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Over 15 years of CXO roles in scaling tech companies, Omer has developed a unique and deep understanding of the dynamics and challenges faced by startups. As CCO/COO, Omer oversaw TicketSwap’s revenue increasing by 150% in one year, expanding into new geographies, achieving a 650% growth in France, and implementing various growth-enabling commercial structures. Having […]

Siebe Nooij has 15+ years of experience in founding and scaling companies, in B2B (software & robotics) as well as B2C (fashion, online groceries). There he has focused heavily on new projects, marketing, product, and sales in CEO/Founder & CMO roles. Now, Siebe support scale-ups and SMEs (>3M EUR in revenue or funding) in their […]

When he was about 22 years old, he moved to Amersfoort and started at KPMG. After a few years, he changed his job to a wholesaler in home decoration. He began there as head of finance and grew to CFO, with responsibilities spanning finance, HRM, and ICT. Following this, he transitioned to a production organization […]

During her career she tackled many brand positioning challenges and helped build effective ad campaigns in agencies in Amsterdam and London. She then headed up multiple Marketing Teams building her vast allround marketing expertise. With a background in Behavioural Psychology, she knows how to seduce an audience and optimize conversion. Her first encounter with the […]

With over 15y working experience, Marie-Laure is a seasoned professional passionate about strategy, M&A, business development, and business sustainability, and an award-winning entrepreneur. After having started her career at a strategy consulting firm, she worked at blue chip companies such as Danone and Philips thanks to which she got the opportunity to work on highly […]

In the past years, he has worked with many (venture-backed & bootstrapped) companies, leading their growth strategy. As a former co-founder of the leading growth agency in the Netherlands, he mastered how to scale a company from scratch to a thriving company with clients across the globe. Since he sold his shares (2019), he has […]

Joining Nest as a start up in 2012, Andy was the founding head of Nest’s business development group. Andy helped expand Nest to fourteen countries making it the world’s most recognised brand for energy efficiency and smart home technology and helping propel Nest towards a $3.2 billion acquisition by Google. Prior to joining Nest, Andy […]

Stephen has run operations in 40+ countries and has managed well over 1,000 employees, leading dozens of acquisitions and spin-offs across Europe and the US. He has scaled companies from a starter team of 5 to over 150 in less than 24 months, including engineering a reverse acquisition that saw the company scale even further. […]

Originally from the coatings industry, Barry is currently a freelance Business Consultant and former NED with a Multi Academy Trust, where he was a member of the Finance and Resources Committee, Chair of the Teaching & Learning Committee, and Chaired a key project Sub-Committee. Before working as a freelance consultant, Barry successfully built and sold […]

Pieter Jan has helped both corporate clients such as Microsoft, Oracle, SAS and Airmiles as well as high-tech scale-up companies to achieve tangible results and market leadership positions (7 times). His core competencies and passion are in achieving unbeatable competitive power (Business vision, go-2-marketing strategy, MVP+proposition+ innovation.) Organizing growth investment zones has become one of […]

He combines strategic vision with a deep knowledge of marketing and communications, business development and culture to guide profound change journeys in large and small organisations. Stephen has advised corporates and start-ups in just about every business category in Western and Eastern Europe and Asia. He chaired the largest brand communications group in Southeast Asia […]

In 2016 he co-founded Smartmile and build it to an international scale-up for sustainable urban delivery. Earlier he held senior corporate positions and established a number of corporate ventures. Holding a MSc in mechanical engineering from Delft Technical University, Frank speaks both technology and business. He has a track record in developing sustainable growth strategies […]

His proven track record speaks for itself: 25+ years of experience in Maritime & Port logistics, Energy (Oil & Gas), Chemicals and Bio-Fuels markets. Comfortable performing at both operational and strategic level, across all levels in the organisation and within different cultures. Growth focused: strong commercial and business development drive. Developing, managing and executing transformations. […]

Previously, Mathieu was the EMEA GM at Cloud Kitchens (headed by Uber founder Travis Kalanick), where he scaled the team from 5 people to 110 in 15 months over 12 countries. Mathieu has extensive experience running a startup in the US, where as the CEO of Giggster, Mathieu co-founded the business in 2016 and grew […]

He has worked in and advised leading brands at various stages of their journey to align teams, solve problems and seize market opportunities that deliver desired business outcomes. He has a proven track record in shaping products, building brands and high performing teams in myriad of sectors and through many business models. As an Entrepreneur […]

Since 2009, he has advised top 20 global pharma on their international business helping them on scaleup and expanding into new markets with new Go-to-Market models, designing efficient distribution models and business strategy including pricing and market access goals. Amit is currently working with Life Science SMEs to help them with expert guidance in three […]

As an executive (most recently COO) at the San Francisco-based ed-tech marketplace Udemy (NASDAQ: UDMY), he helped build the business from preliminary product-market fit to over 700 employees delivering several hundred million in revenue across 190 countries. Frank currently serves as a growth advisor to startups globally (both B2B and B2C) helping them scale their […]