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EducationAfter a degree in architectural engineering and a gap year in a US school, I extended my studies with a BA Hons in Interior and Product Design at the Academy of Arts in Maastricht and later took a Master Degree in Retail & Communication Design at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam. Early CareerAfter a few years free-lancing, I started work at Amsterdam-based Merkx & Girod, where I worked on some high profile projects in their feasibility/conception stages, such as the government advisory body offices “Raad Van State”, the Amsterdam headquarters for Ernst & Young, Dutch Railway HQ “Inktpot” and others, whilst at the same time working on retail projects from concept to implementation; the Van Gogh Museum shop and four full new stores for the Dutch department store de Bijenkorf amongst others.After moving to London I mainly worked as a lead designer on high-end residential projects, such as Pan Peninsula, Baltimore Wharf and the Tapestry Building after joining Johnson Naylor.Current PositionIn 2008 I joined the Imagination Group as an Associate Director of Virgile and Stone as an integral member of the Retail and Leisure team and becoming a partner in 2014 and eventually becoming the Creative Director in 2017. I became a partner at Virgile + Partners after a few years and creatively direct and work closely together with the team to develop projects from the initial concept stage, through to the detailing and construction delivery stages.Key projects/clients at Virgile + Partners include:Retail + Department Store: - Harrods Rooms of Luxury- Harvey Nichols, Birmingham and Knightsbridge projects- DLT St Petersburg and Tsum/Murcury Moscow- Shinsegae Daegu- Myer, Sydney- LVMH Dom Pérignon and HennesseyHotel and Restaurant: - Crowne Plaza, Belgrade- Andaz, Hong Kong Club and Annamaya, New Delhi- The restaurant at the Address Boulevard, Dubai- The Square restaurant, London- Bang at the Ritz Carlton, Bangalore

Listed skills include Concept Development, Vectorworks, Concept Design, Retail Design, and 11 others.