Experts
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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Jakub Stefan Adamowicz
Director of Engineering
The Lana
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Gurminder Sagoo
Client Director
WSP
Edward Leenders
Managing Director
Corinthia Hotels Limited
Camille Oostwegel
Founder
Oostwegel Collection
Tom Grymonprez
Country Manager BeLux
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Marina Milosev
Principal Policy Planner
London Legacy Development Corporation
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen
Marilu Sicoli
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton
Simon Gheysens
International Real Estate Investor and Developer
Ghelamco
David Wallace
Director
Chapman Taylor
Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel
Paul van Bergen
Managing Director
DGMR
Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects
Chaim Scheepers
General Manager
The Hoxton Brussels
Wim Wauters
Park Manager
Plopsaland
Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo
Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital
Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects
Julien Demonté
Director Aqualibi
Walibi Belgium
Niels Bouwman
General Pavilion Director The Netherlands Dubai Expo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands)
Mads Wolff
General Manager
25hours Hotel One Central
Anubha Khandelwal
Training Manager
The Oberoi Hotel Group
Richard Johnson
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah
Anastasiia Salina
Group Director of Quality
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Rudy Hulsmans
Director
Terhills
Kees van Casteren
Associate
OMA
Nadja Van Houten
Director
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Niklaas Deboutte
Partner
META Architectuurbureau
Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development
Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux
Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland
Will Plowman
Partner
Foster + Partners
Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group
Sydney Koster
Retail Expert & Design Manager
URW
Joris Vrielynck
Director Project Development
Compagnie Het Zoute
Ahmed Al Salami
Head of Building System Development Unit
Dubai Municipality
Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas
Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW
Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans
Guido Gryseels
Director
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM
Henri Simons
Director
Atomium
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg
François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection
Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP
Michiel Roelfsema
General Manager
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group
Ill-Sam Park
Associate Partner
Foster + Partners
Stijn Bastiaens
Vice President Marketing & Loyalty
Hilton Europe, Middle East & Africa
Marc Winters
Director
Thialf
Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris
Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton
Karim Bizid
Regional Vice President Operation & General Manager
General Hotel Management Ltd
Vincent Taapken
Creative Director
nhow Rotterdam
Joeri Beusen
Director Development Benelux
Accor
Jimmy Kok
Director of F&B
Atlantis, The Palm
Fleur Rossdale
Managing Director
Interior Design House Ltd
Rienk Oosterhof
Chief Real Estate Officer
The Student Hotel
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Jeff Brown
General Manager
La Perle
Michael Koth
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Richard Fenne
Director
Woods Bagot
Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten
Robert Yordi
General Curator
SeaWorld Yas Island
Aino Jansen
Project Director EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rijksoverheid
Keith Gavin
Design Director
Godwin Austen Johnson
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei
Dieter Deketelaere
Technical Director
Plopsa Group
Peter Magee
Director
Zayed National Museum
Paul Bridger
COO
Rove Hotels
Suhaila Saeed Al Munthari
Conferences & Exhibitions Affairs Unit Head
Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Bob Claeys
R&D Director
Kinepolis Group
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Thomas Rau
Founder
RAU
Coen Bertens
Director of Operations
Efteling
Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group
Thomas Kaferle
General Manager
SeaWorld Yas Island
Jim Heverin
Director
Zaha Hadid Architects
Cristian Fumado
Vice President
Kerzner International
Marc Alofs
General Manager
Botanic Sanctuary
Christine Conix
CEO
CONIX RDBM Architects
Jaap den Bleker
Team Lead Design & Development
Efteling
Simon Crispe
Director
WS Atkins & Partners
Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Erik Vanden Berghe
General Manager Real Estate, Construction & Maintenance
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera
Gerbrand Borgdorff
