AMSTERDAM: Arcadis, the main global design & consultancy group for pure and constructed assets introduced management appointments for its new Intelligence GBA and Architecture and Urbanism division.
Following the profitable acquisition of Canadian headquartered IBI Group (now Arcadis IBI Group) on 27 September 2022, Arcadis has today introduced that Kevin Bebenek, beforehand the Intelligence Global Director at IBI will lead its newly created fourth GBA – Intelligence.
Kevin is a skilled engineer with over 30 years of expertise inside the creation and application of clever systems options for managing transportation operations, infrastructure, and buildings.
He has beforehand undertaken key roles in advancing the clever mobility systems industry in Canada and has been instrumental inside the event of IBI’s industry-leading transit systems technology practice.
Kevin will be supported by Deepak Darda, currently IBI’s Innovation Director who will become Growth and Development Director for the brand new GBA. The new team will focus on the profitable integration of Arcadis Gen and Arcadis IBI’s digital options and merchandise to present clients with innovative, technology-enabled solutions.
Mansoor Kazerouni, currently Arcadis IBI’s Global Director, Buildings, will assume the role of Global Director for Arcadis’ new Architecture and Urbanism division, which will be a half of the Places GBA.
Mansoor is an award-winning architect with greater than 30 years’ expertise and management in architecture, collectively with complex mixed-use city developments incorporating residential, hospitality, commercial, retail and leisure in dense city environments.
His immediate precedence will be to bring collectively the complementary expertise and markets of Arcadis IBI’s Buildings enterprise with CRTKL’s multi-sector offering, collectively with retail and retail-led mixed-use communities, workplace, and healthcare design, to create a various and end-to-end client offering.
Peter Oosterveer, Chief Executive Officer, Arcadis said: “Over the previous few months, our management groups have been working closely collectively to construct the foundations for the profitable integration of Arcadis and IBI Group, ensuring we unlock the full potential of our businesses, profit from our elevated scale whereas staying focused on what issues most to our clients.
“I am delighted that Kevin, Deepak and Mansoor will be taking on strategic management positions inside Arcadis, crucially serving to develop and form our new Intelligence GBA and structure and urbanism business. They all have a wealth of expertise in operational management, digital innovation, and concrete design.”
Kevin Bebenek, Global President of Arcadis’ new Intelligence GBA said: “Intelligent systems are intrinsic to our city experience, so I am naturally delighted to tackle this new problem and mix and construct upon the distinctive technology benefit of Arcadis IBI and Arcadis GEN to ship transformational data-driven options to our clients. We will now be able to do that on a bigger global scale, with greater agility to tackle the ever-changing priorities of clients and society whereas rising the business, increasing profitability, and establishing important recurring income opportunities.”
Mansoor Kazerouni, Global Architecture Director, new Architecture and Urbanism division said: “This is an unprecedented alternative to emerge as a formidable and extremely sought-after structure and urbanism agency bringing collectively talents from throughout Arcadis’ Places business, our colleagues at CRTKL and inside Arcadis IBI.
We share a common ethos of design excellence and sustainability, that seeks to enhance the standard of life inside the constructed environments we create, whereas having a positive impact on our planet. We will converge the expertise of our manufacturers with the options of the broader Arcadis business, to ship global design excellence and obtain industry-leading outcomes.”