ChairpersonCareduca Foundation
I increasingly devote my time and resources to philanthropic efforts. I am in particular interested in the education sector.
Currently Governor of Marymount International School London, where I chair the Admissions, Alumnae and Development Committee and have helped the school transition from religious- to lay-leadership and become one of the top IB school for girls in Europe. Also a Trustee of the American University of Paris, where I have restructured and chair the Enrolment Committee.
I have over 30 years of significant business experience in both entrepreneurial and large company settings:
◊ Strong background in marketing, marketing strategy, market research, business development, recruitment, operational restructuring/turnarounds.
◊ Industry/sector experience includes FMCG, apparel, manufacture, family business, education.
◊ International, multicultural, multilingual having lived and worked globally, including emerging markets.
◊ Hands-on, energetic, results-oriented, natural lateral thinker.
- Former member of the non-Executive board of Indivers BV, Phoenix Group Holdings and Business Analytica.
- Managed the family office in Holland and the USA, restructured and wound it down.
- Shareholder of Business Analytica, which was sold in 2010 after it grew to become one of the leading market research companies in the CIS.
- Market entry strategies for Marakon Associates, Spectrum Strategy Consultants Compass Group plc, Korn Ferry International, Ermengildo Zegna and Egon Zehnder International.
- Worked in Central and Eastern Europe, launched Levi's in Poland and the former Soviet Union. Opened the first Levi’s franchise in Russia.
- Started career with Philip Morris International, with a number of marketing and brand management roles in Europe.
Swiss/Dutch citizen. MBA from IMD Switzerland. Like music, sailing, skiing, biking, hiking, travel, good causes