This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.Find sources: "Davide Padoa" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This biography of a living person relies on a single source. You can help by adding reliable sources to this article. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Davide Padoa is the CEO of Design International and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Milan. Padoa finished his architectural studies in California at the University of Pomona. After his graduation as architect in the USA and Italy, Padoa moved to the U.K. and then to Indonesia, where he worked as a design director in one of the largest engineering and architecture practices. During that period, he lectured architecture at Trisakty University and established an international relationship between the Indonesian and Italian governments for large regeneration projects.

In Indonesia, Padoa designed for Dharmala Bank and PSP Group the tallest skyscraper in Jakarta at the age of 25. In 1998 he moved to London where he joined Design International, a London-based architecture firm with offices worldwide.

Padoa was appointed Managing Director in 2002 and Chief Executive Officer in 2006.

Padoa designed Morocco Mall,^[1] the second largest shopping centre in Africa, which includes one of only four Galeries Lafayette stores outside France. Morocco Mall has won many awards, including a Guinness World Record for "The largest in-store shop facade".

Padoa also designed Nave de Vero, a shopping centre in Venice, Italy. In November 2014, the project was awarded a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’. This achievement makes the shopping centre the first commercial project in Italy to achieve this certification.

Padoa is married to an Indonesian sculptor and has two daughters, including Raquel who studies at Imperial College London.

References