Broadway Malyan has given the boss of its Shanghai studio a seat on the practice’s main board in recognition of the firm’s “exceptional growth” in China over the past decade.

It said Sean Li had built a team of more than 50 since the studio opened in 2007 and had secured key commissions from a range of blue-chip clients, including Ikea, Citic, Capitaland and Futureland.

Broadway Malyan group chairman Stuart Rough said Li’s place on the firm’s holdings board recognised his major impact on the company to date and the “exciting future potential” the company saw in the region.

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