Experts
Click on Buildings to explore our comprehensive list of landmark buildings or hit the Experts button to discover the profiles of our distinguished speakers. Pictures and Movies give you a taste of what to expect when joining Building Leisure Buildings. We turn individual expertise into collective excellence, shaping the future of leisure architecture together.
Here are a few of our worldclass experts:
Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei
Richard Fenne
Director
Woods Bagot
Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas
Jaap van Baar
Financial Manager
PSV
David Wallace
Director
Chapman Taylor
Dunia Joulani
Director
Deloitte Middle East
Khawla al Hashimi
Director of Project Development
Shurooq
Dayakar Reddy
Director of Engineering
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Simon Crispe
Director
WS Atkins & Partners
Rienk Oosterhof
Chief Real Estate Officer
The Student Hotel
Gurkan Atasever
Area Director of Engineering
Marriott
Simon Gheysens
International Real Estate Investor and Developer
Ghelamco
Niklaas Deboutte
Partner
META Architectuurbureau
Gurminder Sagoo
Client Director
WSP
Joeri Beusen
Director Development Benelux
Accor
Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera
Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Dara Towhidi
Architect-Partner
Foster + Partners
Suhaila Saeed Al Munthari
Conferences & Exhibitions Affairs Unit Head
Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Stéphane Beel
Director
Stéphane Beel Architecten
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Anton Vliegenthart
Director
De Doelen
Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group
Cristian Fumado
Vice President
Kerzner International
Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM
Richard Alexander
General Manager
The Lana
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Thomas Rau
Founder
RAU
Kees van Casteren
Associate
OMA
Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital
Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group
Maurice Korenblik
Project Architect
Benthem Crouwel Architects
Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UN Studio
Jaap den Bleker
Team Lead Design & Development
Efteling
Erik Vanden Berghe
General Manager Real Estate, Construction & Maintenance
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Teun Koek
Director
Westfiel Mall of the Netherlands
Mubarak Al Shamisi
Director Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Seppe Raaphorst
Director Urban Development
City of Apeldoorn
Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Peter De Durpel
COO
Nextensa
Camille Oostwegel
Founder
Oostwegel Collection
Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM
Paul van Bergen
Managing Director
DGMR
Jeff Brown
General Manager
La Perle
Karim Bizid
Regional Vice President Operation & General Manager
General Hotel Management Ltd
Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects
Marilu Sicoli
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development
Jolijn Zeeuwen
General Manager
Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland
Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Michael Koth
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton
Erwin Vrijens
Head of Real Estate
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV)
Anastasiia Salina
Group Director of Quality
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Paul Bridger
COO
Rove Hotels
Fleur Rossdale
Managing Director
Interior Design House Ltd
Olga Polizzi
Director of Design
Rocco Forte Hotels
Will Plowman
Partner
Foster + Partners
Sydney Koster
Retail Expert & Design Manager
URW
Rudy Hulsmans
Director
Terhills
Nadja Van Houten
Director
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Stijn Bastiaens
Vice President Marketing & Loyalty
Hilton Europe, Middle East & Africa
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Keith Gavin
Design Director
Godwin Austen Johnson
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris
Jim Heverin
Director
Zaha Hadid Architects
Samuel Sedrak
Design Director
ASGC Construction
Henri Simons
Director
Atomium
Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo
Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR
Carolien Gehrels
European Cities Director
Arcadis
Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg
Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP
Aino Jansen
Project Director EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rijksoverheid
Gijs Hendriks
Development Manager
Boskalis
Marc Winters
Director
Thialf
Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa
François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection
Coen Bertens
Director of Operations
Efteling
Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux
Tom Roelens
COO
Wynn Al Marjan Island
Eric Domb
Owner
Pairi Daiza
Vincent Taapken
Creative Director
nhow Rotterdam
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Anubha Khandelwal
Training Manager
The Oberoi Hotel Group
Marieke van Bommel
Director
MAS
Ronald Luyben
General Manager
De Bijenkorf Den Haag
Guido Gryseels
Director
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
Marc Alofs
General Manager
Botanic Sanctuary