Experts
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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:
Samuel Sedrak
Design Director
ASGC Construction
Katell Bourgeois
Director Hotels & Hospitality
Cushman & Wakefield
Jaap van Baar
Financial Manager
PSV
Jeroen de Leeuw
Head Facility Management
Theater Rotterdam
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International
Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa
Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton
Raf Degens
CEO
Corda Campus
Anastasiia Salina
Group Director of Quality
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Mubarak AlShamsi
Director
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism
Jaap den Bleker
Team Lead Design & Development
Efteling
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen
Dunia Joulani
Director
Deloitte Middle East
Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland
Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten
Paul van Bergen
Managing Director
DGMR
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Rudy Hulsmans
Director
Terhills
Anton Vliegenthart
Director
De Doelen
Jeff Brown
General Manager
La Perle
Michiel Riedijk
Partner
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM
Stéphane Beel
Director
Stéphane Beel Architecten
Richard Johnson
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah
Gijs Hendriks
Development Manager
Boskalis
Louis Abi Abboud
Head of Middle East
Ennismore
Teun Koek
Director
Westfiel Mall of the Netherlands
Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW
Mark Smith
Technical Director
Muvi Cinemas
Thomas Kaferle
General Manager
SeaWorld Yas Island
Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo
Robert Yordi
General Curator
SeaWorld Yas Island
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Fleur Rossdale
Managing Director
Interior Design House Ltd
Maurice Korenblik
Project Architect
Benthem Crouwel Architects
Jan Müller
Director
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Niels Bouwman
General Pavilion Director The Netherlands Dubai Expo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands)
Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond
Michael Koth
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Joris Vrielynck
Director Project Development
Compagnie Het Zoute
Jim Heverin
Director
Zaha Hadid Architects
Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR
Dara Towhidi
Architect-Partner
Foster + Partners
Suhaila Saeed Al Munthari
Conferences & Exhibitions Affairs Unit Head
Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Gerbrand Borgdorff
Director
Theateradvies
Gijs Joosen
Leading Professional Parametric Design
Royal HaskoningDHV
Gurkan Atasever
Area Director of Engineering
Marriott
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton
Aino Jansen
Project Director EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rijksoverheid
Marieke van Bommel
Director
MAS
Dayakar Reddy
Director of Engineering
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Anubha Khandelwal
Training Manager
The Oberoi Hotel Group
Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group
Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UN Studio
Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments
Ahmed Al Salami
Head of Building System Development Unit
Dubai Municipality
Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei
Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital
Erik Vanden Berghe
General Manager Real Estate, Construction & Maintenance
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Rienk Oosterhof
Chief Real Estate Officer
The Student Hotel
Maurice Korenblik
Project Architect
Benthem Crouwel Architects
Mounir Lakkis
Director of Engineering
Burj Al Arab
Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Michiel Riedijk
Partner
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW
Paul van Bergen
Managing Director
DGMR
Coen Bertens
Director of Operations
Efteling
Guido Gryseels
Director
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera
Paul Bridger
COO
Rove Hotels
Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa
Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR
Simon Gheysens
International Real Estate Investor and Developer
Ghelamco
Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris
Marc Alofs
General Manager
Botanic Sanctuary
Mubarak AlShamsi
Director
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism
Deana Taylor
Deputy General Manager
Ferrari World
Anubha Khandelwal
Training Manager
The Oberoi Hotel Group
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Dara Towhidi
Architect-Partner
Foster + Partners
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Tom Roelens
COO
Wynn Al Marjan Island
Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux
Khawla al Hashimi
Director of Project Development
Shurooq
Marieke van Bommel
Director
MAS
Ill-Sam Park
Associate Partner
Foster + Partners
Gurminder Sagoo
Client Director
WSP
Patrick Fransen
Founder
NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture
Sydney Koster
Retail Expert & Design Manager
URW
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Thomas Rau
Founder
RAU
Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen
Kent Cooper
Executive Commercial Director
La Perle
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei
Joris Vrielynck
Director Project Development
Compagnie Het Zoute
Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP
Julien Kauffmann
CEO
Farah Experiences
Liesl Vivier
Director
BDP Rotterdam
Irene Forte
Group Project Director
Rocco Forte Hotels
Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel
Katell Bourgeois
Director Hotels & Hospitality
Cushman & Wakefield
Jimmy Kok
Director of F&B
Atlantis, The Palm
Vincent Taapken
Creative Director
nhow Rotterdam
Joeri Beusen
Director Development Benelux
Accor
Kees van Casteren
Associate
OMA
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Ahmed Al Salami
Head of Building System Development Unit
Dubai Municipality
Niels Bouwman
General Pavilion Director The Netherlands Dubai Expo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands)
Gijs Joosen
Leading Professional Parametric Design
Royal HaskoningDHV
Andre Naude
Managing Director
Mirage Leisure and Development
Dayakar Reddy
Director of Engineering
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Mads Wolff
General Manager
25hours Hotel One Central
David Wallace
Director
Chapman Taylor
Mark Smith
Technical Director
Muvi Cinemas
Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects
Eric Domb
Owner
Pairi Daiza
Richard Fenne
Director
Woods Bagot
Renaud Salmon
Chief Experience Officer
House of Amouage
Jeroen de Leeuw
Head Facility Management
Theater Rotterdam
Marco Hueckel
Managing Partner
Facts & Fiction
Tom Grymonprez
Country Manager BeLux
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Wim Wauters
Park Manager
Plopsaland
Richard Alexander
General Manager
The Lana
Anastasiia Salina
Group Director of Quality
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Marina Milosev
Principal Policy Planner
London Legacy Development Corporation
Aleksandra Nastic
Lead Designer
Woods Bagot
Yusef Shalabi
COO
Al Habtoor Group
Gurdish Sabharwal
Technical Director
The Oberoi Dubai
Edwin de Kuiper
Executive Board Member
Ballast-Nedam
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Camille Oostwegel
Founder
Oostwegel Collection
Dunia Joulani
Director
Deloitte Middle East
Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg
Nadja Van Houten
Director
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International
René van Schie
Director of Accommodations and Day Attractions
Metropoolregio Amsterdam
Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition
Bob Claeys
R&D Director
Kinepolis Group
Marc Winters
Director
Thialf
François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans
Thomas Kaferle
General Manager
SeaWorld Yas Island
Erik Vanden Berghe
General Manager Real Estate, Construction & Maintenance
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Marilu Sicoli
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Jeanet van Antwerpen
Director
Schiphol Area Development Company
Anton Vliegenthart
Director
De Doelen
Jolijn Zeeuwen
General Manager
Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group
Richard Johnson
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah
Raf Degens
CEO
Corda Campus