Experts
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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:
Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel
Niels Bouwman
General Pavilion Director The Netherlands Dubai Expo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands)
Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects
Marc Alofs
General Manager
Botanic Sanctuary
Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen
Julien Kauffmann
CEO
Farah Experiences
Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM
Simon Crispe
Director
WS Atkins & Partners
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Maurice Korenblik
Project Architect
Benthem Crouwel Architects
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Ronald Luyben
General Manager
De Bijenkorf Den Haag
Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development
Rudolph Schöningh
Director Hotel Development & Franchise
Accor Group
Gerbrand Borgdorff
Director
Theateradvies
Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Wim Wauters
Park Manager
Plopsaland
Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group
Dieter Deketelaere
Technical Director
Plopsa Group
Will Plowman
Partner
Foster + Partners
Ahmed Al Salami
Head of Building System Development Unit
Dubai Municipality
Gurminder Sagoo
Client Director
WSP
Cristian Fumado
Vice President
Kerzner International
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux
Dayakar Reddy
Director of Engineering
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal
Executive Chairman
Shurooq
Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR
Rudy Hulsmans
Director
Terhills
Michiel Riedijk
Partner
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Eric Domb
Owner
Pairi Daiza
Bart Leclercq
Head of Studio KSA
Brewer Smith Brewer Group
Simon Gheysens
International Real Estate Investor and Developer
Ghelamco
Henri Simons
Director
Atomium
Abdullah Al Busaidi
Secretary General
Oman Society of Engineers
Gurkan Atasever
Area Director of Engineering
Marriott
Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo
Erik Vanden Berghe
General Manager Real Estate, Construction & Maintenance
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM
Coen Bertens
Director of Operations
Efteling
Michiel Roelfsema
General Manager
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group
Mads Wolff
General Manager
25hours Hotel One Central
Gijs Joosen
Leading Professional Parametric Design
Royal HaskoningDHV
Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas
Dunia Joulani
Director
Deloitte Middle East
Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Marc Winters
Director
Thialf
Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Sergio Herman
Entrepreneur
Strandhotel Cadzand-Bad
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Khawla al Hashimi
Director of Project Development
Shurooq
Chaim Scheepers
General Manager
The Hoxton Brussels
Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond
Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten
Robert Yordi
General Curator
SeaWorld Yas Island
Nadja Van Houten
Director
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Rienk Oosterhof
Chief Real Estate Officer
The Student Hotel
David Wallace
Director
Chapman Taylor
Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group
Emile Klep
Director Urban Development
City of Rotterdam
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Raf Degens
CEO
Corda Campus
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Erwin Vrijens
Head of Real Estate
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV)
Louis Abi Abboud
Head of Middle East
Ennismore
Edward Leenders
Managing Director
Corinthia Hotels Limited
Mark Smith
Technical Director
Muvi Cinemas
Katell Bourgeois
Director Hotels & Hospitality
Cushman & Wakefield
Sydney Koster
Retail Expert & Design Manager
URW
Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Seppe Raaphorst
Director Urban Development
City of Apeldoorn
Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton
Marco Hueckel
Managing Partner
Facts & Fiction
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW
Joris Vrielynck
Director Project Development
Compagnie Het Zoute
Andre Naude
Managing Director
Mirage Leisure and Development
Anubha Khandelwal
Training Manager
The Oberoi Hotel Group
Thomas Kaferle
General Manager
SeaWorld Yas Island
Kent Cooper
Executive Commercial Director
La Perle
Tom Grymonprez
Country Manager BeLux
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Richard Alexander
General Manager
The Lana
Samuel Sedrak
Design Director
ASGC Construction
Aleksandra Nastic
Lead Designer
Woods Bagot
Paul Bridger
COO
Rove Hotels
Jakub Stefan Adamowicz
Director of Engineering
The Lana
Werner Anzinger
General Manager
The Mandarin Oriental
Edwin de Kuiper
Executive Board Member
Ballast-Nedam
Anastasiia Salina
Group Director of Quality
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Gurdish Sabharwal
Technical Director
The Oberoi Dubai
Yusef Shalabi
COO
Al Habtoor Group