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About the Crowd King

Bert Bruyninckx is an experienced crowd safety expert with over 20 years of experience in the events and leisure industry. He holds an MSc in Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis from Manchester Metropolitan University, which provided him with an advanced understanding of crowd behaviour, risk assessment, and crowd management strategies.

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Bert's commitment to continuous learning is evident in the various certifications and courses he has completed to expand his expertise. He is a specialist in crowd simulation and modelling, fire evacuation design, and emergency planning. He is also a Corporate Member of the Global Crowd Management Alliance and a Specialist Member of the International Institute of Risk & Safety Management.

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Bert has been commissioned to numerous high-profile projects across the globe, including project-based crowd safety studies for the General Entertainment Authority (SA), Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), Jeddah Season (SA), City of Antwerp (BE), Rocher Mistral (FR), Incontrol Simulation (NL), and many more. During Covid Bert provided crowd safety expertise to the Belgian Federal Government's Economic Risk Management Group regarding the COVID-Exit strategy for the Belgian events industry.

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Bert's expertise, analytical skills, and dedication to continuous learning make him a sought-after professional in the industry, capable of handling complex projects and delivering exceptional results for his clients. Find out how the Crowd King can help you reach your goals!

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Curriculum Vitae

Experience & Expertise

Underneath goes a selection of projects I worked on as a Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis expert. The full CV goes in the link below.

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September 2022 - February 2023

Riyadh Season 2022 Crowd Safety Expert & Project Specialist

Riyadh

Crowd Safety Audits & Consulting on Riyadh Season 2022. During the project I set up a quantifiable HSE & Operations audit system that embedded HSE Documentation, HSE issue logging and HSE Culture and Leadership

April 2022 - July 2022

Jeddah Season 2022 Crowd Safety Expert & HSE Cluster Manager

Jeddah

Crowd Safety Audits and Consulting. During the Project I was responsible for HSE & Operations audits on a cluster of Jeddah Season events & zones. I enacted detailed and bespoke Crowd Safety studies for selected events.

February 2022 - March  2022

Crowd Management Lead for Jeddah GP Formula 1


Jeddah

Development and implementation of the Crowd Management plan for the Jeddah Formula 1. The project covered the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, the Last Mile and the Concert Area. For the Concert Area the focus was in Entry & Exit.

2022 - 2023

J&J Security Audit & Data Analyst

EMEA Region

J&J EMEA Security Audit, data analysis & Report. For this project I designed a Security Audit Tool based on the Clients SOP's and Internal Guides for the EMEA Region.

Soundstorm 2021 & 2022

Balad Beast 2022

Crowd Safety Advisor


Riyadh

Simulation & modelling of site/zone evacuation and front of stage barrier design. On-site crowd safety, Crowd Safety liaison in Event Operation Centre for Soundstorm.

2019

Crowd Flow Analyst & Modeller

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Bruges

Pedestrian flow study, simulation and recommendations in the design (tender) phase of a new museum in Bruges for CIT Blaton and Robbrecht & Daem Architects.

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Bert Bruyninckx MSc

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