The organisation

Twan van de Kerkhof

Twan van de Kerkhof is the founder and executive director of the European Leadership Platform. He founded the company in 2003, after having been a journalist for 15 years. Twan has written four books about leadership, one about China and one about Roundtable dialogues. He is an economist by education.

Marti ten Sijthoff

Marti ten Sijthoff, associate director, is passionate about helping people feel connected. She enjoys helping new members feel at home in our ELP community. She has a great deal of experience in association management with a particular passion for membership development. She has a Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and a BA in Economics. An American, she came with her Dutch husband and two children to the Netherlands in 2007 from Minnesota.

Pauline Kemper

Pauline Kemper provides administrative support, keeping everything running behind the scenes and is the primary contact for any questions about invoicing and address changes. We got to know her when she worked for a neighboring company while ELP was in the West Indisch Pakhuis. She has more than 18 years experience in administrative support and is married with two children.

 

The Advisory Board

The role of the Advisory Board is to provide guidance and a sounding board to help ELP live its mission and evolve into the future. Advisory Members advocate on behalf of ELP to build partnerships, provide strategic insight and identify areas of opportunity. Its members have a strong, broad-based range of experience and expertise in business, entrepreneurship, government/non-profit, human resources and governance.

Frank Schreve, Chairman

Frank Schreve

Supervisory Boards Fugro, Sint Lucas-Andreas Ziekenhuis, De Hoge Veluwe; Member Supervisory Board HVC NV; former CEO Ten Cate; former Board Member Rabobank

Martin Adler, Member

Martin Adler

Chief Commercial Officer at Dockwise

Jacqueline Cuthbert, Member

Jacqueline Cuthbert

Chief HR Officer, Sanoma Media

Els van der Plas, Member

Els van der Plas

Managing Director, Premsela - Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion

Kees Rutten, Member

Kees Rutten

Executive Board Member Hogeschool Inholland, Chairman Supervisory board Stichting Parnassia Bavo Group

Moderators

ELP Events are characterized by a true dialogue amongst peers. We believe that our methodology enables leaders to reflect and share dilemmas about the rarely black and white nature of their work. Our moderators are vital to help our members in starting and maintaining this dialogue. All moderators are trained in our unique format.

George Begemann

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Coach Pegs Consultancy

Pieter Jan de Bree

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Partner, Frisblik

Ivo Callens

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Director Centre for Generative Leadership

René Eijdenberg

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Partner, Mindshift

Josette de Goede

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Executive Director Executive Education & Development, Rotterdam School of Management

Judith Gunneweg

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EMEIA Partner Development Leader Ernst & Young

Carin ten Hage

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In Sabbatical, former Director Planet Me, TNT

Petra Hoogerwerf

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Director Veleda Advies

Gert-Jan de Jong

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Photographer | Leadership Guide, Context for Being

Twan van de Kerkhof

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Managing Director ELP

Ralf Knegtmans

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Managing Director, De Vroedt & Thierry Executive Search

Harro van Lente

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Associate Professor Innovation Studies Faculty of Geosciences University of Utrecht

Monique Noomen

Jos Plompen

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Director, Great Place To Work Institute Nederland

Marti ten Sijthoff

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Associate Director ELP

Angelica Thijssen

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Group Head of HR, Intertrust

Walter Vesters

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Publisher, Scope Business Media

Sonja Vissinga

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Coach/Consultant Vissinga Consultancy

Kees Voorberg

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Founder Centrum Dialoog en Samenleving

Joop de Vries

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Counselor, Author