Our team & offices
We are a team of smart, energetic, experienced and fun people based around the globe. Some call us rebels, but we actually just do what we love to do: help companies to stay relevant for their customers.
Angela Tillmanns
Creating a fairer world, data, systems and processes, colour, dog lover, world traveller, Brisbane, ‘there has got to be a better way’ and enjoys helping others to excel.
Daphne Saraç
Creative problem solver, contagious enthusiasm, critical thinker, extreme ownership, world citizen, wisdom, storytelling, sensitive, Beyoncé, dancer.
Bas Brilman
Caya Kerkhof
Lists, celebrate the small things, enthusiastic, fitness, marketing, succeed or learn, planner, charcuterie boards, blazers & blouses, Amsterdam.
César Munoz
Family man, strategic thinker, challenge seeker, problem solver, Business + Social, passionate for Technology, proud Latin, history enthusiast, excel and have fun, 2006 Time Magazine Person Of the Year.
Daan de Geus
Hyper-curious, theatre lover, infinite learner, business for impact, rower, team player & coach, entrepreneurship, early bird, dinner with friends, productivity freak
Demian Sepp
Enthusiastic, optimistic, thinking and doing, up for new challenges, adaptive, evoking change, trust over control, focus on value creation, plays to win, always moves forward.
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Diane Shen
City wonder and observer, service strategist, craftsmanship lover, visual thinker and doer, design and make, curious mind, creative, biker, furry friend lover, Taipei-Kaohsiung.
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Grace Ryall
Purpose driven, language artist, abstract thinker, line drawer, breakfast for dinner, digital nomad, human, emerging markets, experimental, future futurist.
Han Chen Chiang
Creativity addict, Amsterdam, Ben&Jerry’s, cucumber, Pulp fiction, circular economy, travel, dog lover, Sawubona, genuine.
Hester Francken
Ingmar Janssen
Energetic, out-of-the-box thinking, get a better world, coffee lover, Colombia, entrepreneurial mindset, doer, cryptocurrency, startups, “divide to multiply”.
Jan-Maarten in 't Veld
Fast thinker, realist, humble, curious, podcasts, Apple fanboy, prototyping!?, keep running, spareribs, “I’d rather be a pirate than join the navy”.
Jasmijn de Groot
Detective, navigator, rowdy, variety, honest, energy, never alone, fueled by music, little Friday, hugs.
Joyce Langelaar
Go-getter, marketer, driven by ambition, enthusiastic, Amsterdam, grabs opportunities with both hands, purposeful, wanderlust, fun facts, conquers the world in killer heels.
Justin Lokitz
San Francisco, Californian, author of Design a Better Business, outdoor enthusiast, design strategist, technologist, business innovation, Moleskine, Design MBA, optimist.
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Kalan Douglas
Growth strategist, behavioural economist, pragmatist, entrepreneur, life-long learner living a hypothesis-driven life.
Kyra Kuppens
All about details, Haribo lover, on Wednesdays we wear pink, small talk and juicy stories, can’t wait till Christmas, caring, field hockey on Sundays, multi-tasker, people person, cheesy romcom fan.
Leroy Spiekerman van Weezelenburg
Creative, opportunistic, lacrosse, social, curious, getting shit done, explorer, direct, stress resistant and wannabe (bass)guitarist.
Pascalle van Hemert
Continuous learner, down to earth, problem solver, connector, helicopter viewer, organised, positive minded, love to bake, go-getter, dare to be different.
Maaike Doyer
Energetic, strategy, finance geek, always taking the extra mile, traveling the world, San Francisco, fast thinking, get shit done, Professor MBA in Design Strategy at CCA, creative.
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Maarten van Lieshout
Designer Design a Better Business, entrepreneurial kid, San Francisco, illustrator, conceptual thinker, biker, unparalleled vision of reality, curious, jewellery and fashion lover.
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Michael Eales
Business designer, dot connector, prototyping the future, rad dad, in love with a Canadian, Brisbane, keeps the tomato sauce in the fridge.
Michiel Hoogenboom
Extravert, energetic, technology, disrupting, marketing, strategy, transformation, Rotterdam, kravmaga, folding bike.
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Moniek Tiel Groenestege
People first, 1+1=3, openness, fast thinking, Amsterdam, sports for compensating the food & drinks, passionate, makes it happen, sea la vie.
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Tim Mulder
Urge to improve, endlessly optimistic, outdoorsy, sailing enthousiast, DIY, competitive, off the beaten path, analytical, snowboarding, explorer.
Niki Seelen
Super out-going, storyteller, sun-seeker, novel reader, lover of friends, fit girl, formula 1 fan, global citizen, design for impact, Barcelona.
Patrick van der Pijl
Author Design a Better Business, design do-er, Amsterdam, inspiration, getting things done, full of ideas, Mini Cooper, strategic smart ass, creator, rebel.
Remko Vochteloo
Purposeful, team, coach, perseverance, patience, giving Back, Cambodia, India, vegetarian, home is where the heart is!
Roland Wijnen
Aikido, life-long learner, handyman, Amsterdam, vegetarian, gardening, rolling up sleeves, “strategy is a visual art”, why? (question everything), deep thinker, engineer.
Roline Prummel
Energetic, curious, empathic, connector, out-of-the-box thinking and doing, entrepreneurial, go-getter, Mowgli, South Africa lover, (MTB) biker.
Rowan Lamont
Sharon Pan
Social media, customer experience, getting things done, eager to learn, content marketing, coffee lover, hospitality, photoholic, explore the world by food and travel, Taipei.
Sibylle Zurbrügg
Adventurer, curious, cosmopolitan, analytical thinking, thought-provoker, problem solver, economist, wind chaser, alps lover
Stefan Buijsingh
Up for the challenge, Rotterdam, no-nonsense, business design, make it work, entrepreneurial, going the extra mile, got your back, Sunday dinner with friends, positive vibes only.
Tara McCarthy
Leo, European adventurer, problem-solver, out of the box innovator, crazy for sticky notes, passionate about change, wellbeing advocate, business-minded, extroverted introvert, Brisbane-based.