SPEAKERS

	Romano Allione is a professional engineer, project management consultant, member FIDIC President’s List of Approved Adjudicators, charter member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF), and Past President of the DRBF’s Executive Board of Directors. Mr. Allione has contributed to the construction of major infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He was a party in the first DRB to operate outside the USA in the early 1980s and since then has strongly promoted the DRB/DAB concept and helped in Dispute Board training seminars and in communicating the DB philosophy. On retirement from the largest Italian contractor after more than 30 years of service, Mr. Allione has been active in advising on project management, claim preparation, and Dispute Board implementation. He has and is participating in arbitration proceedings; has been acting as Arbitrator, Member and Chair of Dispute Adjudication Boards according to FIDIC Rules; and Combined Dispute Boards according to ICC Rules. He is a lecturer on contracting at “Post Graduate Master Course Tunneling and Tunneling Boring Machine" at Turin Polytechnic and for several Seminars for Lawyers and Engineers. He received the Al Mathews Award for Dispute Board Excellence in 2008, the DRBF's highest honor.
	Gabriel Armanet is a Director for the Construction branch of FTI Consulting, working for the Forensic and Litigation team based in Paris. Gabriel has an academic background in construction law, international procurement, economics and business administration management. He has provided services for the main engineering and construction companies operating in the construction industry across the globe (Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Pacific). Gabriel is experienced in Alternative Dispute Resolution (mediation and arbitration). He has been involved in ICC arbitrations, supporting the preparation of the filing submissions up to final hearings, notably on Quantum matters. Gabriel has also been involved in the preparation and participation of mediation at the Singapore International Mediation Centre. In 2017-2019, Gabriel has reinforced its academic background in construction law and dispute resolution at King’s College London. Gabriel won the King’s College UK Society of Construction Law prize for the best MSc dissertation in 2019, and the second prize of the European Society of Construction Law in 2020.
	Bill Barton is Director, Barton Legal Ltd., specialising in construction and non-contentious construction for over 30 years. He has particular expertise in drafting and negotiating specialist bespoke contracts. Bill is experienced in drafting amendments to and negotiating not only standard forms of contract such as JCT, NEC and ICE, but also the FIDIC Red and Silver books and the IChemE Burgundy, Red and Yellow books. An increasing element of Bill’s work is for other law firms, in the UK and internationally.
	Charles Blamire-Brown is a Partner and Solicitor-Advocate in the International Construction Disputes practice at Pinsent Masons, based in London. He has represented parties as counsel and advocate in international arbitration proceedings as well as representing clients in alternative forms of dispute resolution including, DAB, DAAB, adjudication, mediation and expert determination. He has advised on projects in the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Central America with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS States. He is recognised as a leader in the fields of both Construction and Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal and by the Legal 500 in its Arbitration Private Practice Powerlist.
	Stefan Ciobotarenco is Manager, Ciobotarenco Stefan Vlad PFA
	Vlad Ciobotarenco is Manager, Search Corporation Ltd
	Virginie Colaiuta is a partner of the London office of LMS Legal LLP. She acts as counsel, advocate and arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings deriving from construction and energy projects. Virginie is a Visiting Fellow at King’s College London, where she teaches at the MSc -Master on Construction Law and Dispute Resolution. She is the ICP Committee Editor of the law magazine titled “Construction Law International”, a publication of promoted by the of International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association. Virginie is admitted to practise as Avocat à la Cour in Paris (France), Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales, and Attorney at Law in New York (NY, USA). As a result of her experience, Virginie has an excellent understanding of the differences between the civil law and common law rules applicable to construction projects.
	Cremona Cotovelea is Partner with Tecuci Paltineanu SCPA, where she serves as a construction lawyer, mediator and DB member / FIDIC Certified Adjudicator with over 25 years of experience. She is also trained in project management and public procurement. She is the main author of two FIDIC accredited modules (‘FIDIC Basic’ and ‘FIDIC in Public’) and a friendly reviewer of the 2017 FIDIC Red and Silver books. Cremona is also a FIDIC internationally accredited trainer. Cremona is a founding partner of the first Romanian construction law firm SCPA Tecuci Păltineanu (2001) providing integrated advice: construction law, related public procurement or EU / MDB financing. She is a member of several professional associations (DRBF, ArbitralWomen, ARIC a.s.o.).
