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NEWSLETTER SPRING 2013
President’s Letter
& Event Calendar
New Year’s Drinks & Meet the Company
@ the EYE
PostNL
The Strategy Forum is still One of the best visited NY CEO Herna Verhagen kindly
fresh in our memories – Olivier Drinks in the association’s hosted an evening at one of the
reflects. More on pages 2 & 3.
history. See page 4.
Distribution facilities. Page 5.
Entrepreneurship
Focus on Funding
IPEC: Investing in
Africa
Strategy Forum:
EU Competitiveness
The second Entrepreneurship IPEC joined forces with FMO to The biggest event of the year
Event was all about securing discuss
the
challenges
of drew in more than 250 alumni.
Funding. Read it on page 6/7.
investing in Africa. Page 8.
Read all about it, pages 9-11.
Entrepreneurship
Bootcamp
Healthcare: longterm care
The second Entrepreneurship The Healthcare & Life Sciences
Bootcamp was again a raving club discussed opportunities in
success! See page 13.
the long-term care market.
More on page 14.
IN-BOARD updates
and events
A new IN-BOARD Wave started!
News
about
IN-BOARD
developments and events on
pages 16 and 17.
Plus……
Entrepreneurship Event Announcement – page 5
Back to School! 5-10 year reunion – page 7
Salamander Channel Cup Announcement – page 12
Alumni in the News – page 18/19
Volunteer news – page 20
Let Me Introduce Myself – page 20/21
We Congratulate – page 22
New Arrivals – page 22/23
Contact details of the IAA NL Board, Clubs and others – pages 24/25/26
Corporate Sponsors of the INSEAD Alumni Association of The Netherlands
EVENT CALENDAR
Date
Event
Location
23 April
24 April
28 May
12 September
4-6 October
14 November
Sustainability Club: Clean Energy
SIN: Pitches f or Investment
San Fu Maltha: Film Financing
Global INSEAD Day / Volunteer Event
Salamander Channel Cup
Meet the Company: Arcadis
Den Haag
Breukelen
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Hilversum/Kennemer
Amsterdam
2B
PRESIDENT’S LETTER
Dear friends of INSEAD,
Europe is not en route to become a backwater anytime soon. Is this surreal optimism or intelligent
conclusion? At the Strategy Forum of the INSEAD Alumni association, March 5th at the Hermitage,
almost all opinions were optimistic.
Europe has the knowledge, geography, an
installed base of highly trained people and
(currently) has more financial resources. With
all those advantages Europe should be able to
consolidate its position. The Strategy Forum
was filled with praise, especially for the
positive, can-do attitude of the INSEAD
Alumni.
we’ll solve the problem in a few years.
Europe, the world’s think-tank.
Thanks to the Strategy Forum, we now know
that late industrializers have a slight
disadvantage, that “Services” are the big
opportunity and that if we dare to be positive
about our own ability and invest in innovation
and education we can (and should) do much
better. And investing in innovation and
education is exactly what we do by supporting
INSEAD.
We are proud that the school chose to send
such a strong delegation to our Strategy
Forum. Interim Dean Peter Zemsky said:
“Coming to Holland just made a lot of sense
as a place to kick this off. There’s a lot of
success here, a lot that we can learn and
tremendous support for the school [..] giving
us a lot to reflect on.”
In the two minutes that the participants were
given by Rens de Jong to “solve the problem”
of Europe’s return to competitivenss, we
nearly all nailed it. Give us the power and
DUTCH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Another important piece of feedback that we
got during the day (and that we are proud of)
was that the Alumni Association is more and
more becoming a franchised branch of the
school. Events with such strong speakers and
content give the Alumni the sense of lifelong
learning.
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And that is exactly what we want to achieve
with the Alumni Association. Our vision is that
your time and education at INSEAD doesn’t
stop when you leave campus, but that it
never stops at all! You check out but you
don’t leave. You seamlessly check into your
National Alumni Association (NAA), which is
the start of the rest of your life at INSEAD.
Why? Because you roll into a peer group of
great people with common memories of their
time at INSEAD and because you get the
opportunity to attend, learn, interact and
contribute at a multitude of great events
every year.
Because INSEAD stands for excellence,
diversity, sustainability and for a lifelong
experience.
The Strategy Forum was followed by a
Salamander Dinner. With this dinner, the NAA
and the school wanted to thank its generous
benefactors. Great fun and food and at the
end of the dinner, Jonathan Story gave away
a Russian serenade!
A growing number of alumni are becoming
small or larger donors to the INSEAD Alumni
Fund. This money is used for scholarships for
students from developing countries, for
research
such
as
the
European
Competitiveness Initiative or for specific
causes that endowments specify. In a
competitive world with US schools with
billions in endowed funds, our school needs
these donations to be able to deliver on its
promise of being the Business School for the
World.
This is money well spent for a school without
any government support. You invest in
excellence in diversity and in education, the
basis for European Competitiveness in the
future. Hope to see you at the next dinner!
Because we have sixty volunteers and many
kind sponsors supporting our endeavors.
Warm regards,
Olivier
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New Year’s Drinks @ the EYE
On Tuesday January 8th, the IAA organized its New Years Drinks at the EYE Film Institute. In the
spring of 2012, the EYE Film Institute moved from the Vondelpark into its new location on the
northern bank of the river IJ. Gijs de Rooij reports.
