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JURY & COACHES 2022

Marloes Knippenberg

CEO, Kerten Hospitality

 

Wolfgang Neumann

Chairman, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance & Founder, Neumann Hospitality

Colin Abercrombie

Strategy Director NEOM Hotel Development

Haitham Mattar

Managing Director, India, Middle East & Africa, IHG

Morgan Tuckness

LEED-AP Design & Architecture, NEOM Hotel Development 

 

Jochem-Jan Sleiffer

President Middle East, Africa & Turkey, Hilton 

Marc Descrozaille

COO, India, Middle East & Africa, Accor

 

Tim Cordon

Senior Area Vice President Middle East & Africa, Radisson Hotel Group

Sandeep Walia

COO Middle East, Marriott International

Dimitris Manikis

President EMEA, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts 

 

Peter Cole

Founder, Eclectic Companies

Oscar Kneppers

Founder Rockstart

Hans Heijligers

General Manager InterContinental Geneva / Crowne Plaza Geneva

Aseel Bondagjy

Hotel Talent Development Lead, NEOM 

Abdulhalim Awlia

Development & Operations Professional - NEOM

Jonathan Worsley

Chairman & Founder, The Bench

Gitta Brueckmann 

Area Vice President Central Europe, Marriott International

Milan Arandelovic

COO Hotel Division Aroundtown SA

Caro van Eekelen

Cultural Transformation, CARO VAN EEKELEN

Former SVP Learning & Development, Accor

Anina Pira

Vice President at JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group

Hans Meyer

Co Founder & Managing Director at Zoku

Erwin Verhoog

VP Operations Europe Hilton

Marieke Dessauvagie

Senior Consultant Hotels at Colliers

Alexander Claus

CEO Claus Company

Ruud Reuland

Reuland Hospitality Coaching

Eve Mignot

Sustainability Manager, AEHL

Winner of SHC 2021

JURY 2019

Peter Cole

CEO, Design Hotels 

Wolfgang Neumann

Chairman Hotelschool the Hague & former President & CEO, Radisson Hospitality 

Marloes Knippenberg

CEO, Kerten Hospitality

Dirk Baker

CEO, Colliers International 

Milan Arandelovic

COO, Aroundtown 

Hans Meyer

CEO, Zoku 

Caro van Eekelen

SVP Learning Development & Transformation, Accor

Dimitris Manikis

President, Wyndham

JURY 2018 

Hans Heijligers

CEO IHG/ANA Japan

Ricco de Blank

CEO Sun Hung Kai

 

Frank Lavey

Senior VP Global Operations; Hyat

Thomas Willms

CEO Steigenberger

Milan Arandelovic

COO, Aroundtown 

 

Hans Meyer

CEO, Zoku 

Wolfgang Neumann

Chairman Hotelschool the Hague & former President & CEO, Radisson Hospitality 

JURY & COACHES 20/21 

Marloes Knippenberg

CEO, Kerten Hospitality

Dirk Bakker

Head of EMEA Hotels & CEO Netherlands, Colliers

 

Mark Willis

CEO, India, Middle East, Africa & Turkey, Accor

Haitham Mattar

Managing Director, India, Middle East & Africa, IHG

Morgan Tuckness

LEED-AP Design & Architecture, NEOM Hotel Development 

 

Jochem-Jan Sleiffer

President Middle East, Africa & Turkey, Hilton 

Wolfgang Neumann

Chairman, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance & Founder, Neumann Hospitality

 

Tim Cordon

Senior Area Vice President Middle East & Africa, Radisson Hotel Group

Sandeep Walia

COO Middle East, Marriott International

Dimitris Manikis

President EMEA, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts 

 

Peter Cole

Founder, Eclectic Companies

David Kepron

Founder and Owner, NXTLVL Experience Design

Haitham Mattar

Managing Director MEA & South West Asia/Special Advisory to Secretary General UNWTO- Sustainable Tourism Development

 

Paul Stevens

COO, Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Accor

 

Sandeep Walia

COO, Middle East, Marriott International

 

Glenn Mandziuk

CEO, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

 

Guy Hutchinson

CEO & President, Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC

 

Karin van den Berg

Senior Director Operations UAE, Hilton

 

Bernadine Galliver

Vice President Tourism Advisory, JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group

 

Dimitris Manikis

President & Managing Director EMEA, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts

 

Colin Abercrombie

Strategy Director, Hotel Development NEOM

 

Aseel Bondagjy

Hotel Talent Development Lead, NEOM

 

Abdulhalim Awlia

Hotel Development & Operations Specialist, NEOM

 

Sundus Baroom

Architect - Urban Planning, NEOM

 

Alexander Kluit

Managing Director NL/BE, Apollo Hotels & Leonardo Hotels

 

Wido Kijne

Senior Manager Optimisation & Innovation Europe, Marriott International

 

Federico Toresi

Global Vice President Design, Luxury & Premium Brands, Accor

 

Dirk Bakker

CEO Netherlands & Head of Hotels EMEA, Colliers

 

Hans Heijligers

General Manager, Intercontinental Geneva/Crowne Plaza Geneva

 

Marloes Knippenberg

CEO, Kerten Hospitality

 

Oscar Kneppers

Founder Emerce, Bright, Rockstart, Origen, The Wool Institute, and CEO Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship

 

Patrick O’Meara

Head of Business Development, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

 

Sophie Galharret

VP Sustainability Global Sofitel MGallery Emblems

 

Alexander Claus

Managing Director, CLAY Hospitality

 

Sharron Vanessa

Second Place SHC 2022

Sustainability & CSR Manager, Yamaha Mustika Group

JURY & COACHES 2023 

JURY 2017 

Daniel Ruff

President EMEA, Wyndham

Hans Heijligers

CEO IHG/ANA Japan

 

Wolfgang Neumann

Chairman Hotelschool the Hague & former President & CEO, Radisson Hospitality 

 

Carmen Hui

Commercial Director Owner Partnerships, Booking.com

 

Ricco de Blank

CEO Sun Hung Kai

Peter Norman

Senior VP Acquisitions Hyatt

Remy Rein

VP BNP Paribas

JURY 2016 

Roeland Vos

 CEO Belmond

 

Wolfgang Neumann

Chairman Hotelschool the Hague & former President & CEO, Radisson Hospitality 

 

Milan Arandelovic

COO, Aroundtown

Hans Heijligers

CEO IHG/ANA Japan

 

Daniel Ruff 

President EMEA, Wyndham

Ingrid Eras Magdalena

Senior VP HR Belmond

JURY 2015 

Gitta Brueckmann

Senior VP EMEA, Marriott

Milan Arandelovic

VP Hilton

Michael Wale

Managing Director Starwood EMEA

Michael Levy

CEO CitizenM

Steven Daines

CEO Accor Europe

Maarten Markus

Managing Director NH Europe

JURY 2014 

Amy Mc.Person

Managing Director Marriott, EMEA

Wolfgang Neumann

CEO Rezidor

 

Michael Wale

Managing Director Starwood EMEA

 

Puneet Chhatwal

CEO Steigenberger

 

Daniel Ruff

President Wyndham EMEA

 

Steven Daines

CEO Accor Europe

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