Peter de Jong
Managing Director
Regional Vice President - EMEA
p.dejong@stantonchase.com

Peter started his career in Executive Search in 2000 with Amrop Hever; his move from corporate life into the exciting search industry, was led by a genuine interest in different people and cultures. He joined Stanton Chase as Partner in 2002 and became Managing Director of the Amsterdam office in 2003. Prior to his Executive Search role, Peter has accumulated 15 years in International General, Marketing & Sales management in European and African business, with a working period of almost 4 years in Malawi in South East Africa. He has traveled intensively into Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America and Africa.

Peter started his career in Consumer Marketing & Sales positions with Numico & Nestlé. He moved on to Unilever in 1990 and worked with three subsidiaries in General Management, Marketing & Sales Jobs in Europe & Africa in Business to Consumer & Out of Home/Foodservice Markets. He subsequently gained retail experience with Metro Cash & Carry in a Business Strategy Position.

In addition to being a member of the Stanton Chase Strategy Committee in 2004, Peter has also acted as the Global Practice Leader for Consumer Products and Services and as European representative in the Global Marketing Committee of Stanton Chase. He currently serves as Regional Vice-President for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He is also a member of the Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice Group. “I feel a genuine joy of witnessing a match -with chemistry- between client and candidate; this is a moment of true excitement and the result of hard work”.

Peter is happily married with Annette and has a son and two daughters. His hobbies are his family, cooking, sports (tennis, squash and golf), music, reading, traveling and cultures.

He holds a Bachelor of Business Economics & Master of Business Administration from the University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is fluent in Dutch, English, French and German.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Consumer Products and Services
• Life Sciences and Healthcare

Floris Jansen
Partner
f.jansen@stantonchase.com

Floris has been active in Executive Search since 1989. He has worked in the banking industry (treasury and commodities business), as well as in advertising and PR with Publicis, ARA/BBDO and McCann for a wide range of clients in finance, professional services and a variety of industries. He made the switch into the business side for international marketing for Estée Lauder and in setting up production facilities with The Body Shop Europe.

He has a broad experience in Executive Search in production and process industries, trade and professional services, especially in logistics and transport. He primarily focuses on positions in board of directors, functional disciplines or specialists.

Floris has a sincere interest in discovering and promoting individual talents, characteristics and ambitions, related to company business opportunities and needs, within a given company culture. A marketer at heart, Floris is a non graduate Bachelor of Business Administration, Newport University, Utrecht. He is married and has two daughters. His hobbies include people’s talents, sport (golf, sailing and skiing) and in particular music as he is actively performing as drummer within a renowned jazz band.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Industrial
• Professional Services

Peter Crul
Partner
Global Practice Leader - Financial Services
p.crul@stantonchase.com

Peter has accumulated 19 years experience in the financial services industry working with Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Rabobank (DLLIreland), KBC Lease and ING Lease. He joined executive search in 2003 and specializes in financial services and professional services. A partner since May 2003, he is the Global Practice Leader of the Stanton Chase practice group for Financial Services. He is also a member of the Professional Services practice group. Peter has a genuine interest in general business practices, economics and their impact on human capital, all main drivers of business.

Bachelor and Master degree of Business Law from University of Amsterdam.Married, three children. Hobbies are sports such as golf, skiing, tennis, squash and mountaineering. Further keen on travel, food and fashion (married to a professional designer) and reading. Languages: English, German, French and Dutch.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Financial Services

After an extensive traineeship with Shell in Australia, Ludo started his career with ABN Amro Bank, subsequently holding several Marketing and Sales positions. Ludo started in Executive Search in 1991, with Robert Walters PLC, an international firm specializing in finance positions. He founded their Frankfurt office as Managing Director Germany, having held the same position in The Netherlands for four years. He moved to Heidrick & Struggles in 2000, where he was asked to set-up a new line of business to focus on positions in the salary range of € 60k to € 135k. Later, this line of business was fully integrated with the core business of Heidrick & Struggles and Ludo became a member of their CFO practice.

Ludo joined Stanton Chase Amsterdam in 2003, to focus on line finance positions in industry, trade and the services sector. He is also a member of the Industrial, and Natural Resources & Energy industry practice groups.