Alumnus Charles Hollenkamp (MBA’86D)
offered to organize the drinks in the upper
Arena part of the Institute, allowing all those
present a magnificent view of the Amsterdam
Harbour.
On behalf of EYE, Eline Danker, Head
Business Development, elaborated in a short
presentation on the history of EYE, the
transition to its new organizational structure
and design of the EYE building.
Our IAA president Oliver Gorter then spent a
moment on reviewing the IAA events of 2012
and to look ahead to the agenda for 2013.
The record attendance of more than 120
alumni was significantly larger than the
organization expected. We felt compelled and
were happy to extend the duration of the
evening by at least an hour to enable
everyone to exchange New Year’s Greetings,
and we hope that this profound enthusiasm of
our members will continue to densely
populate IAA’s future events as well!
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Meet the Company: PostNL
On the 22nd of January, PostNL hosted our alumni
at one of their 18 new sorting and distribution
centers for Parcels in Waddinxveen. The alumni
were treated to a presentation by PostNL’s CEO
Herna Verhagen as well as a guided tour of the
facility. Carlos Mendes Aguiar reports.
Herna Verhagen, installed as CEO in April
2012, informed us how PostNL is transforming
from a letter delivery company into a growing
parcel delivery company - mainly due to the
further development of digitization.
Email marketing, SMS, Whatsapp and other
digital developments decrease the amount of
letters. Ecommerce and mobile commerce
boost the growth of the parcel delivery
business. PostNL is based in Holland and
active in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium,
Italy and the United Kingdom. Outside The
Netherlands the company nowadays delivers
more letters than in their home market.
The Ecommerce market in The Netherlands
grew 9%. The Ecommerce market for goods
grew 12%. PostNL is market leader in parcel
delivery in The Netherlands and invests in 18
new sorting and delivery centers to cope with
the expected growth.
Furthermore the company invests in niche
delivery markets such as pharma logistics,
secured logistic networks, courier services
and in value added services in the ecommerce
value chain. After the presentation and an
extensive Q&A session, the alumni visited the
sorting and delivery center to further their
understanding of the ongoing sorting process.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Lean (Startup) Workshop - INSEAD Entrepreneurship Club - 15 May
On May 15th the third event of the INSEAD Entrepreneurship Club will take place. This time we
focus on Lean Startup. Timo Mulder and Kees van Nunen (ValueFirst), experts in the field and
mentors at Startup Bootcamp, will lead the workshops. Lean concepts are interesting both in an
entrepreneurial setting as well as in improving corporate innovation.
Date:
Wednesday 15 May
Time: 18.00-21:30h.
Place: Amsterdam
Registration: [email protected]
For the event we ask the attendants to pay EUR15 p.p. to cover sandwiches and drinks:
INSEAD Alumni Association – RABO Bank in Utrecht – account number 39.45.20.327
More info on the Entrepreneurship Club: http://inseadentrepreneurshipclub.nl
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Entrepreneurship Club: Focus on Funding
Tuesday evening February 12th, the second Entrepreneurship Club event was held, this time with a
light funding theme. Herman Kienhuis (MBA’01J) was kind enough to host us at SanomaVentures
and act as a keynote speaker. Matthijs Baan and Wouter Kneepkens report.
Suzanne Meyer (IEP F/S’08Mar), opened the
event on behalf of the club’s committee with a
quick word of welcome and a recap of the
past activities and future events.
Next, Herman spoke about funding and “his
side of the table” with respect to dealing with
startups. Sanoma aims to grow its future
revenues through online activities, given the
decline in print and other regular media, and
has therefore launched SanomaVentures.
Next to its own developments and concepts,
this enables the firm to take (strategic)
stakes in rapidly growing or interestingly
positioned internet startups. Through a
combination of funding, media and mentoring
Herman aims to boost the development of
these portfolio companies. The investment
focus is on consumer oriented businesses and
its first year,
2012,
resulted
in
seven
investments.
Herman
stated
that
part of this
success was
due to the positioning of SanomaVentures, as
it fills the Dutch funding gap between angel
investment and VC investment (roughly EUR
200-500k funding size). He also provided us
with an overview of the Dutch landscape,
which for the moment remains spread across
various hubs like Amsterdam and Eindhoven.
However, a lot of the building blocks are in
place to form a healthy startup community,
but this will take time, Silicon Valley also took
decades to develop. A copy (shareable
version) of his presentation can be found
here.
Our second speaker for the evening was Gijs
de Rooij (MBA’00D) of LED Lease. Whereas
most LED players simply sell their products,
requiring vast investments in these lights,
Gijs innovates by leasing his clients their
solutions, basically selling them light instead
of lights. As a “fixed assets” type of business
the funding requirements for LED Lease are
very different from those of internet startups,
requiring significant capex and working capital
to grow.
Gijs took us through their journey to find the
right funding partners, during which they
spoke to all the regular parties: angels, banks
& funds, but to no avail. Banks for instance
were very interested due to the profile of the
company: renewable, recurring revenue, long
contracts, triple A clients and asset financing.
However, given the LED lights would form
part of the building under Dutch law regular
asset financing was no option. They finally
found a financier that would not only provide
them with operational funding, but that was
also willing to fund their projects – a perfect
solution.
After both presentations it was time for the
“mini-cases/pitches”:
John Staunton & Renji John (MBA’11D/J) –
ShopperConcepts, pitched their smartphone
based loyalty card v2.0 concept, which will
provide shoppers a better experience, while it
provides shop-owners a wealth of information
through big data. Audience feedback included
that the proposition to both type of clients
needed to be crystal clear and that it would
make sense to stay close to existing
consumer behaviour, as changing behaviour
is near impossible. A nice side note: Renji and
John met and started work on their business
at our entrepreneurial breakfasts.
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Ronny Roeller (MBA’11D) – Collaborne,
asked the audience for experience and tips
regarding
B2B
sales in the Dutch
large
corporate
market.
During
the Q&A Ronny
further explained
various use cases
for Collaborne and
got a number of
interesting leads
once the concept
and target clients
were clear.
advice through smart templating. He asked
the audience what their main inhibitions
would be to use the service and how best to
target the Dutch SME market. The feedback
was mostly around creating trust around his
online and digital offer, versus quality
physical legal advice.
We closed the event with some drinks, once
again provided by our host SanomaVentures
and look back at a great and entertaining
evening. For more Entrepreneurship Club
events
check
out
our
events
page
(http://inseadentrepreneurshipclub.nl)
and
make sure to attend one of our monthly
Entrepreneurial Breakfasts.
Bastiaan de Wit (MAP'10May) – Zebralegal,
explained his concept of online personal legal
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Back to School! @ Russell Reynolds
When you graduate from INSEAD, your 5 or even 10-year Reunion seems very, very far off. But
time marches on! To get into the spirit of reunion, which will take place in May 2013, the MBA
promotions ‘03J,’03D,’08J and ‘08D were kindly invited by Russell Reynolds to pre-celebrate going
back to school. Annemarie van Neck reports.
The event on February 28th started with a
quick review of the Reunion program and a
call to action to donate to the IAF in the spirit
of the reunion classes’ campaigns (visit
http://giving.insead.edu to donate!).
Next,
Russell
Reynolds’
Hans
Reus
(MBA’90D) and Pieter Ligthart (MBA’01J)
talked about what INSEAD had meant to
them and still means to them now.
Then it was time to put our
brains
to
work!
Alumnus
Martijn Janssen (MBA’08D)
and his colleagues Sebastiaan
Ambtman and Jop Houben
proudly
introduced
their
venture Voradius. Voradius is a
search engine that allows
online consumers to find products in physical
shops nearby. Next to buying online a lot of
consumers do their buying research online
and then buy offline and Voradius is playing
on this trend to direct people to the shops in
their neighborhood and buy the product
directly without having to wait for delivery.
They posed three strategic questions to the
group, ranging from which large partners to
focus on, how to engage SMEs to join the
platform and ….
Subsequently, the audience broke into three
groups to discuss these strategic challenges
and reported back to the plenary group. A
fruitful and constructive discussion ensued,
with a multitude of tips and guidance.
Thank you to Russell Reynolds for the Sushi
and Drinks, and to Martijn and his colleagues
for opening up to us and allowing us to offer
advice!
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IPEC: Investing in Africa @ FMO
On Wednesday the 13th February, FMO (Entrepreneurial Investment Bank) hosted an evening at
their offices about the developments in private equity in Africa. Taertse Schaper reports.
We were fortunate that as a result of a
pension conference the following day, a
number of senior partners of pan African
private equity firms were in The Hague. The
evening started with a presentation by
Annette Berendsen, who runs a team of 12
professionals at FMO that invest in African
funds, and also do direct co-investments in
deals with African funds.
Annette presented FMO´s track record of
investing in Africa, built up over a period of
25 years, with impressive results both in
terms of impact and financial returns. Another
FMO veteran, Ben Zwinkels, added some
more colour and detail to this, with some
remarkable insights based on his 30 years’
experience of investing in Africa.
focus
on the actual deals, with some
interesting anecdotes, giving a perspective on
the criteria that determine the chances of
success when investing in African companies.
Whereas on the one side many companies are
growing fast, and competition at times can be
relatively benign compared to the developed
world, the challenge of finding good
management teams remains one of the key
challenges for private equity in Africa.
Given the high turnout for this event, and the
number of business cards that were
exchanged, it may well be that the INSEAD
community may have a contribution to make
in this area in the coming years!
Subsequently, two active private equity
professionals
(Aziz
Mebarek
of
Africinvest and Antoine Delaporte
(MBA’88D) of I&P Management, an
INSEAD alumnus), moved the focus
from the macro overview to more of a
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INSEAD Strategy Forum: “Europe’s Return to Competitiveness”
Putting the Lifelong Learning Experience for INSEAD Alumni into Practice
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013. A sunny, yet chilly, day in Amsterdam. I am walking towards the worldfamous Hermitage Museum (www.hermitage.nl) at the banks of the Amstel river, excited about the
INSEAD Strategy Forum. The board and event committee of the Dutch Alumni Association have
been working hard over the last couple of months to get a fantastic line-up of speakers from the
academic, political and business world in order to discuss one of the hottest topic in Europe at the
moment: “How do we get Europe back to competitiveness after this unprecedented economic and
political crisis?”. Sven Cobben reports.
Over 250 of our alumni, as such the biggest
event ever organized in the Netherlands,
came together for 3 hours of insights,
inspiration and networking. After a warm
welcome by Olivier Gorter – President of the
Dutch Alumni Association – journalist and
presenter Rens de Jong (Business News
Radio) hit the floor with his energy and
sharpness. Within minutes, the whole
community was in deep deliberation with one
another to solve the most crucial questions of
our times.
With the overall energy level risen to the right
heights, Emeritus Professor Jonathan Story
took over the stage for his aria on the
question "Is Europe becoming the back
quarter in a changing world?". Jonathan
shared some of his most provoking views on
“the French” and “the Germans”, as he did
during most of his lectures in the old days at
INSEAD. The presentation was concluded with
a lively debate between Jonathan and a
number of the spectators, making it almost
impossible for Rens to intervene; the INSEAD
spirit at its best!
Professor
Javier
Gimeno, who is also
Academic Director of
the INSEAD European
Competitiveness
Initiative, took over
the
microphone
to
explain why he thinks
that
‘More
Europe’
remains our best path
towards
long-term
competitiveness. With
a dazzling overview of
facts
and
figures,
Javier pinpointed clearly the main issues and
came forward with steps to get Europe back
on track. He also promised to get back once
the results of INSEAD’s study would be ready.
Henk ten Hove, CEO of Wavin, was
interviewed by Rens de Jong. In the interview
Henk elaborated on his views on the
competitiveness of his (European) company
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and the opportunities created by this. These
views were further discussed in a ‘supervisory
board’ panel discussion with Cees van Lede
(Chairman Supervisory Board Heineken,
MBA'67), Peter Zemsky (Interim Dean of
INSEAD) and Hugo van Berckel (Partner
CVC Capital Partners, MBA'89D).
Possibly one of the best quotes/views came
from Hugo van Berckel, who mentioned that
CVC sees Europe as one of the best places to
invest at the moment, due to upside
opportunities in restructuring.
Last, but not least,
was Wiebe Draijer
(MBA’91D), chairman
of the Social Economic
Board. Wiebe, coming
fresh
from
the
negotiations between
the social partners,
explained the Dutch
view on the current
situation
and
the
opportunities
going
forward. On the one hand still one of the most
competitive economies in the world, on the
other hand in the middle of an economic crisis
due to the lack of consumer confidence.
Having been in his new role for several
months now, he was very positive about
possible solutions to the current crisis.
After 3 hours of great speeches and
discussions, the alumni moved inspired and
re-energized to the bar and were treated with
various delicacies from the NEVA Restaurant.
The evening was concluded with a fund
raising dinner for the INSEAD European
Competitiveness Initiative, where 50 guests
(many of which Salamander holders) had a
very pleasant and entertaining evening. As a
final goodbye Professor Jonathan Story, who
has started a second career as an opera
singer, sang a part of a Russian opera for us.
A very fitting end to a great day.
As the event had some international
coordination
with
the
INSEAD
alumni
association in Luxemburg, Professor Jonathan
Story left the next day to hold another
keynote speech at the EIF in Luxemburg. We
are proud to have been able to support our
friends and colleagues in Luxemburg with this
initiative.
A warm thank you to the event committee,
alumni board, INSEAD, the speakers, all the
alumni who visited and of course to our main
event sponsor Solving IMCG to make this
event very memorable!
Want to see more about the strategy forum?
Go to http://youtu.be/iEIyaC2JXr0
See you next year!
INSEAD European Competitiveness Initiative
INSEAD, the leading international business school, announced on October 26, 2012 the launch of
its European Competitiveness Initiative. This broad research and outreach endeavour will advance
strategic frameworks that contribute to the long-term global competitiveness of European
businesses and institutions. The major project comes during one of the region’s most economically
challenging decades. More than 25 INSEAD Professors will lend their thought leadership to the
Initiative through research projects and case studies to enhance understanding of the unique
opportunities and challenges that companies face in Europe today. This scholarship will have realworld impact that improves European global competitiveness and helps frame innovative public
policies.
For more information, please visit: http://eu.competitiveness.insead.edu/
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ANNOUNCEMENT
In October 2013, INSEAD golf ers will have the opportunity of participating in the
annual Channel Cup event, which will take place f or the f irst time in the Netherlands.
The idea, conceived and f irst staged in England in the autumn of 1986, is f or a match
between two teams drawn from British/US and Continental Alum ni. The event almost
f oundered in 1987, where the high w inds (and concurrent stock market crash)
prevented the British players crossing the channel. On the basis that problems should
be viewed rather as opportunities, Eurotunnel, in the planning stage at the time with
the objective of providing an alternate means of cross channel transport, was
persuaded to support the venture by donating a Cup.
So the tournament has taken place each autum n since then, alternating between the
British Isles and Ireland, with a var iety of locations on mainland Europe. Scotland has
hosted the tour nament on three separate occasions; since one theory holds that golf
was played initially in Holland bef ore crossing the North Sea, it is f itting that f inally
the Netherlands should be the venue this year. The Continentals hold a slight lead in
the series, but the Cup remains in the Br itish camp f or the second successive year –
until 2013?
The competition takes the f orm of an individual Stablef ord, with the Cup going to the
team with the highest aggregate Stablef ord score. The Saturday match is generally
preceded by a warm up round on the Friday organized in pairs to allow participants to
make or renew acquaintances, and f ollowed by a scramble on the Sunday morning
blending low and high handicappers.
This year the courses to be played are Hilversumsche on the Friday (thanks to Robin
Roodhuyzen de Vries), Kennemer f or the Channel Cup on Saturday (thanks to Matty
Vanderbroeck) f ollowed by dinner in the clubhouse and the International on Sunday
f or the Scramble, conveniently located near the airport to allow the happy f ew still in
employment to get back f or the f ollowing week.
