Experts
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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:
Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group
Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten
Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition
Mounir Lakkis
Director of Engineering
Burj Al Arab
Mark Smith
Technical Director
Muvi Cinemas
Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Will Plowman
Partner
Foster + Partners
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group
Dieter Deketelaere
Technical Director
Plopsa Group
Tom Grymonprez
Country Manager BeLux
Kinepolis Group Belgium
François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP
Henri Simons
Director
Atomium
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Jakub Stefan Adamowicz
Director of Engineering
The Lana
Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UN Studio
Dayakar Reddy
Director of Engineering
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei
Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital
Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas
Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR
Gijs Joosen
Leading Professional Parametric Design
Royal HaskoningDHV
William Muirhead
Vice President & General Manager
Six Flags
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Marco Hueckel
Managing Partner
Facts & Fiction
Ronald Luyben
General Manager
De Bijenkorf Den Haag
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Vincent Taapken
Creative Director
nhow Rotterdam
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW
Liesl Vivier
Director
BDP Rotterdam
Keith Gavin
Design Director
Godwin Austen Johnson
Kees van Casteren
Associate
OMA
Rudolph Schöningh
Director Hotel Development & Franchise
Accor Group
Stijn Bastiaens
Vice President Marketing & Loyalty
Hilton Europe, Middle East & Africa
Marina Milosev
Principal Policy Planner
London Legacy Development Corporation
Niels Bouwman
General Pavilion Director The Netherlands Dubai Expo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands)
Khawla al Hashimi
Director of Project Development
Shurooq
Anastasiia Salina
Group Director of Quality
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Samuel Sedrak
Design Director
ASGC Construction
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Werner Anzinger
General Manager
The Mandarin Oriental
Jan Müller
Director
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM
Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM
Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Renaud Salmon
Chief Experience Officer
House of Amouage
Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects
Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development
Andrew King
Parter
Foster + Partners
René van Schie
Director of Accommodations and Day Attractions
Metropoolregio Amsterdam
Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Kent Cooper
Executive Commercial Director
La Perle
Jaap van Baar
Financial Manager
PSV
Raf Degens
CEO
Corda Campus
Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments
Abdullah Al Busaidi
Secretary General
Oman Society of Engineers
Tom Roelens
COO
Wynn Al Marjan Island
Peter Magee
Director
Zayed National Museum
Sergio Herman
Entrepreneur
Strandhotel Cadzand-Bad
Stéphane Beel
Director
Stéphane Beel Architecten
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton
Simon Crispe
Director
WS Atkins & Partners
Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux
Marc Winters
Director
Thialf
Guido Gryseels
Director
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
Jolijn Zeeuwen
General Manager
Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Marieke van Bommel
Director
MAS
Anubha Khandelwal
Training Manager
The Oberoi Hotel Group
Julien Kauffmann
CEO
Farah Experiences
Joeri Beusen
Director Development Benelux
Accor
Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen
Thomas Kaferle
General Manager
SeaWorld Yas Island
Patrick Fransen
Founder
NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture
Suhaila Saeed Al Munthari
Conferences & Exhibitions Affairs Unit Head
Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Seppe Raaphorst
Director Urban Development
City of Apeldoorn
Olga Polizzi
Director of Design
Rocco Forte Hotels
Peter De Durpel
COO
Nextensa
Mubarak AlShamsi
Director
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg
Fleur Rossdale
Managing Director
Interior Design House Ltd
Gurminder Sagoo
Client Director
WSP
Emile Klep
Director Urban Development
City of Rotterdam
Aleksandra Nastic
Lead Designer
Woods Bagot
Edwin de Kuiper
Executive Board Member
Ballast-Nedam
Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects
Paul Bridger
COO
Rove Hotels
Ill-Sam Park
Associate Partner
Foster + Partners
Jaap den Bleker
Team Lead Design & Development
Efteling
Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa
Jeroen de Leeuw
Head Facility Management
Theater Rotterdam
Niklaas Deboutte
Partner
META Architectuurbureau
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Patrick Fransen
Founder
NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture
Marc Alofs
General Manager
Botanic Sanctuary
Ronald Luyben
General Manager
De Bijenkorf Den Haag
Renaud Salmon
Chief Experience Officer
House of Amouage
Kent Cooper
Executive Commercial Director
La Perle
Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton
Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Raf Degens
CEO
Corda Campus
Marina Milosev
Principal Policy Planner
London Legacy Development Corporation
Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton
Richard Johnson
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Louis Abi Abboud
Head of Middle East
Ennismore
Julien Kauffmann
CEO
Farah Experiences
Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects
Robert Yordi
General Curator
SeaWorld Yas Island
Werner Anzinger
General Manager
The Mandarin Oriental
Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans
Sergio Herman
Entrepreneur
Strandhotel Cadzand-Bad
Jaap den Bleker
Team Lead Design & Development
Efteling
Tom Grymonprez
Country Manager BeLux
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Thomas Rau
Founder
RAU
Khawla al Hashimi
Director of Project Development
Shurooq
Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM
Stijn Bastiaens
Vice President Marketing & Loyalty
Hilton Europe, Middle East & Africa
Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group
Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects
Michael Koth
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Mark Smith
Technical Director
Muvi Cinemas
Henri Simons
Director
Atomium
Mubarak AlShamsi
Director
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism
Chaim Scheepers
General Manager
The Hoxton Brussels
Bart Leclercq
Head of Studio KSA
Brewer Smith Brewer Group
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa
Michiel Riedijk
Partner
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Ill-Sam Park
Associate Partner
Foster + Partners
Jeroen de Leeuw
Head Facility Management
Theater Rotterdam
Mounir Lakkis
Director of Engineering
Burj Al Arab
William Muirhead
Vice President & General Manager
Six Flags
Julien Demonté
Director Aqualibi
Walibi Belgium
Dara Towhidi
Architect-Partner
Foster + Partners
Christine Conix
CEO
CONIX RDBM Architects
Marieke van Bommel
Director
MAS
Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group
Simon Gheysens
International Real Estate Investor and Developer
Ghelamco
Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM
Liesl Vivier
Director
BDP Rotterdam
Rienk Oosterhof
Chief Real Estate Officer
The Student Hotel
Nadja Van Houten
Director
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Teun Koek
Director
Westfiel Mall of the Netherlands
Kees van Casteren
Associate
OMA
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Tom Roelens
COO
Wynn Al Marjan Island
Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas
Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond
Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments
Anastasiia Salina
Group Director of Quality
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen
Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo
Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel
Richard Fenne
Director
Woods Bagot
Ahmed Al Salami
Head of Building System Development Unit
Dubai Municipality
Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Mads Wolff
General Manager
25hours Hotel One Central
Marco Hueckel
Managing Partner
Facts & Fiction
Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland
Paul Bridger
COO
Rove Hotels
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR
Jim Heverin
Director
Zaha Hadid Architects
Katell Bourgeois
Director Hotels & Hospitality
Cushman & Wakefield
Will Plowman
Partner
Foster + Partners
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal
Executive Chairman
Shurooq
Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UN Studio
Maurice Korenblik
Project Architect
Benthem Crouwel Architects
Gurdish Sabharwal
Technical Director
The Oberoi Dubai
Anubha Khandelwal
Training Manager
The Oberoi Hotel Group
Carolien Gehrels
European Cities Director
Arcadis
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Jeff Brown
General Manager
La Perle
Gurminder Sagoo
Client Director
WSP
Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei
Sydney Koster
Retail Expert & Design Manager
URW
Stéphane Beel
Director
Stéphane Beel Architecten
Bob Claeys
R&D Director
Kinepolis Group
Rudy Hulsmans
Director
Terhills
Erwin Vrijens
Head of Real Estate
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV)
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg