Bridging gaps, building stakeholders/ ecosystem networks, synchronising policy agendas and organising impact. I enjoy getting things sustainably and socially well done. Currently active for the European Ageing Network, EAN (EU Elderly care providers), European Nutrition for Health Alliance (ENHA, moving from malnutrition to well-nutrition), ActiZ, (branchevereniging van zorgorganisaties, elderly care providers, NL), Branchevereniging van ICT-organisaties in de zorg, OIZ (Acting Director, Dutch association of ICT providers in healthcare), Research & Funding, Van Belang & Partners (EU Affairs and C-level coaching) and De Zorgambassade/eBHF). I enjoyed and learnt a lot acting as a.o. a Director-general of AIM, the international trade association of health care insurers in Brussels, as a Director of Social Economy Europe (private-not-for -profit peoples’-based associations like coops, mutuals, associations and foundations, SEE) and Director European Affairs with Zorgverzekeraars Nederland, the Dutch trade association of public and private health care insurance companies.