Angelique Meddeler / Global Head of Client Services ING With a background as Head of Corporate Clients NL Account Management and Business Management. She was appointed in September 2012 as Head of International Business Clients and became Change Leader Client Services in April 2013. She was then formally appointed Global Head of Client Services as per 1 July 2013.
Anne van der Zwaag / Director Object Rotterdam Anne van der Zwaag studied Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Utrecht and lectured at numerous institutions such as ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem, the Utrecht School of the Arts and the Sandberg Institute Amsterdam. Anne is a creative consultant for several companies in the Netherlands and abroad and director of the Dutch design fair OBJECT.
Astrid Elburg / Director Elburg Consultancy Astrid Elburg is Consultant in strategic issues and trainer in ethical leadership and mental toughness. In her approach she puts an emphasis on the Ethics around the promotion of (cultural) diversity in organizations. She is fascinated by the relationship between leadership and the ‘Gunfactor’, a word that’s essential in business relation ships, and to make room for people, but difficult to translate directly into English.
Emmy Stoel / General Manager Okura Amsterdam Emmy Stoel is a graduate of Hotel Management School Maastricht. She served at the Hotel Okura Amsterdam from 1991 till 2000 in various management positions before leaving the Netherlands to work in Brussels, Vienna and Frankfurt. Stoel returned to Hotel Okura Amsterdam as DeputyGeneral Manager in 2008. On January 1st 2013 she was as appointed General Manager of Hotel Okura Amsterdam.
Gervaise Coebergh / Director Coebergh PR Gervaise Coebergh founded Coebergh 20 years ago, one of Netherland’s leading PR firms, and additionally she is the founder of Spice PR. Gervaise is also founding member of Vertov. One of her initiatives is Beter Huis, the marketplace of care for the elderly. In 2011 Gervaise won the Porsche People’s Choice Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and in 2013 she was named one of the 100 most successful business women of the Netherlands.
Prof. dr. Renée Römkens / Director Atria Instituut Renée Römkens is CEO/Director of Atria, the Dutch national institute on gender equality and women’s history (Amsterdam). Römkens is also active as researcher, building on extensive research expertise on gender based violence and national and international developments in socio-legal regulation. For the European Commission she regularly presents scientific advisory reports in the field of gender based violence in her capacity as expert- member of European Network on Gender Expertise (ENEGE).
Shula Rijxman / RvB NPO
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Since 2012 Shula Rijxman Member is a member of the Management Board of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPO). Shula Rijxman became commercial manager at Martsell and three years later general manager and co-owner. In 2001 Martsell was acquired by production company IDTV where she became manager Events & Promotions, followed by the position of commercial director. In 2010 Rijxman was appointed CEO of IDTV.