To register : http://salamandergolf society.roundtablelive.org
Peter SKELTON
President SGS
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INSEAD Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
From March 7th-9th, the Dutch INSEAD Alumni co-hosted with the German Alumni, the second 48
hour Start-up Bootcamp at 'De Baak' premises in Driebergen, the Netherlands. Lucile de Godoy
reports.
There was a truly international
group of 23 participants, with over
ten different nationalities, who
travelled from Germany, France,
Belgium, London, Luxembourg and
the
Netherlands
to
join
the
Bootcamp experience.
They brought with them not only a
wealth of business ideas but also a
lot of drive and energy to endure
more than 32 hours face-to-face
time with Paul Kewene-Hite,
INSEAD
professor
of
entrepreneurship, who conducted
the course from Thursday evening
to Saturday end of the day.
Participants worked their ideas in teams, from
early mornings to late at night, following a
tight agenda and deadlines. While benefiting
from Paul's knowledge and experience on how
to take a basic idea, develop it along a clear
path and transform it into a business, they
could further refine their ideas, share
experiences and evolve to new heights.
The final day was even more intense as the
nine teams prepared and then pitched to our
three expert jury members:
Geert Jan Dirven: a multi talented
entrepreneur, business advisor & investor,
MD of Northwest Interests, a private VC
fund.
Gerrit Schipper, CEO RCD, business angel
and also a fellow member of Smart
business Initiative Network SBNI.
Susan Stolte, President Bod Hospitality
Business School The Hague, Chairman of
NCD,
experienced
(non)
executive
director.
After two pitching rounds and intense Q &A's,
the jury chose 'Shopper concepts...the only
rewards program your business will ever
need!' as the winning idea. Interestingly the
two co-founders John Staunton and Renji
John met at one of the Breakfast meetings of
the newly created Entrepreneurship Club of
the Dutch INSEAD Alumni, which serves as a
supporting system for entrepreneurs.
This year’s Bootcamp was once again an
intense and successful event. Following some
the testimonies demonstrating the value and
strengths of the Bootcamp:
'Real feedback, detailed real life experience of
Paul, structured approach to starting a
company'
'Comprehensive coverage of key items to
address before launching a business; additive
for (potential) entrepreneurs at varying
degrees of preparation or progress in their
business plans'
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'Accelerated timeline was a highly efficient
setting for our team (we came as a team) to
make progress in agreeing on what the idea
is, key selling points, shortcomings in the
team and a timeline to implementation.'
'Confront my idea with its constraints,
strengths and opportunities to classmates,
get specific feedback from Paul, understand
how to link the idea, the budget-needs, the
activities to make the idea a venture, and
fellows interested in my idea and sharing their
experience around the topic & market'
Join the Dutch Insead Entrepreneurship club if
you haven't done so. An excellent opportunity
to meet, learn and share with Entrepreneur
minded Alumni. Also an excellent platform to
test your ideas, get feedback, connections
and who knows......find your future business
partners!
NL Entrepreneurship Club Committee:
Suzanne Meyer - Wouter Kneepkens
Matthijs Baan - Dominique Delporte
Lucile De Godoy - David Voûte - Joris Pouw
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Healthcare & Life Sciences Club
“AWBZ – Opportunities in the long-term care market”
On Tuesday March 19 a record number of Healthcare and Life Sciences alumni (46) gathered in the
new A.T. Kearney Office overlooking the IJ in Amsterdam to discuss the changes that will take
place in the AWBZ (long term care insurance system) and the opportunities these changes create.
Willem Koelewijn reports.
insurance companies and the remaining part
will become a national facility.
The new cabinet has put the change of the
AWBZ high on its agenda. Hans van
Noorden, Directeur Zorgkantoren van de
VGZ, took the audience through a clear
overview of how parts of the ABWZ will go the
municipalities, another part will to the health
Next Rune Aresvik (MBA’89D), introduced
the Arvede Groep of companies to the
audience. Within the Arvede Group, there
are several care concepts that cater to
students and young adults with autistic
spectrum disorders. Over the last several
year the Arvede Group has grown to 25 small
scale locations with self-managing teams.
A big thank-you to A.T. Kearney for hosting
this event.
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Fokke Obbema “China en Europa”
AGM 2013
On Wednesday, April 17th a group of 30 alumns
gathered at Dauphine restaurant in Amsterdam.
The objective of the evening was two-fold: we had
the opportunity to listen to Fokke Obbema present
his book “China en Europa”, and the Association
held its Annual General Meeting 2013. Annemarie
van Neck reports
Fokke
Obbema
is
the
correspondent for China/Europe
at “De Volkskrant”, and has a
deep interest in China and its
relationship with Europe. He
recently published his book
“China en Europa – where two
worlds meet”.
Should we be afraid
of China, with its
rising global power,
both
economically
and politically? Or
could a relationship of
trust grow between
Europe and China,
despite
all
the
political and cultural
differences?
With that dilemma as a starting point, Fokke
Obbema traveled through Europe and China,
and spoke many entrepreneurs, students,
politicians and experts and visited those
places where the interaction between Chinese
and Europeans is in full swing. In his book, he
outlines how mutual feelings of superiority
impact Chinese-European relationships. After
his presentation, the audience bombarded the
speaker with questions – China continues to
be a hot topic!
