Matthew Vander Borgh - Member of the Board of Directors
Cumulative 30 years of professional practice in urban design, master planning, architecture and interior design. Founder and CEO of C Concept Design, based in the Hague (est. 2002), The Netherlands – second office opened in Moscow, Russia in 2014. He successfully led the company into international expansion throughout Europe, Russia, Turkey, Africa and Asia. As director of planning and architectural design he has conducted the development of significant retail and mixed-use projects including Gran Sasso Shopping Center in Italy, Istanbul Cruise Harbor in Turkey, and Columbus Shopping Center in Moscow Russia. C Concept Design has been nominated or awarded numerous prestigious design awards including for the Optimum Shopping Center (Turkey), Gran Sasso (Italy), Kozzy Shopping Center (Turkey), Aura Shopping Center (Russia). K in Kortrijk (Belgium). In the past 10 years, C Concept Design has successfully been involved in over 20,000,000 square meters of construction in the retail, residential and office sector. This extensive construction activity has translated into over approximately 15 billion Euros of construction outlays. Matthew holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Past/Present academic experience and board membership at Harvard (HCN) USC, RISD and Honk IK University