Experts
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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects
Aleksandra Nastic
Lead Designer
Woods Bagot
Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects
Aino Jansen
Project Director EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rijksoverheid
Seppe Raaphorst
Director Urban Development
City of Apeldoorn
Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects
Vincent Taapken
Creative Director
nhow Rotterdam
Rudy Hulsmans
Director
Terhills
Chaim Scheepers
General Manager
The Hoxton Brussels
Michael Koth
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Anton Vliegenthart
Director
De Doelen
Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM
Ronald Luyben
General Manager
De Bijenkorf Den Haag
Marco Hueckel
Managing Partner
Facts & Fiction
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Peter De Durpel
COO
Nextensa
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group
Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development
Simon Crispe
Director
WS Atkins & Partners
Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland
Jaap den Bleker
Team Lead Design & Development
Efteling
Jimmy Kok
Director of F&B
Atlantis, The Palm
Fleur Rossdale
Managing Director
Interior Design House Ltd
Gurdish Sabharwal
Technical Director
The Oberoi Dubai
Anastasiia Salina
Group Director of Quality
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Richard Fenne
Director
Woods Bagot
Michiel Roelfsema
General Manager
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Samuel Sedrak
Design Director
ASGC Construction
Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen
Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris
Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UN Studio
Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Erik Vanden Berghe
General Manager Real Estate, Construction & Maintenance
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group
Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM
Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Thomas Rau
Founder
RAU
Mads Wolff
General Manager
25hours Hotel One Central
Mounir Lakkis
Director of Engineering
Burj Al Arab
François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection
Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera
Marilu Sicoli
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Mubarak AlShamsi
Director
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism
Kent Cooper
Executive Commercial Director
La Perle
Marina Milosev
Principal Policy Planner
London Legacy Development Corporation
Jaap van Baar
Financial Manager
PSV
Dayakar Reddy
Director of Engineering
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Niklaas Deboutte
Partner
META Architectuurbureau
Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital
Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans
Carolien Gehrels
European Cities Director
Arcadis
Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW
Jeroen de Leeuw
Head Facility Management
Theater Rotterdam
Peter Magee
Director
Zayed National Museum
Tom Grymonprez
Country Manager BeLux
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Nadja Van Houten
Director
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux
Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal
Executive Chairman
Shurooq
Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition
Bob Claeys
R&D Director
Kinepolis Group
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Henri Simons
Director
Atomium
Edwin de Kuiper
Executive Board Member
Ballast-Nedam
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group
Richard Johnson
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah
Olga Polizzi
Director of Design
Rocco Forte Hotels
Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen
William Muirhead
Vice President & General Manager
Six Flags
Rudy Hulsmans
Director
Terhills
Gurdish Sabharwal
Technical Director
The Oberoi Dubai
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Erik Vanden Berghe
General Manager Real Estate, Construction & Maintenance
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP
Sydney Koster
Retail Expert & Design Manager
URW
Jaap van Baar
Financial Manager
PSV
Bart Leclercq
Head of Studio KSA
Brewer Smith Brewer Group
Edward Leenders
Managing Director
Corinthia Hotels Limited
Robert Yordi
General Curator
SeaWorld Yas Island
Camille Oostwegel
Founder
Oostwegel Collection
Andre Naude
Managing Director
Mirage Leisure and Development
Liesl Vivier
Director
BDP Rotterdam
Nadja Van Houten
Director
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group
Louis Abi Abboud
Head of Middle East
Ennismore
Werner Anzinger
General Manager
The Mandarin Oriental
Raf Degens
CEO
Corda Campus
Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel
Mark Smith
Technical Director
Muvi Cinemas
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Jeroen de Leeuw
Head Facility Management
Theater Rotterdam
Dunia Joulani
Director
Deloitte Middle East
Yusef Shalabi
COO
Al Habtoor Group
Wim Wauters
Park Manager
Plopsaland
Ahmed Al Salami
Head of Building System Development Unit
Dubai Municipality
Renaud Salmon
Chief Experience Officer
House of Amouage
Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects
Kees van Casteren
Associate
OMA
Mubarak AlShamsi
Director
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism
Gerbrand Borgdorff
Director
Theateradvies
Jim Heverin
Director
Zaha Hadid Architects
Dieter Deketelaere
Technical Director
Plopsa Group
René van Schie
Director of Accommodations and Day Attractions
Metropoolregio Amsterdam
Keith Gavin
Design Director
Godwin Austen Johnson
Mounir Lakkis
Director of Engineering
Burj Al Arab
Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans
Aleksandra Nastic
Lead Designer
Woods Bagot
Jolijn Zeeuwen
General Manager
Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Michael Koth
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Dara Towhidi
Architect-Partner
Foster + Partners
Simon Crispe
Director
WS Atkins & Partners
Simon Gheysens
International Real Estate Investor and Developer
Ghelamco
Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR
Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM
Marc Winters
Director
Thialf
Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UN Studio
Tom Roelens
COO
Wynn Al Marjan Island
Andrew King
Parter
Foster + Partners
Niklaas Deboutte
Partner
META Architectuurbureau
Vincent Taapken
Creative Director
nhow Rotterdam
Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris
Michiel Roelfsema
General Manager
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Anastasiia Salina
Group Director of Quality
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg
Suhaila Saeed Al Munthari
Conferences & Exhibitions Affairs Unit Head
Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects
Sergio Herman
Entrepreneur
Strandhotel Cadzand-Bad
Rienk Oosterhof
Chief Real Estate Officer
The Student Hotel
Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects
Ronald Luyben
General Manager
De Bijenkorf Den Haag
Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International
Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments
David Wallace
Director
Chapman Taylor
Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital
Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Coen Bertens
Director of Operations
Efteling
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton
Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei
Teun Koek
Director
Westfiel Mall of the Netherlands
Anton Vliegenthart
Director
De Doelen
Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland
Gijs Hendriks
Development Manager
Boskalis
Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Deana Taylor
Deputy General Manager
Ferrari World
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Fleur Rossdale
Managing Director
Interior Design House Ltd
Stijn Bastiaens
Vice President Marketing & Loyalty
Hilton Europe, Middle East & Africa
Khawla al Hashimi
Director of Project Development
Shurooq
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Guido Gryseels
Director
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
Paul van Bergen
Managing Director
DGMR
Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond