Career

In the current anniversary year Josja van der Veer looks back on her performance in the area of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship.

As a Business Administration student, Darine el Houfi (23) was already tutoring students to help fund his studies.

The American-born Kelsey Sibley studied Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health and Life Sciences at the VU Amsterdam.

Sandra Ysbrandy had worked her way up the ladder at Rabobank, however she decided to set a radical new course for her career.

It seems to be the go-to recipe for a successful career among professionals: career coaching.

„People sometimes assume that you’ll only find big business at the Zuidas, but that’s a misunderstanding”, says David van Traa.

Laurens Mulder started The Flower Family with two of his friends. Their start-up distinguishes itself from other businesses in the floral industry.

Joram van Klaveren (40) spent several years as the ‘Islam spokesperson’ for the far-right Freedom Party. Now he is a Muslim himself.

Tom Reckman studied business administration and started tutoring on the side. It got a bit out of hand, because he now employs 2400 people.

Marry de Gaay Fortman is a partner at Houthoff and recently wrote the book about life at the top.