Christoph Kayser

managing director

 

Christoph is a creative and results-oriented manager with over 20 years of experience in landscape and urban development. He has led multiple teams and projects, successfully delivering value at scales of up to a billion dollars in various roles including project, contract, operations, and program management. Most recently, he served as Managing Director of a landscape architecture firm with nearly 200 employees, which he helped starting up 20 years ago.

 

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city image management I abu dhabi

function: city beautification
employer: Abu Dhabi Municipality
services:

  • comprehensive consultation process within abu dhabi in the fields of
    • waste,
    • mobility, traffic & transport
    • green and open space system
    • structural use & architectural appearance/shape
  • provided rfps for 64 initiatives to elevate the image of the city & improve its quality of life

role: project manager and technical director

yas island I abu dhabi

function: public realm o&m
employer: Abu Dhabi Municipality
services:

  • taking over public realm assets from private developers.
  • institutional reviews of masterplans from abu dhabi developers regarding impact on o&m.
  • daily o&m contracts for yas island public realm (contract value: 10m US$ annually).
  • landscape maintenance kpis

role: contracts manager (o&m)

founder’s memorial I abu dhabi

function: monumental park
employer: Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation (SHF)
services:

  • landscape design review & plants selection
  • managed holistic visitor experience with specialist designers & oversaw its production.
  • elaborated an operational strategy & manual, incl. maintenance, budgeting, staffing, etc.
  • hand-over & training to MOPA
    operations team for long term ops

role: operation manager

water conservation I abu
dhabi

function: water saving initiative
employer: ADDC (TAQA) on behalf of
Department of Energy
services:

  • public awareness on water conservation.
  • water conservation initiatives worth more than 100m US$, which will be reducing subsidy by 1 bn US$ / year
  • experiments on water saving measures for domestic & agricultural assets
  • long-term monitoring & emergency response mechanism

role: program manager