Populous Announces Officer Promotions; Names Two to Global Holdings Board

Populous today announced the promotion of a significant number of its staff globally, including two new appointments to the firm’s Holdings Board – Senior Principals Shireen Hamdan and Michael Lockwood.

“Our brand is built on the contributions of our staff, and this recognition is in honor of their commitment to making Populous the best design firm in the world at drawing people together,” said Joe Spear, Chairman of Populous’ global Holdings Board. “It’s quite humbling to watch the growth of this company unfold; at 18 offices and nearly 600 employees around the world, it’s an exciting time for Populous.”

The following people were promoted in recognition of their commitment to excellence in all aspects of their work and we are pleased to acknowledge them:

Promotions to Senior Principal:

Brett Wightman, Singapore
Lyle Miller, Kansas City
Shaun Fernandes, London
Simon Jordan, London

Promotions to Principal:

Al Baxter, Sydney
James Pearce, Brisbane
James Smith, Brisbane
Jason Carmello, Kansas City
Geoff Cheong, Kansas City
Norman Friedman, Kansas City
Michelle Nicholls-Shaw, London

Promotions to Associate Principal:

Andrew Noonan, Brisbane
Matt Reynolds, Sydney
Bill Bourne, Kansas City
Jason Gardner, Kansas City
Kevin Koch, Kansas City
Meggan Lux, Tokyo
Bridget Ott, Denver
Bobby Sloan, Denver
Paul Goodall, London

Promotions to Senior Associate:

Andrew Crutcher, Sydney
Keith Hudson, Brisbane
Rohit Garg, Delhi
Isha Rathee, Delhi
Zoe Sullivan, Sydney
Andrew Wallace, Sydney
Maria Blanco, Kansas City
Jacob Coburn, Kansas City
Brooke Craig, Kansas City
Duart Duff, Kansas City
Ayesha Husain, New York
Joshua Johnson, Kansas City
Kristin Long, Kansas City
Christopher Meehan, Kansas City
Ashleigh Rogers, Kansas City
Ryan Sorby, Kansas City
Frank Steiner, Kansas City
Sabrina Tockook, Denver
Bianca Binder, London
Charlie Fordham, London
Matt Grace, London
Jorge Mendez, London
Elizabeth Miglierina, London
Marian Moravek, London

Promotions to Associate:

Rosario Cho, Brisbane
Henry Coates, Brisbane
Nick Fitzgerald, Sydney
Jack Kato, Singapore
Alexa Lee, Singapore
Ashish Shrivastav, Delhi
Lucas Bergstrom, Kansas City
Nicholas Caprario, Kansas City
Daniel Coleman, Kansas City
Christopher Collins, Kansas City
Bridget Gramlich, Kansas City
Michael Hoelscher, Kansas City
Aaron Jones, Kansas City
Michael Kinard, Denver
Patrick Knight, Kansas City
Nicholas Malyon, Kansas City
Leo Mangimelli, Kansas City
Elizabeth Martinez, Denver
Daniel Molina, Kansas City
Ana Paz, Kansas City
Megan Rand, Kansas City
Ashley Simpson, Kansas City
Danielle Whitelaw, Denver
Fabiano D’Amato, London
Tao Jiang, London
Beth McCarey, London
Andrew Rieper, London
Scott Rogers, London
Maria Vlcakova, London
Sin Jae Yoo, London

About Shireen Hamdan

A native of Beirut, Lebanon, Shireen has lived and studied around the world from Brazil to Libya. A graduate of the Architectural Association in London, Shireen joined Populous in 2008. Since then she has worked on a wide variety of sport, entertainment and convention and exhibition center projects including the redevelopment of Silverstone F1 Circuit, Wimbledon Centre Court, London 2012 Stadium, The Sports Venue Masterplan for the country of Qatar and two World Cup stadium for the Qatar World Cup 2022. Shireen leads the Middle East market for Populous and currently is leading the firm’s work on a 40,000-seat soccer stadium in Kuwait. Shireen is an architecture graduate of Kingston University, and she also received a graduate diploma in architecture from the Architecture Association.

About Michael Lockwood

Based in San Francisco, Michael is a design director for Populous’ convention center practice. During his 16 years with our firm, Michael has taken on unique design projects around the world including the expansion of the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar, the ICC Sydney, and U.S. convention centers in Anaheim, Boston, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Antonio and San Jose. He was named to ENR’s 20 under 40 in 2013 as well as KC Business Magazine’s 2013 Rising Star. Michael received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and participated in the Denmark International Study Program.