Experts
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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:
Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten
Marco Hueckel
Managing Partner
Facts & Fiction
Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond
Gurkan Atasever
Area Director of Engineering
Marriott
Samuel Sedrak
Design Director
ASGC Construction
Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Michiel Roelfsema
General Manager
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton
Renaud Salmon
Chief Experience Officer
House of Amouage
Mubarak Al Shamisi
Director Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi
Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group
Rudolph Schöningh
Director Hotel Development & Franchise
Accor Group
Marilu Sicoli
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Marieke van Bommel
Director
MAS
Jan Müller
Director
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Gurdish Sabharwal
Technical Director
The Oberoi Dubai
Seppe Raaphorst
Director Urban Development
City of Apeldoorn
Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel
Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments
Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton
Dara Towhidi
Architect-Partner
Foster + Partners
Rudy Hulsmans
Director
Terhills
Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects
Jakub Stefan Adamowicz
Director of Engineering
The Lana
Richard Johnson
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg
Marc Alofs
General Manager
Botanic Sanctuary
Marc Winters
Director
Thialf
Mounir Lakkis
Director of Engineering
Burj Al Arab
Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development
Cristian Fumado
Vice President
Kerzner International
Bart Leclercq
Head of Studio KSA
Brewer Smith Brewer Group
Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris
Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans
Rienk Oosterhof
Chief Real Estate Officer
The Student Hotel
Henri Simons
Director
Atomium
Deana Taylor
Deputy General Manager
Ferrari World
Olga Polizzi
Director of Design
Rocco Forte Hotels
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux
Edwin de Kuiper
Executive Board Member
Ballast-Nedam
Edward Leenders
Managing Director
Corinthia Hotels Limited
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Sergio Herman
Entrepreneur
Strandhotel Cadzand-Bad
Michiel Riedijk
Partner
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Jim Heverin
Director
Zaha Hadid Architects
Joris Vrielynck
Director Project Development
Compagnie Het Zoute
François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group
Camille Oostwegel
Founder
Oostwegel Collection
Patrick Fransen
Founder
NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture
Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Gurminder Sagoo
Client Director
WSP
Julien Demonté
Director Aqualibi
Walibi Belgium
Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Yusef Shalabi
COO
Al Habtoor Group
Teun Koek
Director
Westfiel Mall of the Netherlands
Anubha Khandelwal
Training Manager
The Oberoi Hotel Group
Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM