Experience

workshops.work

• Netherlands
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder | Facilitator | Creator

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands workshops.work B.V. helps individuals and organisations to grow their facilitation skills through tailored training programmes, courses and masterminds. Visit https://workshops.work and check out the „workshops work“ podcast on your favourite platform.



NeverDoneBefore

• Netherlands
• Professional Training and Coaching

• Founder | Community Builder

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands NeverDoneBefore is a global, online community that provides an environment for facilitators to explore the edges of their craft, experience cutting-edge workshops, test their own workshop ideas and collaborate on projects that they have never done before.

• Founder

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Amsterdam | Online NeverDoneBefore is a community of and for facilitators who explore the edges of the art and craft of facilitation by challenging assumptions about what makes workshops work. Our facilitators take the risk of testing novel concepts and new ideas instead of pushing best practices and polished methods.



European Investment Bank (EIB)

• Luxembourg
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Facilitator

  • Mar 2019 - 2022

  Luxembourg As an external consultant and project facilitator, I am supporting the Knowledge Team of the EIB Institute to scale the EIB Summer School that we successfully set up last year. For the 2019 edition, we will update the academic and cultural programme to surprise and inspire our audience and share the Bank's knowledge. I am looking forward to a fruitful and inspiring collaboration with the Knowledge Team, EIB lecturers, and of course our participants!

• External Consultant

  • Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

  Luxembourg I supported the European Investment Bank in the design and implementation of a pilot summer school programme for 50 international students. By applying the idayz method, stakeholders actively contributed to the project throughout the way. Beside regular project management tasks, I designed and facilitated workshops that helped team members to define and implement the next steps in the project. The environment encouraged members to contribute with their expertise. Through the regular… Show more I supported the European Investment Bank in the design and implementation of a pilot summer school programme for 50 international students. By applying the idayz method, stakeholders actively contributed to the project throughout the way. Beside regular project management tasks, I designed and facilitated workshops that helped team members to define and implement the next steps in the project. The environment encouraged members to contribute with their expertise. Through the regular exchange and opportunity to voice ideas without judgement, the project progresses in a way that everyone feels engaged and involved.



Glimpse

• Enabler of Collaboration

  • May 2018 - Aug 2019

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands As a workshop designer and facilitator, I support Glimpse in maximizing the impact of "do good initiatives". We bring together large groups of people with diverse expertise to design, build and test solutions at lightning speed using methods from lean, agile and design thinking.



TEDxAmsterdam

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Devoted Supporter, Partner Team

  • Jun 2017 - Oct 2017

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands As a volunteer, I supported the partner team of TEDxAmsterdam in their mission to build and nurture relationships with existing and potential sponsors by designing new workshop formats, meeting routines and working processes.



University of Luxembourg

• Luxembourg
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Strategy and Planning Office

  • Dec 2015 - May 2017

  Campus Belval, Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg I led the Strategy & Planning Office, a small team of experts in charge of implementing an evidence-based approach to decision making by delivering statistics and qualitative reports to the university president and the senior leadership. Besides daily business, I coordinated the university's bottom-up strategy process, improved the overall decision-making process (including the improvement of its automation and transparency), and drove the revision of the official KPIs in close collaboration… Show more I led the Strategy & Planning Office, a small team of experts in charge of implementing an evidence-based approach to decision making by delivering statistics and qualitative reports to the university president and the senior leadership. Besides daily business, I coordinated the university's bottom-up strategy process, improved the overall decision-making process (including the improvement of its automation and transparency), and drove the revision of the official KPIs in close collaboration with the Ministry.

• Advisor to the President

  • Jan 2015 - May 2017

  Luxembourg I advised the university president in strategic decision-making and the coordination of special projects. Namely, I was responsible for the implementation of a bottom-up strategy process (involving 200+ university members and external stakeholders) and the delivery of the main draft of the university's strategic framework 2026, that was both visionary and implementable. In collaboration with the University community, we defined the official guiding principles that became cornerstones of shared… Show more I advised the university president in strategic decision-making and the coordination of special projects. Namely, I was responsible for the implementation of a bottom-up strategy process (involving 200+ university members and external stakeholders) and the delivery of the main draft of the university's strategic framework 2026, that was both visionary and implementable. In collaboration with the University community, we defined the official guiding principles that became cornerstones of shared management values.



