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Southeast Asia

Partner | Senior Advisor Southeast Asia at Emerging Markets Intelligence and Research (EMIR), an exclusive boutique advisory and research firm that harnesses the extraordinary network effect of Boardroom by EMIR

Southeast Asia

Global advisory and research, new business development and management services on: Smart Cities, Urban Actionable Intelligence, City marketing , Sustainable Urban & Regional Development, Strategic Data Alliances, Transforming & Modernizing National Statistics Offices 🌏

Netherlands 🇳🇱

Inactive business status

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

Senior Strategic Advisor to Director General of Statistics Center Abu Dhabi (SCAD) advising on and contributing to innovations and achievements such as: Innovating, transforming, modernizing Abu Dhabi official statistics;Enhancing, maturing and balancing UAE statistics; Creating Abu Dhabi’s Decentralized Statistical Ecosystem; Introducing SCAD Data Talks; Enhancing Stakeholder Management function; Private Sector Forum & Data for Good Alliance; SCAD Leadership Roundtable 2024 Abu Dhabi Statistics Stakeholder Forum 2024International Strategic Advisory Committee; Enhancing statistical knowledge and skills of Emirati Nationals Creating UN Regional Hub for Big Data in the UAE Enhancing administrative data and creating an Abu Dhabi system of statistical registers; Initiating a development towards user centric additional statistical services on demand. Adopting new data sources to improve statistical products; Execution of the first Abu Dhabi Census fully based on administrative sources; Statistical documentation project linked to the GSBPM;Creation Insights and Foresights - Bayaan - Platform, powered by big data ;National Strategy for Statistics of Higher UAE Committee for Coordinating Statistical Work ;Aligning Abu Dhabi and UAE statistics with international UN, ILO & IMF statistical guidelines; Election of SCAD Executive Director as Council Member 2025-2029 of the ISI , International Statistical Institute; UAE’s election as member of the United Nations Statistical Commission 2025-2028 Building and expanding Abu Dhabi’s and UAE’s global statistical networks and connections.

Statistics Netherlands (Cbs), Netherlands 🇳🇱

Creating strategic data alliances throughout the Netherlands with governments, academia, private sector and citizen driven initiatives as partners / stakeholders , international advisory on this topic with Curaçao 🇨🇼 in the Dutch Caribbean as special project as well as leading the CBS endeavors in the EU twinning project on modernizing Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Statistics to become aligned with EU Standards

Statistics Netherlands (Cbs), Netherlands 🇳🇱

Developing and implementing the innovative concept of the Urban Data Centers: a close collaboration between CBS as the Dutch National Statistics Office and cities throughout the Netherlands in their endeavors to become smart, sustainable and data-driven cities , including providing international strategic advisory services to other National Statistical Offices

Cbs- Statistics Netherlands (Cbs), Netherlands 🇳🇱

Leading a 120 (statistical professionals) strong department in the production and dissemination of statistics on - amongst others - labor, income, living conditions, education, health, housing, safety and ICT. Initiating cross National-border statistics in close collaboration with Germany and Belgium. Progressing the exploration of potential usage of Mobile Positioning Data (MPD) for official statistics.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

Member of the international advisory board of the World Council on City Data (WCCD) created by cities for cities, founded in Canada in 2014 to support cities globally to embrace ISO standardized, independently verified and globally comparable city data to make data-driven decisions on management, planning and investment, monitor progress and results and overall become more sustainable, safe, resilient, prosperous, inclusive and smart with partners such as UNEP, UNDRR, Statistics Canada, Citynet, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, The Dubai Executive Council, Royal Commission for Riyadh City and the University of Toronto, Canada

Worldwide Meetings 2X Per Year 🌎

Joint-member of the Inter Agency & Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals with special focus on the topic of disaggregationAuthor of the UNECE document “Future Cities and Data Governance “ (2019) and co-author of the UNECE document “In-depth review of city data and statistics “ (2019)

Wujiang, China 🇨🇳

Sustainable urban development, smart cities, data driven decision making, competitiveness for Wujiang City, China. Wujiang City is one of five urban districts in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. As the southernmost county-level division of Jiangsu, it borders Shanghai to the northeast and Zhejiang province to the south and southwest. Wujiang is currently one of the most economically successful cities in China.

Clayton, City Of Panamá, Republic Of Panamá 🇵🇦

Member of the Scientific Committee & Advisor Sustainable Development at CIDES ( Centro Internacional para el Desarollo Sostenible / International Center for Sustainable Development ) at the Ciudad del Saber Foundation / City of Knowledge at Clayton, Panama City , Republic of PanamáCIDES is an international multi-organizational network dedicated to promoting Integrated Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development, integrating social, economic, political, cultural, scientific, technological and natural dimensions. It operates through an international strategic alliance, made up of academic, scientific, governmental, non-governmental, business organizations and international organizations. CIDES serves decision makers in the design of strategies, policies, plans, programs, projects and actions that simultaneously link social, economic and environmental objectives.Ciudad del Saber (City of Knowledge) is an innovative community aiming to be a model sustainable city that promotes knowledge management, innovation, culture and human development for The Republic of Panama and the world.

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Co-Director (50%) and shareholder (33%). The Research Institute for Knowledge Systems (RIKS) explores the future in over 50 countries worldwide 🌏 by producing software tools to support planners - at local, regional, national level as well as supranational governments and water management organizations - by allowing them to test and analyse the impact of policy options, interventions and decisions on their city, region or country. RIKS developed the Metronamica land use modeling framework that allows decision makers to setup a land use change models for their own city, region or country . Metronamica was created as a Smart Cities Digital Twin “Avant la lettre “. In addition RIKS creates tailor made Integrated Spatial Decision Support Systems that include models and data from a range of disciplines such as economics, demographics, hydrology, plant growth, land use and transport which are selected depending on user needs and policy context. These systems provide users with an integrated assessment of various scenarios on economic, social and environmental indicators.

Netherlands 🇳🇱

Director Business Development and Commercial Affairs (50%) Etil research group is an innovative research agency that believes companies and governments can optimally improve themselves, if they have continuous insight into trends and developments in society, their industry and their own organisation. Etil is always a sustainable partner. Etil continually collects, combines and interprets data at all levels, for both the public and private sector. Etil is independent, scientific, and offers possibilities for improvement with its thorough research and innovative solutions.Etil has a rich history and was founded in 1932 as the Limburg Institute of Economic Technology by Professor Henri Gelissen – who would later become Minister of Economic Affairs - to combat the economic crisis, stimulate the economy and promote industrialization. From 1975 onwards, Etil manifested itself as a social economic planning institute for the Dutch province of Limburg, after which it became part of Maastricht University in 1999. In 2010 Etil became an independent research agency as part of the IBS group.Developments on a global, European, national and regional level have consequences for the local environment: from districts, municipalities, and provinces to the (eu)region. For almost 90 years, Etil has been helping companies and governments with data-driven policy and decision-making at all levels.

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Leading a team of 80 policy-making professionals on economic development, innovation, labor market, education and cross border collaboration with Belgium and Germany within the framework of European cross border regional development programs at the province of Limburg. Limburg is one of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands🇳🇱

Etil research group is an innovative research agency that believes companies and governments can optimally improve themselves, if they have continuous insight into trends and developments in society, their industry and their own organisation. Etil is always a sustainable partner. Etil continually collects, combines and interprets data at all levels, for both the public and private sector. Etil is independent, scientific, and offers possibilities for improvement with its thorough research and innovative solutions.Etil has a rich history and was founded in 1932 as the Limburg Institute of Economic Technology by Professor Henri Gelissen – who would later become Minister of Economic Affairs - to combat the economic crisis, stimulate the economy and promote industrialization. From 1975 onwards, Etil manifested itself as a social economic planning institute for the Dutch province of Limburg, after which it became part of Maastricht University in 1999. In 2010 Etil became an independent research agency as part of the IBS group.Developments on a global, European, national and regional level have consequences for the local environment: from districts, municipalities, and provinces to the (eu)region. For almost 90 years, Etil has been helping companies and governments with data-driven policy and decision-making at all levels.

Vebego creates a better and more pleasant living and working environment. With nearly 40,000 employees in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, and in Liechtenstein and Austria, Vebego makes a positive contribution to society every single day. The Head-Office is located in Voerendaal in The Netherlands near to the place where the international family business was founded in 1943.

Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands🇳🇱

Leading a 120 staff strong team delivering internal and external services such as communication, data, statistics and economic services to the citizens, businesses and stakeholders of the City of Sittard

Sittard, Limburg, Nederland

Creating, building and implementing a completely new team focusing on communications, Public Relations and Citymarketing at the City of Sittard

Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands🇳🇱

Providing advice on developing and implementing economic policy recommendations, economic research, and project analysis; identify creative and strategic opportunities for SME’s; support the execution of economic policy recommendations, reports, surveys, etc. and serving as liaison with key stakeholders including private sector and the broader policy community.

Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands🇳🇱

Part time teacher in Tourism and Touristic Geography in combination with studying Urban and Rural Geography and Communication Sciences at Amsterdam University

Drs., Urban & Rural Geography, Socio-Cultural Geography And Communications Sciences, Masters Degree

Specialisation “Citymarketing”

Bachelor'S Degree, Geography & History - Specialisation ''Migration Studies''