Experienced consultant in (international) cultural relations with a demonstrated history of working in arts, cultural heritage, creative industries and cultural diplomacy. Strong professional skilled in governance, strategy, (international) cultural policyExperienced coach, trained at NONONS (Coach Intensive) and accredited at practitioner level by EMCC/EQASince 2023, I have been established as an independent consultant and coach: Cees de Graaff, consultant & coachingI learnt the principles of consultancy, working for STOA, Consultancy Company for the Arts (1984-1988). To be closer to the fire, I then went to work as managing director at various organisations, such as the Kirill Kondrashin Competition and Dansgroep Krisztina de Chatel. In search of the social and international power of culture, I left for Addis Ababa in 2001 as director of the Youth Circus of Ethiopia. Back in the Netherlands I became director of Arts and Culture Noord-Holland and founded Cultural Heritage Noord-Holland. In 2012, I became the first managing director of DutchCulture, the Dutch centre for international cultural cooperation.I also have extensive administrative experiences as chairman and member of various board in the national and international cultural sectors. Besides my work, I have completed training and coaching programmes around strategy definition, vision formation and leadership.