Experience

Accendo Capital Managers

• Senior Advisor

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Accendo is an activist Equity Fund Investing in Listed Companies in Northern Europe Accendo is an activist Equity Fund Investing in Listed Companies in Northern Europe



One to Watch (Enterprise: social impact new business accelerator)

• Head International Mentor Team

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  One to Watch (onetowatch.nl) builds the bridge between capital and expertise in Europe on the one hand, and entrepreneurs in Nepal and Myanmar, on the other hand. One of the activities is Enterprise, a new business Accelerator. In Enterprise, each year 10 entrepreneurial ventures in Nepal and 10 in Myanmar participate in a 100 day, intensive support program to help them become "investment ready". We focus on new business initiatives that have immediate social impact. Entrepreneurship, and not hand outs or government aid, is the best "medicine" for countries to advance. Show less



Ayn Rand Institute

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member ARI Europe

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Ayn Rand Institute Europe, part of the Irvine, California based Ayn Rand Institute, was launched in 2015 and has as Its mission to promote awareness and understanding of Ayn Rand's philosophy of objectivism, and to spread awareness of her life and work, including her highly influential novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand Institute Europe, part of the Irvine, California based Ayn Rand Institute, was launched in 2015 and has as Its mission to promote awareness and understanding of Ayn Rand's philosophy of objectivism, and to spread awareness of her life and work, including her highly influential novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.



Rockstart

• Netherlands
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mentor

  • Jan 2013 - Present

  Rockstart (www.rockstart.com) is a Startup accelerator based in Amsterdam. Our startups come from all over the world and get up seed funding, six months of free office space, mentorship ..., and much more. As a mentor for the Web & Mobile Accelerator Program, I try to add as much value to our start-ups as possible to increase their chances to succeed. "We love startups". Rockstart (www.rockstart.com) is a Startup accelerator based in Amsterdam. Our startups come from all over the world and get up seed funding, six months of free office space, mentorship ..., and much more. As a mentor for the Web & Mobile Accelerator Program, I try to add as much value to our start-ups as possible to increase their chances to succeed. "We love startups".



Clear Flight Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs

• Co-founder, Member of the Board

  • Jun 2012 - Present

  I am an active shareholder in a number of start-ups, including Clear Flight Solutions (www.clearflightsolutions.com), where I am a co-founder and member of the Board, and SRXP (www.srxp.com), where I am advisor/personal coach. I am an active shareholder in a number of start-ups, including Clear Flight Solutions (www.clearflightsolutions.com), where I am a co-founder and member of the Board, and SRXP (www.srxp.com), where I am advisor/personal coach.



University of Amsterdam Business School

• Netherlands
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Coach Entrepreneurship University of Amsterdam (and A'dam University of Applied Sciences until 2016)

  • Sep 2009 - Present

  The University of Amsterdam runs a one semester course Entrepreneurship for bachelor students. I coach teams of 3 - 5 students who start their own company as part of the course, and go through all phases of startup entrepreneurship from idea generation to proof of concept and commercialisation. I am also an assessor at the course. I also give lectures/workshops on "The Lean Startup", "Business Model Canvas" and "Team and Leadership". The University of Amsterdam runs a one semester course Entrepreneurship for bachelor students. I coach teams of 3 - 5 students who start their own company as part of the course, and go through all phases of startup entrepreneurship from idea generation to proof of concept and commercialisation. I am also an assessor at the course. I also give lectures/workshops on "The Lean Startup", "Business Model Canvas" and "Team and Leadership".



Egon Zehnder

• Switzerland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant/Partner

  • Dec 1985 - Nov 2012

  Egon Zehnder is the world’s leading privately owned search firm. Based in Amsterdam, I have mostly been responsible for international Executive Search and Management Assessment projects for corporates, venture capital and private equity firms. I was co-founder of Egon Zehnder International's global Technology & Communications Practice.. Egon Zehnder is the world’s leading privately owned search firm. Based in Amsterdam, I have mostly been responsible for international Executive Search and Management Assessment projects for corporates, venture capital and private equity firms. I was co-founder of Egon Zehnder International's global Technology & Communications Practice..



Shell

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Various (management) roles in Marketing, Sales and Distribution

  • Mar 1976 - Nov 1985

  I joined Shell as a Management Trainee in Downstream Oil. I first worked in Rotterdam as a Sales Representative and subsequently member of the Marketing Retail Development department. I then moved to Marketing Distribution Development in London and 1 year later to Canada, where I was CFO for the Physical Distribution, Ontario organization in Oakville and subsequently member of a taskforce at head office in Toronto, responsible for the implementation of a pan-Canadian management information system. My last role was Head of Inter-company Product Trading in Rotterdam. Show less