Leen Paape

Leen started his career at the Royal Military Academy in Breda. During his military career he became a chartered accountant and then briefly practiced that profession at KPMG. Successively, he worked for KLM, became a partner at PwC and joined the board of Nyenrode. After having managed Nyenrode for almost 10 years, he is now professor of Corporate Governance and Academic Director of the Board & Governance programs, including the successful supervisory board program. In addition, he is active as a supervisor at various organizations such as Univé Dichtbij, SNS Reaal Pensioenfonds, Stichting BOOR, ABP, and the IMF in Washington.

He is a much sought-after speaker and recently wrote the book ‘Exit Fantoomtrots’ together with Leo van de Voort. Leen has a few hobbies. He plays golf, reads a lot, boxes, and likes to cook.

Professor Dr. Jonathan Passmore

Jonathan is Senior Vice-President, CoachHub, a professor at Henley Business School, and a global thought leader in behavioural change, listed in the Thinkers 50 and Global Gurus lists. He is a chartered psychologist and holds five degrees including an MBA and a doctorate in psychology. He is an accredited coach with the ICF and EMCC, and he holds qualifications in team coach and coach supervision. He has published widely and contributed over 30 books, nearly 200 scientific papers, and book chapters to the field, making him one of the most published coaches in the world. His recent books include: ‘Becoming a Coach: The Essential ICF Guide’ (2020), ‘The Coaches Handbook’ (2021) and ‘CoachMe: Your Personal Board of Directors’ (2022). Over the past two decades, Jonathan has worked as an executive coach, consultant and educator with hundreds of leaders and managers, from senior politicians to board directors helping them become the best version of themselves. Prior to his current roles, Jonathan worked as managing director for a UK psychology company and worked for global firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), IBM Business Consulting on large-scale change projects and executive coaching, and OPM on government and not-for-profit leadership development.

Aynouk Tan (she/ they)

Aynouk Tan (she/ they) is a lecturer, creative director, activist and writer in the cultural sector and the field of diversity and inclusion. They are one of the organizers of Queer Network Amsterdam (QNA): an alliance that consists out of of 23 organizations that center trans people, black LGBTQI+ people and LGBTQI+ people of color. Tan curates public programs for clients like Cobra Museum and Tropenmuseum. Their lectures revolve around topics such as identity, appearance, colonialism, gender and their intersections. Furthermore Tan is an advisor at the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) and jury member for the Dutch Design Awards.

Alejandra Ortiz (she/ her)

Alejandra Ortiz (she/ her), writer, and grassroots activist. A trans woman with a history of marginalization and violence. Her history is one that is so far away from that of our own, that we only hear or see about it in the news or in movies. She has dealt with sex work, use of drugs, having a refugee, and has undocumented migrant experience among other intersections. Living in the Netherlands since 2015. Alejandra devotes her activism to the visibility of empowerment of marginalized communities. Her book De waarheid zal me bevrijden has been published by Lebowski Publishers.

Sjors Roeters

Sjors Roeters (Groningen, 1991) is an editor at Vrij Nederland. He immerses himself in the world of capitalism, the problems it causes and the resistance to it. He studied in Amsterdam, Leiden and Rio de Janeiro and followed the masters European Studies and Literary Studies. In the past year he traveled through Europe in his search for alternatives to capitalism.

Book: Miljardairs onder de guillotine. Op zoek naar alternatieven voor het kapitalisme (11 oktober 2022)

Sjors Roeters once thought that capitalism would save the world. From the age of eleven he traded furiously on the stock exchange and he believed fervently in the superiority of the system. Now he sees that the structures and incentives of capitalism lead to inequality and destruction. While the earth is on fire, the rich get richer. History shows that extreme inequality almost always leads to violence in the end. Can the tide still be turned?

Wim Kooijman

Wim Kooijman has been walking around in the Human Resources domain for almost a lifetime. As Executive Vice President Human Resources and Industrial Relations of KLM, he was responsible for social policy within the company and negotiated with various trade unions for many years. As EVP HR Air France KLM, he developed the Social Policy for the group, led the European Works Council and helped build the bridge between Air France and KLM. Prior to that, hr director at Sodexo and first negotiator in the Contract Catering Industry.

In 2016, together with his partner Liesbeth Zwartelé, he started his own consultancy practice. Building on his experience as hr manager in various organizations, he was successful in the mediation in the CAO conflict in the Cleaning and Window Cleaning industry (2014) and between Holland Casino (2015/2017), Recticel (2017). He is independent chairman of the collective labour agreement consultations at the security sector, cleaning industry, APG, KPN and Holland Casino. He helps directors and works councils to improve their cooperation (ABNAMRO, Berenschot) and plays the role of ‘stubborn old man’ in a number of organizations and guides managers in their development.

In Kooijman’s thinking, ‘connecting and supporting’ are two key concepts that are at stake both in HR policy and in negotiation. With these two concepts, policy is converted into concrete implementation or negotiation result.

In addition, he is a storyteller pure sang and does so at various Colleges and Universities. He combines concepts with practical examples and humour.

Dr. Edward Haarmans

After studying Business Economics at the Erasmus University, Edward fulfilled various commercial and general management roles, always based on the principle of a win-win situation.

After writing his book about Purpose in life and long lasting happiness, Edward started The Purpose Company with two partners. The original win-win approach got an extra win; a positive impact on employees (People), the business (Profit) and the world (around us) (Planet).

Title session: Purpose as strategic element for inspiring leadership

In this session Edward takes you through the essentials of Purpose and how to benefit from all advantages of being Purpose driven as an organization.

What is the position of Purpose within the various strategic elements of your business and what is the power of Purpose on inspiring leadership. To become a truly Purpose driven and attractive employer, with a strong (Employer) Brand, the employees should be aligned with the Purpose. As a result the Purpose is felt and experienced by all stakeholders.

Veronique Streekstra

Resilience, what does it stand for? Do we have it by nature and is it a given or also dependent on external factors and zeitgeist? Is there something like collective resilience and is that the sum of the resilience of individuals? Together we deepen the theme ‘Resilience in Leadership’. What traits do resilient leaders have? And is this resilience inexhaustible? Especially in this rapidly changing time in which issues surrounding value creation remain central. Does this guiding force also apply to values such as development and self-development? Do we create more value together if we invest in personal growth, self-regulation and gain insight into our own patterns and story? We challenge you to explore this further with us in this Masterclass ‘Resilience in Leadership’!

Tamara Bavius

Dr. Marcia Goddard

Marcia is an accomplished neuroscientist who left academia to focus on building bridges between science and business. Her specific expertise is behavior in the workplace: how do you build a culture in which people can flourish?