I am a Dutch national with a Finance, IT, and Business Development background. I have worked as a co-owner, as an employee, as a management consultant, and on contract. Indirect reports varied from a handful to 1200 plus. I have worked in Australia, India and Europe across a wide range of sectors such as Oil & Gas, EPC, Banking, Insurance, and Tourism. Some of them with Blue Chip companies like ING Bank and Shell.

I was born in the sixties. No surprise perhaps I enjoyed reading Kerouc’s ‘On the Road’, Steinbeck’s ‘Travels with Charlie’, Michener’s ‘The Drifters’, and for that matter most of Hemingway’s books. The members of the Beat Generation developed a reputation as new bohemian hedonists, who celebrated non-conformity and spontaneous creativity. I relate to that quite a bit though instead of a Dharma Bum, I am much more a Happy Warrior.