Mouzhan Majidi is Chief Executive of Foster + Partners. As a senior member of the Design Board he combines a close day-to-day involvement in design with his primary responsibilities for the strategic direction of the practice.

Mouzhan studied architecture at Strathclyde University, graduating in 1987 with first-class honours. As a student he received numerous awards, including the RIBA Part 1 Design Award in 1985 and the RIBA Silver Medal for the best national diploma project in 1987.

On graduation he joined Foster + Partners, working on the Stansted Airport Terminal Building, which was completed in 1991. That year he was made an associate and was appointed project architect in charge of two competition-winning schemes: the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge and Fréjus School in southern France.

In 1992 he moved to Hong Kong as the director responsible for the design of Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, supervising the project from inception to completion in 1998. He was also the director responsible for the new Air Cargo Super Terminal Building for HACTL and the Ground Transportation Centre. On his return to London, he became the director in charge of Wembley Stadium. In 2004 he was made a senior partner.

As leader of Group 3 until 2010, he headed a team that was responsible for winning a number of major international competitions. These included the largest terminal complex in the world at Beijing International Airport, the stadium for FC Barcelona, and the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. He also oversaw a diverse range of cultural, commercial, education, infrastructure, leisure, residential and transport projects in Europe, the Far East and the USA, including the Al Haramain High Speed Rail network in Saudi Arabia, the Pushkin Museum extension in Moscow, and the Slussen Masterplan in Stockholm.

He was appointed Chief Executive in 2007.