I am of Dutch and Hungarian origin. At the beginning of my career, I was for 10 years an M&A lawyer at Clifford Chance and I had my own law firm. After that, I founded the legal recruitment firm Legal FlexForce based in The Netherlands, sold in 2001 to Monster. In 2003 I moved with my family to Hungary and started a recruitment business in Hungary. ProfiPower became the market leader and was sold to Randstad in 2010. I am an angel investor.
In 2013 the corporate venture firm of Randstad; Randstad Innovation Fund was started. I am managing the fund together with Paul Jacquin. The Fund has done 20 investments to date all in HR tech including: Vonq, Crunchr, Pymetrics, Brazen, Rolepoint, gr8people, and Hackerrank.
Currently, I serve on the Boards of Crunchr, Brazen, and Shiftboard I am also on the Board of Exact a business software solution provider, acquired by KKR in 2018. Last year I joined the Board of Flowtraders a leading global liquidity provider listed on the Dutch Stock Exchange.
This year I joined Rubio Impact Ventures. Rubio is an impact venture fund with a thematic focus on 3 thematic areas: circular solutions, people power, and healthy living. I am leading the People Power team.
I am passionate about what education and work can do to enhance people’s lives. I love to support businesses that are able to make a systemic impact and have ambitious business goals.
