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Satoshi Konagai
Leader, LWT APAC
Antoine Besseyre des Horts
Leader, LIXIL Global Design, Asia
Jihae Kim
Leader, Category Management, LWT APAC
HAYLEY MITCHELL
Director
SAMANTHA EADES
Director
Hun Chansan
Principal Architect & Founder
Naresh V Narasimhan
Managing Partner
Rahul Kadri
Partner & Principal Architect
Rakesh Kumar
Chief Design Officer
Arch. Jojo Tolentino
President & CEO
Chat Fores
Founder
Ivy Almario
President & Co-Founder
Alan Kueh
Managing Director
Clint Nagata
Founder & Creative Partner
Teo Boon Kiat
Director
Saivipa Patpongpibul
Associate
Arch. Le Truong
Founder & CEO
HAYLEY MITCHELL
Director
SAMANTHA EADES
Director
PRASANNA UDUWANA
Leader, Australia & New Zealand, LWT APAC
Hun Chansan
Principal Architect & Founder
Mr. Chansan has spent more than 15 years studying abroad in Singapore, United States and Boston, Massachusetts. In 2011, Chansan established Re : Edge Architecture and has directed the design completion of numerous notable projects in Cambodia.
Chansan is a registered architect and his office’s works have been featured in multiple international publications and design magazines. Recently, he has been enlisted as the Singapore Straits Time’s 50 Asians to Watch as well as being certified as ASEAN architect. He has been named “the Rising Start of Cambodia’s Skyline” and in 2018, he won the “Personality of the Year Award’.
Martin Aerne
Professor
Swiss-born architect, Martin Aerne gained after a federal diploma of architectural draftsmanship a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Zurich University in 1995. Relocated to Cambodia in 2002, Martin was initially principal at the WEC International Vocational Training Centre in Phnom Penh as national director. He also established Aerne Architects & Associates Co.,Ltd. (AA&A) where he and his team have successfully designed a variety of innovative projects as well as won awards both locally and internationally. He has been professor and thesis advisor for Architecture and Urbanism at the Royal University of Fine Arts since 2013, rebuild philosophical and professional capacity of high standards and ethics. Since 2021, he furthermore lectures architectural design for the first masters of architecture degree in Cambodia at Limkokwing University.
Sao Pholreaseyh
Co-Founder + CEO
Graduated from Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh majoring in Architecture and Urban Planning. Growing with a serial entrepreneur in the field of design, architecture, marketing, and media. He started his first company in graphic and brand design named KOUPREY Creative Solutions Co., Ltd, second SORSOR Architects Co., Ltd. Founded in 2015, SORSOR Architects is a prominent architecture and interior design studio located in the capital of Cambodia. With passion and experiences, we are committed to creating space that is memorable and functional for our clients, and at the same time, factoring in elements of unique aesthetic design, local contexts, materiality, as well as human-nature connection.
Damardi Vicheth
Founder/Architect
At De Axis Architetcure Studio, the foundation of our works has been residential architecture, diversifying over the years into medium scale multi-residential, mixed-use, office, retail, and commercial. Our design approach draws on the handmade, handcrafted, sculptural form of modernism. We are interested in being socially and aesthetically progressive. This is evident in the highly individual nature of our projects which respond to the unique qualities of each site and client. We believes in creating architecture and interior design that captivate and move. A close and fruitful collaboration with clients, a precise design process and a tailored delivery guarantees that each De axis project successfully responds to the requirements of the brief.
Dr. Te Tearanel
Professor
Education: 2011 Doctoral Thesis (PhD) at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne - EPFL- Switzerland
DR. LY RASMEY
PhD Architect
Experience: 18 years experience in the Architecture field (11 years in Cambodia and 7 years overseas)
Achievement: Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Cambodian People’s Party headquarters, American University of Phnom Penh.
Achievement: Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Cambodian People’s Party headquarters, American University of Phnom Penh.
Thongchai Phanuwongcharoen
Naresh V Narasimhan
Managing Partner
Pratip Francis
Leader, Marketing, India, LWT APAC
Rahul Kadri
Partner & Principal Architect
Rakesh Kumar
Chief Design Officer
HAYLEY MITCHELL
Director
SAMANTHA EADES
Director
PRASANNA UDUWANA
Leader, Australia & New Zealand, LWT APAC
Arch. Jojo Tolentino
President & CEO
"Arch. Jojo has worked on some notable architecture projects such as Mandani Bay, World Plaza and Menarco Tower in Philippines. His key achievements are
- International Property Awards
- Asia Pacific Entrepreneur Award
- APEC and ASEAN Architect, Ernst and Young’s Innovation Entrepreneur Awardee
- Philippine Regulation Commission’s Outstanding
- Professional of 2017 in the field of Architecture.