	Taner Dedezade is an international construction barrister and ICC arbitrator, practicing at Corbett & Co, with some 25 years’ experience, specialising in the resolution and avoidance of disputes arising out of international construction and engineering projects, particularly under the FIDIC forms. Taner is a FIDIC certified Adjudicator and on the FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators. Taner is also a FIDIC-certified trainer, FIDIC trainer of the Year 2020, Visiting FIDIC lecture on the King’s MSc in Construction law and arbitration. Taner was invited by FIDIC to train all Members of the FIDIC President’s List; and FIDIC Accredited Trainers.
	Giovanni Di Folco is the co-owner, President and Senior Partner of Techno Engineering & Associates Group, an international 'Techno-Legal' consulting engineering firm specializing in contracts management, construction law, claims and dispute resolution internationally, with offices in Romania, Bulgaria, Qatar and Kuwait. He is also the President & CEO of GDF ADR Solutions, a company specializing in dispute avoidance and resolution. Since May 2022 he is also the President of the DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors and since July 2020 a Director of the Board of the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Romania. He is also the Vice-President of the Romanian Association of Consulting Engineers, the Vice-President of the Cour Européenne d’Arbitrage Romanian Chapter and a Visiting Professor at the Politecnico of Milano University. He is a civil engineer with more than 30 years’ experience of managing multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects around the world. Giovanni Di Folco is an International Arbitrator, Expert Witness in delay and quantum, a FIDIC Certified Dispute Adjudicator and is listed on the prestigious FIDIC President List of Certified Adjudicators, he is also a FIDIC Accredited Trainer, FIDIC Affiliate Member, Counsel, and an expert in project and contract management, contract administration, claims preparation and defence and dispute resolution through international arbitration. He has gained extensive experience in both international arbitration and adjudication work whilst acting as Adjudicator, Arbitrator, Expert Witness, and Counsel for a wide variety of clients.
	Ugo Galli is an Italian civil engineer with LLM qualifications in Contraction Law and Arbitration, with 30 years of experience in the implementation of building and engineering projects covering a wide range of sectors: water supply and sanitation, transportation, healthcare. He has worked with international institutions, local governments and contractors on complex projects in Europe, Africa, Middle East and the Far East. He is a member of the FIDIC president List of Approved Dispute Adjudicator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a trainer on Contract Management and Administration at postgraduate level master courses.
	Jeremy Glover is a partner at Fenwick Elliott LLP, the UK’s largest construction law firm and is listed as a leader in his field in Who’s Who Legal: Construction 2020. An accredited adjudicator and member of the CIArb Adjudication Sub-Committee, he advises on all aspects of projects from initial procurement and strategic project advice to dispute avoidance and resolution. Jeremy is the co-author of Understanding the FIDIC Red and Yellow Book: A Clause by Clause Commentary, the third edition of which was published in 2018, and lead editor of Building Contract Disputes: Practice and Precedents. Jeremy is a member of the Board of Examiners on the Construction Law MSc programme at King’s College, and also teaches on the MSc Building Information Modelling Management Programme at Middlesex University. He is the DRBF Past-President for Region 2.
	Nigel Grout is an experienced and impartial construction professional specialising in the resolution and avoidance of disputes and contentious issues on international infrastructure projects. With a background in Quantity Surveying, Nigel now works exclusively as a Dispute Board member (including acting as Chairman or as a Sole Member) on projects that use the FIDIC Conditions of Contract and the MDB Harmonised Editions. He is included on the FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators and has extensive expertise and experience as a Dispute Board member in both ‘standing’ and ‘adhoc’ boards. Nigel acts as an independent practitioner and has worked on projects in the UK, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia. He has comprehensive knowledge of legal, technical and quantum issues that can arise, and has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
	Leo Grutters is owner of C2S Global GmbHs. He is a past president of the DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors and received the DRBF Award for Distinguished Service in 2022. Leo is a Construction Engineer and a Dispute Resolution Expert with over 35 years of professional experience. He holds an MBA and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Member of FIDIC's President's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators. He has been involved as an independent neutral expert in many large prestigious international engineering projects involving such wide-ranging sectors as roads, water & sanitation reticulation, railways, power generation & distribution, offshore, marine, renewable energies, etc. He is a forensic analyst focused on the logical and fair resolution to contractual disputes.
