RPW Design is proud to announce that Ariane Steinbeck has been appointed as its new managing director.
Jan Wilson, the current Managing Director who founded RPW in 1988, will become President and is set to continue her close involvement with the internationally renowned hospitality interior design practice.
“I am delighted and honoured to join RPW and be appointed to this leadership position within the firm,” says Ariane. “It is a most exciting challenge to take on. I truly believe that my early years in the hospitality design arena in the US and Caribbean market, weathering the many cycles of the hotel industry, and my most recent experience in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East give me a unique insight and ability to add a truly global vision and continued strong leadership to the business of RPW.
“I look forward to closely collaborating with Jan in the years ahead, a woman who I deeply admire and whose vision and ethos so closely aligns with mine.”
Ariane was a founding partner of The Gettys Group in Chicago, Illinois, USA which she is leaving after 26 years of service and leadership. Ariane established and championed the firms’ Asia-Pacific operations for the past eight years, based in Hong Kong, with an additional office in Manila, Philippines.
Her distinguished clients have included Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels – notably the recent Peninsula Hong Kong refurbishment; Shangri-La Hotels, Kerry Properties, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Marriott , Hilton and numerous other high-profile hotel and residential assignments. Her most recent work has seen her and her team’s design expertise expand from Hong Kong into project work in Mainland China, Macau, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Russia.