Director
Theateradvies
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Karim Bizid
Regional Vice President Operation & General Manager
General Hotel Management Ltd
Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM
Jeroen de Leeuw
Head Facility Management
Theater Rotterdam
Dieter Deketelaere
Technical Director
Plopsa Group
Yusef Shalabi
COO
Al Habtoor Group
Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris
Niklaas Deboutte
Partner
META Architectuurbureau
Sergio Herman
Entrepreneur
Strandhotel Cadzand-Bad
Dayakar Reddy
Director of Engineering
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Dara Towhidi
Architect-Partner
Foster + Partners
Rudolph Schöningh
Director Hotel Development & Franchise
Accor Group
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton
Julien Kauffmann
CEO
Farah Experiences
Marc Alofs
General Manager
Botanic Sanctuary
Cristian Fumado
Vice President
Kerzner International
Bob Claeys
R&D Director
Kinepolis Group
Deana Taylor
Deputy General Manager
Ferrari World
Jolijn Zeeuwen
General Manager
Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Mubarak AlShamsi
Director
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Marc Winters
Director
Thialf
Jeanet van Antwerpen
Director
Schiphol Area Development Company
Emile Klep
Director Urban Development
City of Rotterdam
Marilu Sicoli
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UN Studio
Fleur Rossdale
Managing Director
Interior Design House Ltd
Joris Vrielynck
Director Project Development
Compagnie Het Zoute
Keith Gavin
Design Director
Godwin Austen Johnson
Liesl Vivier
Director
BDP Rotterdam
Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal
Executive Chairman
Shurooq
Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW
Simon Gheysens
International Real Estate Investor and Developer
Ghelamco
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR
Eric Domb
Owner
Pairi Daiza
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Marieke van Bommel
Director
MAS
Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux
Richard Johnson
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg
Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera
Peter De Durpel
COO
Nextensa
Richard Fenne
Director
Woods Bagot
Andre Naude
Managing Director
Mirage Leisure and Development
Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects
Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP
Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group
Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten
Suhaila Saeed Al Munthari
Conferences & Exhibitions Affairs Unit Head
Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International
Teun Koek
Director
Westfiel Mall of the Netherlands
Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group
Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo
Olga Polizzi
Director of Design
Rocco Forte Hotels
Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group
Louis Abi Abboud
Head of Middle East
Ennismore
Gijs Joosen
Leading Professional Parametric Design
Royal HaskoningDHV
Marco Hueckel
Managing Partner
Facts & Fiction
Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Bart Leclercq
Head of Studio KSA
Brewer Smith Brewer Group
Joeri Beusen
Director Development Benelux
Accor
William Muirhead
Vice President & General Manager
Six Flags
Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition
Gerbrand Borgdorff
Director
Theateradvies
Aino Jansen
Project Director EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rijksoverheid
Sydney Koster
Retail Expert & Design Manager
URW
Kees van Casteren
Associate
OMA
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Rudy Hulsmans
Director
Terhills
Henri Simons
Director
Atomium
Andrew King
Parter
Foster + Partners
Rienk Oosterhof
Chief Real Estate Officer
The Student Hotel
Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments
Nadja Van Houten
Director
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Paul van Bergen
Managing Director
DGMR
Vincent Taapken
Creative Director
nhow Rotterdam
Mads Wolff
General Manager
25hours Hotel One Central
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Tom Grymonprez
Country Manager BeLux
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Edwin de Kuiper
Executive Board Member
Ballast-Nedam
Erwin Vrijens
Head of Real Estate
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV)
Werner Anzinger
General Manager
The Mandarin Oriental
Stéphane Beel
Director
Stéphane Beel Architecten
Mounir Lakkis
Director of Engineering
Burj Al Arab
Erik Vanden Berghe
General Manager Real Estate, Construction & Maintenance
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Gurkan Atasever
Area Director of Engineering
Marriott
Simon Crispe
Director
WS Atkins & Partners
Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton
Jeff Brown
General Manager
La Perle
Michiel Riedijk
Partner
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Jimmy Kok
Director of F&B
Atlantis, The Palm