	Clive Horridge has a career in Civil Engineering spanning almost 50 years. Most of his experience in the industry has been gained with Corderoy on numerous major Motorway projects in the United Kingdom under the ICE 4th and 5th Editions and the various CESSM Conditions of Contract, and further experience on major projects in the Middle East while with Parsons Group working in Romania and in Middle East. Since joining Techno Engineering & Associates in 2006, Clive has, over the last 11 years, become specifically involved with Dispute Resolution procedures on Motorway, Road and Rail Rehabilitation projects under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract in its various forms. Over the years, Clive has developed an in-depth knowledge of Construction Contract generally, not only under the Forms of Contract above, but an understanding of working practice, interpretation and of course, project specific application of contract.
	Levent Irmak is a Civil Engineer with over 25 years of experience. He has a MSc degree in construction management from Northeastern University in Boston, USA. He is an independent consulting engineer and Managing Director of MC2 MODERN International Construction Consultancy Corporation. He has been appointed as Dispute Board member (both sole and 3-member and as DB chair) in various construction projects such as wastewater treatment plants, transportation projects (railway construction and modernization and road construction and rehabilitation) and power plant construction and also served as Expert Witness in international arbitration cases (both as tribunal-appointed and party-appointed) and as Contract Advisor in various construction projects in various countries in Europe, Middle East, Africa, the Caucasus, and Asia. He is Past-President of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) Region 2 Board of Directors and member of DRBF, FIDIC, EFCA, ATCEA (Association of Turkish Consulting Engineers and Architects) and ISTAC (Istanbul Arbitration Center) Construction Committee. He previously served as President of the DRBF Executive Board of Directors, DRBF Representative for Turkey and is currently serving as Chair of the DRBF Region 2 Pupillage and Mentoring Committee.
	Xavier Leynaud is Founding Parner of LEYNAUD & Associés and is a Construction Delay & Quantum Expert. He serves as Treasurer of the DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors and on the DRBF's Finance Committee.
	Thierry Linares is Senior Managing Director with FTI Consulting and serves as DRBF Representative for France. He has 18 years of experience on major construction projects, with field expertise relating to cost, scheduling, procurement, risk and contract management. He worked on oil & gas, energy, mining, ports, civil infrastructures, from engineering to commissioning, and has a large experience of technical and industrial problematics. As a consultant, Thierry has acted as independent expert in more than 20 construction arbitrations, with over a dozen testifying experiences in ICC arbitrations as delay and quantum expert. He is on the FIDIC President list of Adjudicators.
	Boyana Milcheva is a partner at Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm, Bulgaria, heading its Construction Law and Tax Law Practice Groups. She has specialized in construction, real estate, tax law for more than 17 years. She is a regional influencer and a proven expert who represents and consults companies in major real estate and infrastructure projects. Boyana is praised as a Thought Leader in construction by Who’s Who Legal 2021, and as a Global Leader in the same area for 2022. She is recommended as a leading individual in real estate and construction by The Legal 500 and is recognized in the ranking for real estate of Chambers Europe. Boyana is a board member of the Bulgarian Construction Law Society and DRBF Representative for Bulgaria.
	Gerard Monaghan is a Chartered Arbitrator and Director of Nicholas O' Dwyer Ltd and serves as DRBF Representative for Ireland. He a Chartered Engineer with some 30 years’ experience in the delivery of major construction projects in Ireland and internationally. Gerard is a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a CEDR accredited mediator and a member of the Engineers Ireland Arbitration, Conciliation and Adjudication panels. He is an experienced ADR professional and is appointed regularly as arbitrator, adjudicator, mediator/conciliator. Gerard is a member of the Minister’s Panel of Adjudicators established in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Construction Contracts Act 2013. Gerard is former Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Irish Branch).
