The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) is the UN fund dedicated to SDG 6.2, tasked with achieving universal access to sanitation, hygiene, and menstrual health through market-based approaches.In this role I am responsible for the development and roll out of SHFs strategy aimed at structurally changing the global market of menstrual products to ensure access to a variety of safe, quality, affordable menstrual products to people who menstruate in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). This strategy is bundled with a investment and financing strategy that ensures the inclusion of both public and private banks and investors to increase funding and accelerate the transition to an inclusive global MH marketplace.

Mindset PCS is a core partner of Google's Startups for Sustainable Development Program. In this role I:- Built and manage a pool of professional experts from across the globe who support start-ups to overcome challenges to scaling their innovations. - Work with start-ups to resolve key issues that prevent them from scaling their innovations- Identify key partners for the program including UN Agencies, International Organisations and Knowledge Institutions.- Develop and host workshops on challenges faced by many start-ups- Structurally improve the offering of the program for start-ups and advisorsAbout the programAround the world, more and more startups are taking action to tackle the world’s most pressing social challenges and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. By launching the Start-ups for Sustainable Development program, Google joins the effort to fast-track the progress by 2030. To date over 200 start-pus from more than 35 countries are part of the program. We believe that innovators know best what is keeping them back. So we connect senior leadership in start- and scale-ups to subject matter experts to overcome barriers they face to scaling their solutions. The program matches start-up requests about a specific challenge, to the person best suited to help them understand and resolve the issue.

Supported a range of programs and organizations as an advisor, speaker or mentor related to scaling innovations with a social impact:- Journey 2 Scale by elrha- Readiness to Scale by Dutch Relief Alliance- Humanitarian Market Bootcamp by Pears Program for Global Innovation- #DestinationZero by the British Council

Coordinator of two global inter-agency working groups on behalf of UNHCR, WHO and UNFPA on Humanitarian Health Supplies & Innovation, and MHM in Emergencies.

SymptoTrack is an open-source platform that tracks the spread of individuals with symptoms of COVID-19 through self-reported data. In the absence of sufficient testing capacity in the majority of the world, the aggregated data on SymptoTrack enables us to identify potential hotspots as they develop, making it an early warning system for both the public and the institutions that are fighting this pandemic. Built on the principles of transparency and user anonymity, this platform ensures that users can submit details without having to worry that it will be traced back to them. SymptoTrack is launched in the Netherlands as a pioneer market. The blueprint for this model is now actively being pursued for use in Low and Middle Income Countries, starting with a program in Uganda.

In 2015 I joined AFRIpads to open a satellite office in Nairobi. Strategically located as Africa’s hub for UN-Agencies and International NGOs, it was my responsibility to expand our network with these partners to reach our most vulnerable target audience: refugees and internally displaced people. In the pursuing years, I established a cross-continental team conducting business development and maintaining long term partnerships across Africa and into the Middle East. Working closely together with the co-founders, we were able to expand the companies reach to over 600 thousand girls and women annually in a humanitarian or development context across 20+ countries; constructing a new factory in rural Uganda with an employment potential of 350 people; and achieving major milestones in establishing government regulations and policies on Menstrual Health and Hygiene. Today AFRIpads is the largest manufacturer of reusable sanitary pads in the continent. It’s social business model is not only making significant gains in eradicating period poverty and empowering women through employment opportunities with a 90% female staff, but has also proven that it is a self-sustaining, profitable and scalable solution. My responsibilities included:- Responsible for all departments inc, Finance, HR, Sales, Government Relations - Head of Global Partnerships. 5 direct reports, geographic growth from 4 to 19 countries. Revenue growth 20% Year on Year.- Report to CEO and Board of Directors for AFRIpads Group.- Manage key global partnerships at HQ level for Governments, UN and INGOs- Lead the customization and implementation of the CRM platform Salesforce for real time, metric-based performance and cashflow management- Development of new services and support ideation for new products

- Responsible for institutional sales to INGOs and UN across East Africa- Focal point as member of UNDPs Business Call to Action (BCtA)- Develop go-to-market strategy for retail brand on Kenyan market- Responsible for establishing fully operational Kenya office by Jan 2018- Co-founder of the East & Southern Africa Regional Steering Committee on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in emergencies.- Lobby for national and regional product standards for reusable sanitary pads

- Established the satellite office in Nairobi- Representative at the Humanitarian Public Private Partnership (HPPP) Network - Built client network of UN and INGOs in Kenya and South Sudan- Member of stakeholder committee for the development of a MHMpolicy by the Kenyan Ministry of Health.

A family recipe passed down from generation to generation forms the basis of this start-up in the Dutch food sector. Together with my co-founders, I set out to connect producers, restaurateurs and consumers to a piece of culinary heritage and offer a response to the industrialized version of the traditional Dutch Croquette. In an effort to secure to best quality ingredients from within the region, I set up a network of local suppliers including a traditional windmill operating since the 1750’s, an organic dairy farm and a specialized farmer who takes great care in breeding a special breed of French Limousin cows. By developing a coherent narrative across all marketing platforms that lives up to the origin story of the recipe and the suppliers we work with, consumers quickly took a liking to the brand and product. While leading business development among restaurateurs, hotels, bars and retailers, I initially focused on venues with an iconic status in the area to further strengthened the brand’s identity as a local product. This enabled the company to rapidly scale the points of sale within a matter of months.Simultaneously, we worked as a team on expanding production capacity as demand increased. This turned out be delicate work of balancing automation and manual labor without exceeding the investment budget. In the 14 months of establishing VanCharles I learned how an idea can transform into a thriving business in a matter of months and what it takes to navigate the demanding and fast paced environment of a startup.

Transition Talents connects talented energy professionals with leading organizations in the energy arena. We offer young academics a two year multi-company trainee program. Together with our business partners, we develop a generation of system thinkers and visionary leaders who are able to face the complex energy challenges ahead.

As a liscenced snowboard instructor key responsibilities include the health and safety of students, monitoring changing snow and weather conditions, first aid assistance and avalanche rescue activities. In addition, develop a learning trajectory for individuals from different age groups to succesfully develop a combination of skillsets to safely and succesfully learn and improve in snowboarding.

Rabobank International is the Rabobank Group’s international banking business that concentrates on the international wholesale and retail banking activities. I was responsible for collecting market data for the department Foreign Exchange and Money Markets to derive at an end of day profit and loss report. Rabobank International’s activities are divided into regions: Europe (excluding the Netherlands), the Netherlands, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand and Asia. There are also globally managed divisions including Global Financial Markets, Direct Banking and Trade & Commodity Finance.

The BMW Group is the leading provider of premium products and premium services for individual mobility. With the three brands, BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, the BMW Group has its sights set firmly on the premium sector of the international automobile market. As a national Sales and Marketing company, BMW Group the Netherlands is responsible for the marketing, sales, and distribution of BMW, BMW Motorrad, and MINI in the Netherlands. Furthermore, BMW Group the Netherlands has two sister companies. BMW Group Financial Services manages financial support for our network of dealers and their customers. BMW Retail Group features two car dealerships: BMW / MINI Amsterdam and BMW / MINI The Hague, as well as the Amsterdam MINI Brand Store

Internship at Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner Consulting. Learning with respect to the link between theory on cross-cultural management and its business application. Recent events and happenings: release of Fons Trompenaars' new book on Mergers & Acquisitions "The Global M&A Tango".