projects.

A quiet achiever, they are responsible for village, care and hospital developments across Asia, many of which are leap-frogging Australia in the implementation of technology plus retail and medical integration.