	João Mora is the founding partner of Andrade & Mora. João has over 20 years of intense national and international professional experience in the infrastructure sector, advising clients on the preparation, implementation, and legal-contractual management of relevant projects in Portugal, European markets and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and Asia. He also has extensive experience in mediation, conciliation, dispute boards, litigation, and national and international arbitrations. He has been involved in several international and cross-border transactions involving various jurisdictions, whether in the context of setting up and developing infrastructure projects and their respective financing, or in the corporate domain, notably mergers and acquisitions. João is the DRBF Representative for Portugal.
	Florin Niculescu has over 26 years of experience in the field of civil engineering, having worked in the field of design, works supervision, works execution, International Financing Institution, procurement and now in the field of contracts administration and particularly, in the field of construction disputes adjudication/ resolution and arbitration. He deals with all types of construction projects, such as roads, railways (including signalling and automations), ports, industrial and civil buildings, wastewater treatment plants, sewage and water supply and sewage networks, wastewater treatment plants, irrigation networks solid waste and subways (metro). Florin is listed on the FIDIC President’ List as Approved Adjudicator and as Dispute Boards member by the Romanian Association of Consulting Engineers, and Constructions Disputes Resolution Services (USA).
	Sorina Olaru is a lawyer and consultant specialized in construction law (especially infrastructure projects). Cristina assisted Romanian and foreign Contractors in continuous matters related to tender procedures, contract management and dispute resolution projects for roads, highways, railways, bridges and water supply systems. Cristina is Partner of Oglinda & Partners Law Firm, where she gained her expertise by being involved and coordinating more than 130 infrastructure projects (consultancy, DAB procedures, ICC arbitrations, CICA-CCIR arbitrations, UNCITRAL arbitrations, Romanian National Courts cases). Most commonly, she coordinates the combined team of lawyers and engineers assuring full coverage of all issues related to every project.
	Cristina Olaru is a Partner at Oglinda & Partners. She is a lawyer and consultant specialized in construction law (especially infrastructure projects). Cristina assisted Romanian and foreign Contractors in continuous matters related to tender procedures, contract management and dispute resolution projects for roads, highways, railways, bridges and water supply systems. Cristina is Partner of Oglinda & Partners Law Firm, where she gained her expertise by being involved and coordinating more than 130 infrastructure projects (consultancy, DAB procedures, ICC arbitrations, CICA-CCIR arbitrations, UNCITRAL arbitrations, Romanian National Courts cases). Most commonly, she coordinates the combined team of lawyers and engineers assuring full coverage of all issues related to every project.
	Ana Maria Olteanu is Projects Director at Niro Investment Group. She is a civil engineer with 14 years’ experience in the construction industry, mostly dedicated to Contracts Management, Claims Management, Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution. Her experience in the construction field is versatile, from large infrastructure projects to complex civil engineering projects in both the public and private sector. Ana has a 360 degrees expertise in construction, playing an important role in the designers’, contractors’, consultants’ and employers’ teams. Ana holds a master’s degree in Foundation Engineering, is Member of the DRBF, Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
	Dr. Beatrice Onica-Jarka is Owner and Parner of Beatrice Onica-Jarka & Asociati/JOY LEGAL&BUSINESS. She has built a solid career in arbitration, sitting in over 200 international and domestic arbitration procedures as a Chair or Single Arbitrator and in developing the arbitration communities as vice president or president of different domestic or international arbitration forums. Dr. Beatrice Onica-Jarka has been acting since February 2022, as the President of the European Court of Arbitration – Romanian Chapter, an international forum of arbitration with national reach set up over 50 years ago in France, at Strasbourg, under the patronage of the Council of Europe, providing hyper specialized arbitration services in PPP & Public Procurement Law, Construction Law FIDIC and HG 1/2018, Energy and natural resources, but also in other fields of law practice as Competition Law & State Aid, Mergers & Acquisitions, real estate etc. She also brings her multi-disciplinary, pluri-perspectives experience as listed and practicing arbitrator with CAfA, ADR FORUM, Czech Court of Arbitration, WIPO – Center for Dispute Resolution, CAIB-BIAC, European Arbitration Court, as prolific published author on different topics on domestic and international arbitration and as a professor – lecturer on ADR and arbitration.
