Sheela Maini Søgaard

Sheela Maini Søgaard is the CEO of Bjarke Ingels Group.
Sheela manages the health and growth of BIG’s global offices with an international team of 750+ designers and staff.

She has transformed BIG from Bjarke Ingels’ Danish architectural firm into an internationally-acclaimed multi-disciplinary studio.
BIG is designing projects throughout the Kingdom and Gulf - and has a presence in Riyadh alongside its established and growing portfolio of work around the world.

The Danish Association of Managers and Executives named Sheela as CEO of the Year in 2022 and in 2019, Fast Company included her on the Most Creative People in Business list.
She is a board member of the Bikuben Foundation and an Adjunct Professor with Copenhagen Business School.