WATG promotes four senior executives
Global design firm WATG and affiliated studio Wimberly Interiors have promoted four senior executives.
Managing Director of Wimberly Interiors, Margaret McMahon (pictured), and Senior Director of Planning and Landscape, Robert Day, have taken on the role of Senior Vice President, while Managing Director of Strategy, Muriel Muirden, and Senior Director of Development, Robert Zheng have adopted the new position of Executive Vice President.
Margaret McMahon joined WATG three years ago to lead the interior design studios as Managing Director of Wimberly Interiors. She launched it as a new brand in the industry, and under her leadership, Wimberly Interiors successfully opened new studios and ateliers in New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Dubai and Miami. McMahon’s notable projects include the award-winning Bentley Suite at The St. Regis New York, The Ritz-Carlton, Panama City and the Viceroy Hotel Istanbul. She is the first interior designer and first woman to be promoted to Senior Vice President at WATG.
Rob Day leads WATG’s planning and landscape service line in Singapore. His planning projects are characterised by cohesive and forward-thinking design such as the long-term development master plan of Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam; and the expansion of Bei Da Hu resort and support town in northeast China. Day has extensive international planning and landscape experience on three different continents, including the USA, Europe, and Asia. He is serving his second term as a member of the WATG board of directors, after having previously served from 2006 to 2009.
Muriel Muirden has challenged conventional thinking in the tourism, leisure and hospitality industries for 25 years. She joined WATG three years ago to build the firm’s strategy service line, offering clients unique insight and global development intelligence. Based in London, Muirden and her growing team not only provide strategic advice internally, but also offer WATG clients in the real estate, tourism, leisure and hospitality industry pre-development strategic consultancy, concept evaluation and business planning. In 2013, Muirden was elected to serve on the WATG’s board of directors and has been instrumental in shaping the overall business strategy.
Chao “Robert” Zheng joined the Honolulu office of WATG in 1996. As a veteran in the industry, he relocated to help open WATG’s Singapore office in 2007 and was instrumental in its phenomenal growth. With his focus on the Asia market, Robert helped to boost business development in Asia. While China continues to rank among WATG’s strongest markets, Zheng returned to Honolulu in 2012 to drive the rising Hawaii and South Pacific markets while continuing to service Asia. He continues to drive business development with his exceptional international experience and expertise in the industry.
Mike Seyle, CEO and President of WATG comments: “I am very pleased to announce the promotions of these four exceptional individuals. Their professional achievements and client service have been exemplary, and they have become major contributors to WATG’s continuing growth and success.”
