Global urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan has appointed Lisbon-based director Stuart Rough as its new chairman.

Rough joined the practice in 1985, founded its Lisbon office in 1996, and after joining the practice's main board in 1999, he established its Madrid office in 2000. He was instrumental in the growth of the practice's business in Asia, being responsible for its Shanghai and Singapore offices during their early years of operation, and in 2011 he supported the creation of the practice's first base in South America, in São Paulo, Brazil.

He will focus on the practice's organic international growth strategy by developing its global hubs and the three offices it opened in 2011, with a view to further office openings in the near future, to target emerging countries and new markets to continue to grow the business, and enhance its reach and ability to support clients.

Director Melvin Davis, who has come to the end of his tenure as chairman, will relocate to the practice's Shanghai office from 2012, as part of the business' plans to bolster its operations in China.