- Philippines Property Awards,
- South-East Asia Property Awards"
Chat Fores
Founder
As a licensed Interior Designer, she worked for 6 years at an internationally acclaimed firm in Manila, Leandro V. Locsin Partners. She then moved on to open her own interior design firm which specializes in doing commercial, hospitality, and amenity spaces for various real estate companies in the Philippines. Also, she is currently an executive director at the PIID, Philippine Institute of Interior Designers, and a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Architecture and Design of Enderun.
Hermie Limbo
Leader, Philippines, LWT APAC
Hermie is a chemical engineering graduate of De La Salle University. He has more than 28 years of leadership and general management experience, with expertise across a wide range of disciplines including manufacturing operations, commercial operations, supply chain, finance, recruitment and administration. Prior to LIXIL, he was the COO of the Franklin Baker Group, GM and Country Director for Ecolab and Nalco Philippines, Country Head and Asia Regional Director for General Electric, Department Manager of Kodak and Division Head of 3M.
Ivy Almario
President & Co-Founder
Ivy Almario, together with her sister Cynthia Almario, founded ATELIER ALMARIO. An interior design firm that specializes in high end residential and condominium work, hotels and other commercial projects. She has been very instrumental in developing world class products from the grassroots through GKonomics. She dreamt of bringing the best for the least so that the least become the best. She will be key in the development of eco-friendly and picturesque resorts and accommodation places in the Philippines through AGREA International. She was the awardee of the Most Outstanding Professional Interior Designer Award 2017, a prestigious award given by the Professional Regulations Commision of the Republic of the Philippines.
Joralyn Soriano Ong
Leader, Sales and Marketing, Philippines, LWT APAC
A Sales and Marketing professional with over 15 years experience managing international and leading brands in the construction building materials.
Judith Arellano Torres
Editor at Large
Broadcast news journalist and producer for 17 years and design journalist and editor for 11, covering the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
Alan Kueh
Managing Director
Clint Nagata
Founder & Creative Partner
Prof. Keat Ong
Founder of Nota Design Group, Kreative Director at Keat Ong Design, President, Society of Interior Designers, Singapore (SIDS)
Mark Wee
Executive Director
Shaan Ng
Leader, Marketing, Singapore, LWT APAC
Teo Boon Kiat
Director
Saivipa Patpongpibul
Associate
Saivipa has over 16 years experience in hospitality design for projects in Thailand and abroad. Her works include award-winning properties such as the Intercontinental Hotel, Samui, Thailand in 2012 and more recently, the Renaissance Pattaya Resort and Spa.
Jeravej Hongsakul
Managing Director
Jeravej is the founder of IDIN Architects whose design philosophy and concentration is to merge the sense of surrounding, the ‘natures’, to the architectural aesthetic. Apart from practicing, Jeravej also serves as a judge and a guest critique in several architectural competitions, give lectures at various occasions and architectural schools and universities.
KARNCHIT PUNYAKANOK
Senior Architect/ Partner
Over 28 years after Karnchit Punyakanok joined Architects 49, he has been working on numerous prestigious projects of various scales and types including private residences, Panyavej Hospital, the Mercy Centre Hospice, and Central World shopping complex. He had occasionally served for the Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage as well as Architect Council of Thailand.
Niwat Aunprueng
Senior Partner
Niwat is a senior partner of a leading design firm, PIA Interior Co., Ltd. He has demonstrated experiences with several profound local and internaltional hospitality projects such as award-winning Bangkok Marriott Hotel The Surawongse, Bangkok and Banyan Tree, Krabi Thailand. He plays an active role in professional affliations including a committee in the design competitions by TIDA.
Ekkarach Laksanasamrith
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Ekkarach is a professional architect and talent storyteller with more than 15 year experiences both in architecture and media production industries. He was the winner of “Top 10 Thesis projects” in “Art4d” ’s Degree Show Award of 2006. Currently, he is the managing director of DsignSomething, one of the most influential architecture and design media that connects designers to people.
Wasit UTTAMABURANA
Leader, Marketing, Thailand, LWT APAC
Wasit is currently the Marketing Leader in LIXIL (Thailand) with over 20 years experiences in commercial roles of home improvement business across domestic and international market. Currently, he is also serving as the judge for “Friendly Design Award 2021” under the category of “Best Restroom Design Contest”.
Arch. Le Truong
Founder & CEO
Luu Viet Thang
Toshie Takahashi
Leader, Brand & Commercial Marketing, Vietnam, LWT APAC