Our Team
The EeStairs team is proudly international and has well-established operations in the Netherlands, the UK, USA, Canada, France and Belgium. The management team has a full range of design, technical, and manufacturing skill-sets, and this supports the deep-seated ethos of innovation established by the founders of EeStairs, Dick Cluistra and Cornelis van Vlastuin. The senior management teams also have professional expertise in architecture, product design, and production efficiency.
Brendan Koppelaar
Operational Director
+1 (226) 381 0111 BK@eestairs.comNathan is supported by Operational Director, Brendan Koppelaar. Having previously managed production at three structural steel manufacturing plants, Brendan brings an exceptionally detailed understanding of stair production quality and efficiency to our projects, and clients, in North America.
Nathan Koppelaar
Creative Director
+1 (226) 381 0111 NK@eestairs.comNathan leads our projects in Canada and the United States. He has gained a full understanding of both the technical and financial aspects of industrial processes. Nathan had previously worked for a steel beam cambering company, and then for a timber company, which gave him direct insights into the two most commonly used materials for feature stairs.
Cornelis van Vlastuin
Founder, Creative Director [NL]
+31 342 405 710 CvV@eestairs.comCornelis van Vlastuin is the creative director of EeStairs. Under his leadership, the company produces exquisitely elegant and visually exciting staircases through a process of continuous imagination and innovation. And this has provided designers and other professional specifiers with the widest possible range of stair-tread options. Cornelis' visionary approach is balanced by his past entrepreneurial and management experience, and his insights into software programming. His unusually broad skills, and his international outlook, have led to award-winning stairs and the creation of several unique patented or registered stair products.
Martijn Cluistra
Operational Co-Director
+31 342 405 721 MC@eestairs.comMartijn Cluistra has been Operational Director of EeStairs since 2021, having previously managed EeStairs’ highly skilled installation teams. Martijn coordinates the key aspects of stair projects in Europe, including ultra-precise stair manufacturing, and up to ten staircase installations a week. He also oversees EeStairs’ engineering and design services, which are in increasing early-stage demand from architects and contractors. At any one time, Martijn monitors approximately 150 projects in various stages of development, most of which involve feature stairs of outstanding architectural quality.