	Ignacio Palacios holds a BSc (hons), MRICS, MCIArb and is a member of the DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors. He has extensive experience in the construction industry after being involved in multimillion-dollar projects in Asia, Europe, Australia and Latin America. He currently works as a Regional Director for Quantum Global Solutions a large, global and independent claims consultancy.
	Irina Pongracz has a solid civil-law and common-law background after accomplishing legal studies both in France and the United States. Originally trained as a mechanical and aerospace engineer, she presently develops her practice in international (commercial and investment) arbitration with a particular emphasis on engineering and construction disputes. Irina’s arbitration practice covers matters conducted under the rules of numerous arbitration centres (notably ICC, LCIA, DIAC, ICSID, CRCICA, AFA, French-Arab Chamber of Commerce, the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, etc.) and on ad hoc international arbitration proceedings (usually applying the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules). Irina acts as Counsel and legal advisor in complex arbitration proceedings with high-value claims involving both international corporate clients and State entities. Her arbitration experience includes various business sectors (in particular project development, infrastructure, technology - water treatment and power plants, telecommunications, aeronautics, banking, oil and gas) with a focus on construction and industry arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the MENA region).
	Dinu Popescu is Manager of Search Corporation SRL, and President of ARIC (Romanian Association of Consulting Engineers).
	Giovanni Rigoni is with Techno Engineering & Associates Group and has 40 years of experience of technical and contractual control and supervision of construction of major projects, namely: large dams/hydroelectric projects, highways, motorways and bridges, railways, tunnelling, water supply and sewerage systems projects, land reclamation, buildings, in Italy, Africa, Middle East and East Europe. He provides consultancy services on contract management and the dispute resolution proceedings. He has an Italian university diploma in Civil Engineering and a master's in Construction Law and Arbitration, as well as a FIDIC Adjudicator Certificate. He is a member of the register of Italian Engineers, member of CIArb, DRBF and DBF.
	Ann Russo is Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, the non-profit association dedicated to the use of Dispute Review Boards worldwide. She is co-editor of the Dispute Board Manual: A Guide to Best Practices and Procedures. Prior to joining the DRBF, she served as Public Relations Manager for J.A. Jones, Inc., an international construction and engineering firm based in Charlotte, NC, USA. She received the DRBF's President’s Distinguished Service Award in 2005.
	Yann Schneller is Avocat au Barreau de Paris is a dispute resolution lawyer focusing his practice on the avoidance and resolution of construction disputes. Yann advises and represents clients in international arbitration proceedings. He also assists the project and delivery teams to avoid and resolve disputes during live projects. Yann regularly sits as arbitrator. He is one of the few arbitrators to have already conducted several international arbitration proceedings under the expedited procedure provisions of the ICC Rules of Arbitration. A FIDIC Certified Adjudicator, Yann also acts as Dispute Board member. He is included in FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators.
	Oana Soimulescu is a Romanian lawyer specializing in construction law and the founder of Soimulescu & Partners – Construction Lawyers. Her practice focuses on construction law exclusively since 2005. She has extensive experience in dealing with various forms of construction contracts with specific focus on FIDIC forms of contract in Romania and in the South-eastern European countries where she managed various projects for both contractors and employers. She is experienced in applying FIDIC conditions of contract in a civil law environment specifically in relation to major projects (transport/ water infrastructure/hospitals/Production Plants). Oana’s expertise includes an important component of construction arbitration/ adjudication and litigation being involved as counsel in complex cases throughout the years involving some of the biggest infrastructure projects in Romania and South European countries such as Albania, FIROM and Serbia.
