Leave a Legacy; Build Trust; Be Positive; Drive Results; Be Humble

I feel a retailer in heart and kidneys. Have a convincing belief in 'sincere attention for the customer', energy in companies by employee happiness and new forms of cooperation within the value chain. For the last 15 years, I have fulfilled various executive positions within retail and currently I am a partner at Blue Ocean Company. I am also being asked a lot for Keynotes and I offer retail marketing at the University of Amsterdam. My career started me as a management trainee at the department stores of Vroom & Dreesmann in 1986. I graduated as a lawyer at the University of Groningen

If you have clear where you want to go, the route is always flexible. And if you make it clear where you're going, people can follow you too. Just telling you how to do something is never enough.