The Annual General Meeting of the INSEAD
Alumni Association in the Netherlands was
held next. The Board of the IAA NL reviewed
2012, with respect to the events, membership
and the financial results. Also our IAF Trustee
Joop Heijenrath, presented the fundraising
results over 2012.
Subsequently, the plans for 2013 were
outlined. One of the key challenges for 2013
will be the turnaround of IAA NL’s
communication, IT, event management and
social media strategy and activities.
The IAA NL will be join forces with Collaborne
– founded by INSEAD alumni Ronny Roeller
and Moodi Mahmoudi (both MBA’11D) – to
establish
one
INSEAD-centric,
reliable,
scalable, and modern platform to engage and
serve the Dutch alumni community.
Collaborne has been successfully serving the
international
(and
Dutch!)
INSEAD
entrepreneurship
community
the
Dutch
Alumni Association is excited to collaborate
with Collaborne to bring our front- and backoffice activities up to the latest standards.
The AGM ended with a “cap-on/cap-off” quiz,
checking the attendants’ knowledge of the
IAA NL – the winners were awarded with
Fokke Obbema’s book. A smaller group of
Alumni stayed on to enjoy the Dauphine
cuisine.
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IN-BOARD UPDATE
IN-BOARD 2013
The kick-off for Wave 5 of the IN- BOARD Academy took place at INSEAD in Fontainebleau on
February 7th-10th. For the 5th time, a group of some 40 senior INSEAD Alumni assembled for their
3-day course on Governance and Leadership.
IN-BOARD
activities have now
spread not only to Germany, but to
Switzerland and Belgium as well. At
the welcome dinner on Thursday
evening Hendrik-Jan Laseur and
Roland Zoomers, on behalf of INBOARD, welcomed the participants
from all these areas.
This Leadership module, developed
especially
for
IN-BOARD
by
Professors Eric van der Loo and Jaap
Winter, again dealt with not just
typical organizational behavior issues
in the Board vs. the management,
but also provided the participants
with a more profound view on their
own “leadership styles” from 360
evaluations with their peers.
The complete IN-BOARD Academy will run until November this year, with modules every six weeks
with IN-BOARD partner organizations i.e. Houthoff Buruma, KPMG, McKinsey&Company, Egon
Zehnder, NPM and Hill & Knowlton. The IN-BOARD Academy provides senior INSEAD Alumni, who
already have Board responsibilities and those who aspire to become non-executives, with an
excellent platform to share experiences with fellow INSEAD non-executives and strengthen their
own capabilities in this specific role.
The INSEAD module is shared with INSEAD alumni from the other regions, while the follow-up
modules are exclusively for Dutch IN-BOARD members.
With the growing demand from the other INSEAD Alumni Associations to participate in the INBOARD Academy, we have decided to start the next wave (Wave 6) already in November this
year, with follow-up academy modules in the first half of 2014. For those interested, please mail
Mary Linn a.s.a.p ([email protected]). We already have 4 alumni on the “waiting list” and only
about 15 places available!
On May 7th, the IN-BOARD Governance Lab will be held at Van Doorne Advocaten as of 16.00 hours
(including a light dinner). IN-BOARD Governance Labs are for IN-BOARD Academy alumni only!
Please register with Mary-Linn at [email protected].
Roland Zoomers, President IN-BOARD (the Netherlands)
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IN-BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Spring Governance Lab, Tuesday May 7th, book your place!
On May 7th the Governance Lab will reconvene. We will work on a case of governance drama of
Greek and epic proportions. Who made the disastrous mistakes? Board or directors? Were
managers manoeuvred to be the fall guys? Was the company already disintegrating anyhow?
Which role did the Italian subsidiary play? Would you do better?
Van Doorne’s Annemieke Hendrikse, will be our host for the evening.
PwC’s Gert van der Leest will also be part of our sharp-shooting panel.
Location is office of Van Doorne in Amsterdam, Jachthavenweg 121, 1081 KM, and we kick-off at
16.00 hours. Drinks served from 18.30.
Sign up with Mary Linn at [email protected] to secure your place.
IN-BOARD CALENDAR
Wave 5 Modules
EZI
23 April
NPM
24 May
Hay Group
4 June
Hill & Knowlton
25 June
McKinsey& Company 3rd week September
Governance Lab
7 May
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ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
Jeroen de Kempenaer (MBA’93D), The Bridge business innovators
January 4h, 2013
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Karel Noordzij (MBA’77)
Management Team, March 2013
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VOLUNTEER NEWS
Carlos Mendes Aguiar (IEP F/S'07Aug)
Event Committee
My name is Carlos Mendes Aguiar, I live with Lieneke Roos and we have two
children. Stefan en Esme. After studying Marketing Management I started working
at a Direct Marketing company. After 6 years I started at the Royal PTT Post in
1997, which at that time acquired TNT. During my 15 years at TNT I worked in
several commercial and general management roles such as Manager to New
Business, Director of Sales, Managing Director Business Market and today as
Director Retail and Ecommerce Services. In 2007 I studied at INSEAD France and
Singapore where I participated in the International Executive Program. With more
than 60 alumni we had a great time, until today we still meet each other on a regular basis and
each year we organize a short holiday reunion, every year in a different continent.
My best memory of INSEAD is the great time we had during the program but also during the time
we spend together afterwards. The network we have with people all over the globe is something I
am thankful to be part of. The reason I joined the IAA event committee is to meet new people,
help organize different events at interesting companies and organizations and to further develop
my network within the INSEAD community.
