Experts
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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development
Carolien Gehrels
European Cities Director
Arcadis
Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects
Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton
Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group
Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera
Keith Gavin
Design Director
Godwin Austen Johnson
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Paul van Bergen
Managing Director
DGMR
Mark Smith
Technical Director
Muvi Cinemas
Cristian Fumado
Vice President
Kerzner International
Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group
Aino Jansen
Project Director EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rijksoverheid
Jeanet van Antwerpen
Director
Schiphol Area Development Company
Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Stéphane Beel
Director
Stéphane Beel Architecten
Gijs Joosen
Leading Professional Parametric Design
Royal HaskoningDHV
Bob Claeys
R&D Director
Kinepolis Group
Liesl Vivier
Director
BDP Rotterdam
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton
Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Marc Alofs
General Manager
Botanic Sanctuary
Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas
Michiel Riedijk
Partner
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Marco Hueckel
Managing Partner
Facts & Fiction
Thomas Rau
Founder
RAU
Seppe Raaphorst
Director Urban Development
City of Apeldoorn
Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Katell Bourgeois
Director Hotels & Hospitality
Cushman & Wakefield
Michiel Roelfsema
General Manager
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Sergio Herman
Entrepreneur
Strandhotel Cadzand-Bad
Guido Gryseels
Director
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
Samuel Sedrak
Design Director
ASGC Construction
Patrick Fransen
Founder
NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture
Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International
Dunia Joulani
Director
Deloitte Middle East
Richard Alexander
General Manager
The Lana
Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten
Suhaila Saeed Al Munthari
Conferences & Exhibitions Affairs Unit Head
Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Christine Conix
CEO
CONIX RDBM Architects
Julien Kauffmann
CEO
Farah Experiences
Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM
Bart Leclercq
Head of Studio KSA
Brewer Smith Brewer Group
Richard Fenne
Director
Woods Bagot
Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments
Tom Roelens
COO
Wynn Al Marjan Island
Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen
François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection
Aleksandra Nastic
Lead Designer
Woods Bagot
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal
Executive Chairman
Shurooq
Jimmy Kok
Director of F&B
Atlantis, The Palm
Niklaas Deboutte
Partner
META Architectuurbureau
Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP
Robert Yordi
General Curator
SeaWorld Yas Island
Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Edward Leenders
Managing Director
Corinthia Hotels Limited
Mounir Lakkis
Director of Engineering
Burj Al Arab
Niels Bouwman
General Pavilion Director The Netherlands Dubai Expo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands)
Edwin de Kuiper
Executive Board Member
Ballast-Nedam
Simon Crispe
Director
WS Atkins & Partners
Chaim Scheepers
General Manager
The Hoxton Brussels
Abdullah Al Busaidi
Secretary General
Oman Society of Engineers
Julien Demonté
Director Aqualibi
Walibi Belgium
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg
Stijn Bastiaens
Vice President Marketing & Loyalty
Hilton Europe, Middle East & Africa
Kees van Casteren
Associate
OMA
Maurice Korenblik
Project Architect
Benthem Crouwel Architects
Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Peter De Durpel
COO
Nextensa
Michael Koth
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Mubarak Al Shamisi
Director Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi
Gerbrand Borgdorff
Director
Theateradvies
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans
Erwin Vrijens
Head of Real Estate
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV)
Anton Vliegenthart
Director
De Doelen
Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris
Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel
Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo
Gurkan Atasever
Area Director of Engineering
Marriott
Jakub Stefan Adamowicz
Director of Engineering
The Lana
Louis Abi Abboud
Head of Middle East
Ennismore
Olga Polizzi
Director of Design
Rocco Forte Hotels
Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
René van Schie
Director of Accommodations and Day Attractions
Metropoolregio Amsterdam
Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects
Joris Vrielynck
Director Project Development
Compagnie Het Zoute
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Irene Forte
Group Project Director
Rocco Forte Hotels
Jim Heverin
Director
Zaha Hadid Architects