General Manager appointed for Dubai Design Centre

Metha will have complete responsibility for the development of the Dubai Design Centre. Based at International City, the Dubai Design Centre will be an exclusive out of town mega-centre for traders and retailers offering a complete range of home furnishing, design, gardening and construction solutions. The centre will help meet the demands of Dubai's growing population, and serve clients purchasing properties in the Emirate and beyond. Spreading over an area of 12 million square feet, the Dubai Design Centre will be the largest such development in the world.

Born in Dubai, Metha holds a Batchelor of Science in Architectural Engineering. She has been an integral part of the architectural team at Nakheel for three years, and has worked extensively on the International City residential development, as well as been a key member of the architectural review team for projects such as Jumeirah Islands and Ibn Battuta Shopping Mall.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman Nakheel said, "Metha has exactly the right quality and skills we were looking for in the General Manager of Dubai Design Centre. She has a wealth of experience, having managed the design and implementation of residential developments at International City. This experience of overseeing such a project and ensuring the highest standards of construction, along with her design skills, means that she was a natural choice for the role."

Metha commented, "Having grown up in Dubai, it has been very satisfying to see the great strides the city has made. I am very proud that I can be a part of Dubai's further progression through working at Nakheel, and I am honoured to be appointed General Manager Dubai Design Centre. The International City development as a whole is already progressing well. Dragon Complex - the world's largest mall for Chinese products outside China - has already opened and Dubai Design Centre will be similarly groundbreaking - the largest development of its type, the Dubai Design Centre will offer a great one-stop shop for business to business trade."

This appointment is part of a number of announcements that will be made over the coming weeks as Nakheel restructures its senior management team in order to enhance customer focus and delivery, and to prepare for the next stage of growth and profitability. Each Nakheel project will now act as an autonomous strategic business unit complete with its own management, budget and team.