The ideal IAA event that I would love to organize would be in Spain, visiting the local Football club
Real Madrid or FC Barcelona. After a "company visit" we are invited the play a game with the First
Squad. After losing 3-0 at half time, we win the game with 3-4. "Impossible is nothing".
LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF
Jeroen Beijer (TGM F/A'13Feb)
My name is Jeroen Beijer and I work for Phillips as Senior Director New Venture
Integration. I am responsible for the value realization and successful integration
of Philips acquisitions in the Consumer and Healthcare sectors. Prior to this, I led
the Consumer Sector Lean/Six Sigma Improvement program in the area of
Marketing and Sales. Before joining Philips in 2005, I worked for Johnson &
Johnson in several Supply Chain & Logistics Management roles in Belgium, USA
and The Netherlands. I now live in Amsterdam with my wife and daughter and we
are expecting our 2nd child any moment now. Recently I completed the INSEAD
TGM course in Fontainebleau and Abu Dhabi and found it an fantastic life experience, not only did I
learn a lot I also got to know a lot of great people!
Job Caljé (MBA’12D)
My name is Job Caljé (MBA’12D), just graduated from INSEAD, where I spent
most of my time in Singapore. After graduation I enjoyed my P6 in Australia, New
Zealand and Fiji with my girlfriend. I just arrived back in the Netherlands and
started working on the expansion plans of Snappet, a Dutch startup introducing
tablets in primary education, founded by two INSEAD alums. By using Snappet’s
tablets, children work on their own level at their own pace, while the teacher
monitors progress and helps children who are stuck. I have already enjoyed the
entrepreneurial breakfast and I look forward to meeting you at the alumni
events!
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Wouter de Koning (MBA’12D)
I am Wouter de Koning, 30 years old and I currently live in Amsterdam together
with my girlfriend. I graduated as Civil Engineer, but started my career as
management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Before INSEAD I decided to take
a short leave from Consulting and work for the NS (Dutch National Railway). I
helped with the international expansion of the retail business, which gave me the
opportunity to work in an industry close to my heart while exploring something
new. During my MBA we decided to stay in Singapore for the whole year. Besides
the incredible experience of all the different cultures at school, we tried to
experience as much as we could from South-East Asia. After my MBA I decided to
rejoin McKinsey, but I will focus more on transport, planning and logistics. In my free time I like
playing field hockey, sailing and cooking.
Jochem Oosting (MAP’13F)
My name is Jochem Oosting, 38 years old, I am married and have a son and a
daugther (6 and 4). As a manager of the Legal Department at the Erasmus Medical
Center I am responsible for a large team of legal professionals. This department
also incorporates the complaints department, the insurance portfolio and privacy
protection aspects. I have worked in healthcare business for almost ten years now,
starting as a legal advisor in small legal counsel firm and as an advisor to the board
in a large hospital. This winter I participated in the Management Acceleration
Programme, which was a very rewarding experience in learning and developing
management skills and meeting and working with so many different nationalities. In my free time I
like travelling, running, photography and cooking. I look forward to participate in the IAA events.
Matthaeus Rimpler (MBA’7J)
I am Matthaeus Rimpler, a German citizen, living in Amsterdam since 2010. I
hold a doctor of medicine degree from the Heidelberg Medical School, The
Georgetown University (USA) and the University of Cape Town. After Medical
School, I worked as an oncology doctor in Berlin, before joining Roland Berger
Strategy Consultants. In 2006/2007 I went to INSEAD (sponsored by Roland
Berger) and returned to Germany after. In 2010, I joined Philips in Amsterdam
and my current role is Head of Strategy & New Business Development for
Central & Eastern Europe (17 countries, from Baltics to Balkan/Greece). In my
free time, I enjoy being on the water, mainly on my kiteboard.
Marinus Wisselink (TGM’12D)
Born in 1965, I am married with two sons and a daughter (age 7, 6 and 4).
Living in Broek in Waterland we combine the best of two worlds: typically Dutch
countryside with the heart beat of Amsterdam just minutes away. My current
position is Company Secretary of Tata Steel Nederland BV. Based in IJmuiden, I
report to the Chairmen of both the Board of Management and the Supervisory
Board. I am leading the Secretariat and as such responsible for managing all the
information flows to these Boards, execution of their decisions, safeguarding of
cash pool arrangements and maintaining good relationships with all
stakeholders. All this is within an international setting with our European HQ in London and our
global HQ in Mumbai. My first exposure to INSEAD was at Finance for Executives in 2010. Last
year I attended Transition to General Management. What brought me back to Fontainebleau was
the data driven teaching, the quality of the faculty, the openness for debate and the truly
international student population. In my free time I go mountain climbing, with currently a focus on
big walls (800+m rock faces). Off the wall I like the arts, geopolitics, tennis, boating and life.
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WE CONGRATULATE
AnneMaart Bijleveld (MBA’07J) and Joris van Eijck (MBA’05D) on the birth of their son, Chester on
December 13th, 2012.
Eline De Rooij-Boerma and Gijs de Rooij (MBA’00D) on the birth of their son, Jacob Menno Theo, on
December 24th, 2012.
NEW ARRIVALS
Yasu Adachi (TGM’12D)
Elsevier (Program Director, Services Design)
Email: [email protected]
Jeroen Beijer (TGM’13F)
Philips International (Senior Director New
Venture Integration)
Marie Christine Hansmeyer (MBA’08)
McKinsey & Company (Sr. Manager EMEA
Recruiting)
Email:
[email protected]
Marco Kemper (TGM;12)
Milarec (Consultant)
Kim Bybjerg (AMP’07)
Vodafone Global Enterprise(Head of M2M N.