	Cătălin Şomode was the Romanian Deputy General Director at Municipal Company for Streets, Bridges and Passages. He has over 10 years' experience in the rehabilitation of roads and construction of highways and over 9 years' experience in FIDIC Red Book contracts ed. 1987 rev. 92 FIDIC Red Book Yellow Book 1999 and 1999. He is also expert in financing by the European Investment Bank and the preparation and evaluation of claims / disputes. He is a member of the Romanian Society of Construction Law, the Romanian Society of Consulting Engineers and Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).
	Paul Taggart is a Past President of the DRBF Executive Board of Directors. He has some 40 years experience in contract management and disputes settlement in construction. He is a FIDIC Presidents List of Approved Adjudicators member. Paul has acted as DB member, a disputes settlement manager, a Contractual Manager, and as advisor for a number of reputable major international companies effectively managing complex contract cases on a broad range major infrastructure and building works. In this regard he has been actively involved in the submission and successful settlement of some US$ 4.7 billion worth of disputes to Dispute Adjudication and Recommendation Boards globally per FIDIC, ad hoc and ICC DB rules. His project experience includes Mosul Dam (Iraq), Second Bosphoros Bridge (Turkey), The Channel Tunnel (UK - France), The Panama Canal expansion, Copenhagen, Qatar and Riyadh Metros, Xiaolangdi MPD China, and Bujagali HPP the first PPP hydro project in Africa. Mr. Taggart holds a BSc, MRICS, FCIArb and Post Graduate Diplomas in International Commercial Arbitration (QMUL) and Business Administration (SGBS). He a sustaining member of the DRBF.
	Giorgiana Tecuci is a member of the DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors representing Europe, and serves as the DRBF Representative for Romania. She is a construction lawyer and DB member with over 25 years of experience. She is also trained in project management. She is a co-author of two FIDIC accredited modules (‘FIDIC Basic’ and ‘FIDIC in Public’) and a friendly reviewer of the FIDIC 2017 Yellow and 2019 Emerald books. Giorgiana is also a FIDIC internationally accredited trainer. She is a founding partner of the first Romanian construction law firm SCPA Tecuci Păltineanu (2001) providing integrated advice: construction law, related public procurement or EU / MDB financing. She is a member of several professional associations (DRBF, ArbitralWomen, IBA, ARIC a.s.o.), She sits as an arbitrator and FIDIC national list adjudicator.
	Marcus Theil is Managing Partner of CCM Consulting GmbH and DRBF Representative for Austria. He is Chair of the organising committee for the DRBF Central and Eastern European Conference to be held 8 - 10 March 2023 in Vienna. With over 25 years of experience, Marcus has worked mainly in infrastructure (rail, road, airports) and industrial projects in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Since October 2005 he is Managing Partner of CCM Consulting GmbH, a specialised consultancy for Contract and Claims Management and based in Vienna, Austria. His fields of activity comprise Expertise, Contract and Claims Management, Dispute Boards, Due Diligence, Project Monitoring, Project Evaluation, Technical – Economical consulting and Project Management. Marcus is an accredited FIDIC trainer, a member of the Austrian Chamber of Chartered Architects and Engineers, and of the Austrian Society for Construction Law.
	Emilian Traista is an independent Consulting Engineer and member of ARIC, the Romanian Association of Consulting Engineers. He is specialized in infrastructure projects, with large experience in Management, Supervision/Administration of Works Contracts; Project/Contract Management; Claims/Disputes Management, Disputes Mediation/Conciliation/Adjudication; and Training. He has over 30 years of international experience in managing large infrastructure projects under FIDIC Conditions of Contract, is listed on the ARIC President’s List of Adjudicators.
	Arent van Wassenauer was in private practice between 1983 and 2016 with Houthoff Buruma, Norton Rose and Allen & Overy. He has specialised in construction projects, including PPPs and has sat as a Dispute Board member on several projects. His focus always has been in designing projects and contracts with a view of avoiding disputes. In May 2017, his book, A Practical Guide for Successful Construction Projects, will appear with Routledge publishers. Arent is the owner of "The Faithful Goose \| Projects with Impact." In this capacity, he advises clients in setting up successful projects, primarily with a positive impact on one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. He is chair of the DRBF Regional Conference to be held in The Hague on 9 December 2022.