Professional background
     
     
       Director - Owner, Buro T.O.M. (Top Of Mind), Rotterdam (Mar 2008 – present)
       
     
     
     
       Sales Manager, AstraZeneca, Zoetermeer (Jul 2006 - Feb 2008)
       
     
     
     
       Marketing Manager, Schering-Plough, Maarssen (Jan 2004 – Jun 2006)
       
     
     
     
       Strategic Brand Manager, at Organon Chili, Santiago de Chile (Dec 2001 – Dec 2003)
     
     
     
       Assistant Area Manager Area The Americas, at Organon International, Oss (Oct 1998 – Feb 2001)
       
     
     
     
       International Business Consultant & Co-founder, at Prins, Wooning & de Jongh, Rotterdam (Mar 1996 – Sep 1998)
       
     
     
     Training  & courses (1999 – 2010) 
     
       AstraZeneca: Leadership program (HILS Hay Group);  Sales Manager program (SFE Academy); Arnold Blits training.
     
     
       Schering-Plough: Communicative Leader skills & Team  building course (Ykema); Strategic Marketing course (TVG).
     
     
       Organon: Strategic Branding course (The  Decision Group); Management Development program (Akzo Nobel).
     
     Educational background 
     
       Master of Science, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1991 - 1997)
     
     
       Pre-University Education (VWO), Sint Laurenscollege, Rotterdam (1985 - 1991)
       
     
     Additional data
     
       Language skills: Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish (good), French & German (basic).
     
     
       Nominatie SAN Accent Award 2004: A marketing campaign award issued by the Advertisers Organization.
       
     
     
       Publication Article: ‘In Search of Acceleration’ in a Dutch management magazine: "Bedrijfskundig Vakblad".
       
     
     
       Personal style: Enthusiastic, open, honest, sociable, curious, enterprising, driven, creative and result-oriented.
       
     
     
       Hobbies: Enjoy life with family & friends, cook, wine, broaden my horizon, travelling, nature, photography, boating.