Europe)
Hessel van Kleffens (MBA’11D)
McKinsey & Company (Associate)
Job Calje (MBA’’12D)
TNT (Projecty Leader Logistic Strategy)
Lennart Koek (AMP’12O)
Croon Elektrotechniek (Director)
Jurre Deijnen (MBA’11D)
Booz & Company (Associate)
Wouter de Koning (MBA’12D)
Paul Dekker (IEP’88)
Charter Trust (Co-owner/Director)
Rolf van Kouwen (TGM’13)
SABIC (Intern. Governance & Compliance
leader)
Rosalie Dijkman (MBA’12D)
BCG (Consultant)
Bartout Gieben (AMP’01)
RAGE (Owner)
Michiel de Haan (TGM’12)
ING Bank (Head of Structural Fin. for E.
Europe)
Arthur Lahr (MBA’96)
Crucell (CSO)
Kiki Lauwers (MBA’12J)
Pascal van de Loo (IEP’08)
Campingbooking.com (Director)
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Ruud Mols (MAP’13F)
Nederlandse Staatsloterij (Sales and Trade
Marketing Director)
Bianca Mussi (MBA’10D)
Erwin Olijslager (GEMBA’12D)
ING Bank (Sr. Manager Finance)
Jochem Oosting (MAP’13)
Erasmus MC (Manager Legal Dept)
Marcel van de Pol (GE MBA’12D)
Atos Consulting (Sr. Manager)
Adri Pols (TGM’13F)
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co.
Esther Sluijs (CCC’10J)
BrandVision360 (Owner)
Albert Smets (TGM’13F)
ABN AMRO (Director Program Management)
Willemijn Stoffels (MBA’12D)
Auke Douwe Veenstra (YMP’97)
Forrester Research (Principal Analyst)
Tobias Verhoeven (TGM’13F)
Synchroon BV (Deputy Director)
Johannes Pieter Wiegel (YMP’90)
Chrysal International (CEO)
Hajo Reinders (IEP ’98)
Kubik (MD & Partner)
Paul van der Wijk (COL’12D)
Martini Hospital (Member of the Board of
Director CFO)
Martha Reimsma (YMP’07F)
Twinkeling.biz (Owner/consultant)
Marieke van Winkelen (MBA’00J)
E.on Energie (Strategy Manager)
Matthaeus Rimpler (MBA’07J)
Philips International (Head of Strategy,
Cen.&East. Europe)
Marinus Wisselink (TGM’12D)
Tata Steel Nederland ( Company Secretary)
Rolf Scherrenberg (TGM’13F)
SABIC (Global Technology Leader)
Olivier Wolters (MAP’13J)
Simed Health Care Group (General Counsel)
Lucas Schmeddes (GEMBA’11)
APX-ENDEX (CFO)
Marc de Zwaan (TGM’12D)
TenneT Holding (Senior Manager Information
Technology)
Simon Sijbrands (CCC’10)
Simon Sijbrands Organisational Change
Individual Change (Owner)
Egemen Adiyaman (MAP’12)
Mitsubishi Motors Europe (After Sales
Manager)
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CONTACTS
INSEAD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD
President
Olivier Gorter
[email protected]
Tel. 06 46 25 17 46
Treasurer
Charles Kotting
[email protected]
Tel. 06 53 17 16 06
IAF
Joop Heijenrath
[email protected]
Tel. 030- 228 81 42
Events
Sven Cobben
[email protected]
Tel. 06 20 70 32 36
Events, IT & Website
Raymond van Eck
[email protected]
Tel. 06 52 50 43 00
Communications, IT & Website
Annemarie van Neck
[email protected]
Tel. 06 48 54 82 02
EVENT COMMITTEE
Sven Cobben
Nancy Aschman
Oscar van Dijk
Raymond van Eck
Martijn Jansen
Carlos Mendes Aguiar
Haroon Sukhraj
[email protected]
Tel. 06 20 70 32 36
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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG)
PRIVATE EQUITY CLUB
Idgar van Kippersluis
Gerben Willems
Olivier Gorter
Teartse Schaper
Jasper van Gorp
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ENERGY CLUB
Guido Dubbeld
Rob Mayfield
Therese Prisse
Fraser Weir
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HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES GROUP
Willem Koelewijn
Ymke Fokma
Joris van Eijck
Eva de Bres-Riemslag
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SUSTAINABILITY CLUB
Jean-Pierre Sweerts
Joop Heijenrath
Lodewijk Westerling
Lilian ter Doest
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB
Suzanne Meyer
Wouter Kneepkens
Matthijs Baan
Dominique Delporte
Lucile de Godoy
Joris Pouw
David Voûte
CAREER CLUB
Nieke Martens
Sabine Post-de Jong
Lupo Westerhuis
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IN-BOARD
Roland Zoomers
Paul Diercks
Paul Broersen
Jeroen de Kempenaer
Hendrik Jan Laseur
Guus Overdijkink
Peter Idenburg
Jan-Theo Bautz
Maurits de Brauw
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INSEAD ALUMNI FUND
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SALAMANDER INVESTMENT CLUB NETHERLANDS (SIN)
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NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Annemarie van Neck
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