Vietnamese-German University

• Vietnam
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Academic Coordinator

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2014

  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Seconded to Vietnam by the Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany), I was in charge of implementing and coordinating a bachelor study program in Finance & Accounting at the Vietnamese German-University. As part of this capacity-building project, it was my duty to adjust the program to the needs of Vietnamese students and the local labor market. Besides the program coordination, I developed extra-curricular activities with the aim to improve the students' employability. Long-term relationships… Show more Seconded to Vietnam by the Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany), I was in charge of implementing and coordinating a bachelor study program in Finance & Accounting at the Vietnamese German-University. As part of this capacity-building project, it was my duty to adjust the program to the needs of Vietnamese students and the local labor market. Besides the program coordination, I developed extra-curricular activities with the aim to improve the students' employability. Long-term relationships with the top management of international companies like Adecco, Bayer, Mercedes-Benz evolved, still providing graduates with internship and employment opportunities. Beside the administrative position, I followed several post-doctoral research projects: Investigation of the impact of ethnic diversity on (financial) solidarity in village communities in the highlands; evaluation of the effectiveness of a newly introduced insurance scheme for aquaculture farmers in the Mekong Delta; as well as social-economic factors driving childhood obesity in Vietnam's urban centres.

• University Lecturer

  • Jan 2013 - Nov 2014

  Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi I taught the topic "Social Capital" as part of the MBA program SEPT (Small Enterprise Promotion and Training) delivered by the University Leipzig.



The Berlin School of Economics and Law

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• University Lecturer

  • Oct 2012 - Nov 2014

  Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi Research seminar in Development Economics to part-time students enrolled in the Master program "Financial and Managerial Accounting"



Goethe University Frankfurt

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programm Coordinator

  • Nov 2009 - Nov 2011

  Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany I was in charge of coordinating international study programs in Frankfurt and abroad (Brazil, China, India and Vietnam).

• Reserach Associate

  • Aug 2008 - Nov 2011

  Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany Research and teaching assistant in development economics included tasks such as: supervising tutorials and supporting students in following the lecture. Within the framework of my PhD in Behavioural Economics, I conducted field research projects for which I identified relevant research questions, did fund raising, developed the questionnaires and was in charge of data analysis to deliver accurate output and meaningful conclusions. My projects were funded by German institutions… Show more Research and teaching assistant in development economics included tasks such as: supervising tutorials and supporting students in following the lecture. Within the framework of my PhD in Behavioural Economics, I conducted field research projects for which I identified relevant research questions, did fund raising, developed the questionnaires and was in charge of data analysis to deliver accurate output and meaningful conclusions. My projects were funded by German institutions, universities and the World Bank and presented to prestigious audiences in the academic, and business world alike. minder

• Teaching Assistant

  • Oct 2006 - Jul 2008

  Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany Development Economics (Master)



Wilhelm Merton-Center for European Integration

• Guest Lecturer

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2009

  Vietnam Guest Lecturer in Development Economics in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)



Wilhelm Merton-Center for European Integration

• Guest lecturer

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2009

  São Paulo Area, Brazil Summer School on European Integration at Universidade de Sao Paulo



Wilhelm Merton Centre

• Assistant Program Coordinator

  • Dec 2005 - Aug 2008

  Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany Coordination of Summer University Programs for US American Students at the Goethe University Frankfurt



Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

• Germany
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern and Student trainee

  • Mar 2005 - Mar 2006

  Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany



Eutelsat Group

• France
• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2005 - Oct 2005

  Paris Area, France Marketing Division: Support in the preparation of a comprehensive market analysis on satellite penetration in Europe and the MENA region.