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