He is married to Annick and has 3 children, one daughter and two sons. His favorite hobbies are horses (driving and mounted), skiing, golf, tennis and his motor.

Ludo holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and speaks fluent Dutch, English, German and some French.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Industrial
• Natural Resources and Energy

Carsten de Koning
Partner
c.dekoning@stantonchase.com

Carsten spent most of his 20 year professional career working in the IT sector. Half of his career was spent at Getronics were he held various senior management positions which included international assignments. Prior to that, he was Sales and Area Director for Cerg Finance, a French software company offering Treasury solutions to large corporations and banks. He started his career with Grolsch USA and Procter & Gamble.

At Getronics, he initially was a Business Unit Manager for the Infrastructure business in the Netherlands and subsequently was appointed as MD for Datelcom, Datelcare and VAR Networks, three hardware resellers, as well as MD for Getronics Logistic Services. He was also MD ad interim of Cinet, the Scandinavian operations of Getronics. His last responsibility was Director for Remote Services and the Enterprise Service Centre of Getronics in the Netherlands.

Carsten joined Stanton Chase Amsterdam in October 2005. His take on executive search is "The art of understanding the Client's needs combined with plain hard work produces results." He holds a Masters degree in Bedrijfskunde from the Rijksuniversiteit

Groningen and an MBA from INSEAD. Having worked and studied in the US, France, Denmark and Germany, he is fluent in English, French, Danish and German. He lives with his wife in The Hague and has two daughters. His wife being an actress, they love to go to theatre. Otherwise, he is an avid race biker, sailor and mountain hiker and if time allows, a skier and golfer.

Industry Expertise

• Technology
• Natural Resources and Energy

Patricia Flipsen
Partner
EMEA Regional Practice Leader - Logistics and Transportation
p.flipsen@stantonchase.com

An accomplished professional of the executive search industry, Patricia joined Stanton Chase Amsterdam after having gained a breadth of experience during her time with Ray & Berndtson and Arthur D. Little Global Management Consulting. Her knowledge of strategy consulting, added to her familiarity with Partner searches, renders her an expert in helping consulting, audit and law firms find the ideal candidate for key positions. Motivated by the new challenges brought forth as a result of globalization and demographic changes, Patricia appreciates the rewards associated with being a trusted business partner for clients and candidates alike.

As the EMEA Regional Practice Leader for the Logistics and Transportation practice group, she is a keen observer of the remarkable growth in advancing globalization, the breaking down of trade barriers and the mobile workforce. Well aware of the potential ramifications these trends may have on the global supply chain industry, Patricia understands that clients turn to Stanton Chase in search of the leadership needed to grow in the global marketplace and better serve their own customers.

Patricia holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Engineering. She lives with her family in The Netherlands.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Logistics and Transportation
• Professional Services

Annemieke Raasveld
Partner
a.raasveld@stantonchase.com

Annemieke joined Stanton Chase in 2008 to focus on the Technology and Logistics and Transportation practice groups. After starting her career with one of the most renowned Hotels & Restaurants in Amsterdam, Annemieke spent eight years in various sales positions with Nashuatec and Xerox before moving into the recruitment business with YER Young Executive Recruitment, an international recruitment firm with a focus on mid-career.

At Nashuatec, Annemieke worked as an Account Manager for a host of major local accounts. After three years with this company, she moved to Dubai for a year and a half, where she worked for a local recruitment and training office, her first professional experience in the executive search industry. Upon her return to the Netherlands, Annemieke chose to further expand her sales career and joined Xerox as a Corporate Account Manager. Always with a genuine interest in people, their career wishes and motivations, she continued her career in the search and selection business and started working for YER Young Executive Recruitment in 2001. Annemieke spent her first five years as a Consultant with a strong focus on sales and marketing positions in the ICT sector before becoming a Managing Consultant within this same area of expertise.

Annemieke holds a Bachelor degree of Economics and speaks fluent Dutch, English, French and Spanish. She is keen on bringing clients and candidates together in mutual content and is eager to assist both parties in fulfilling their needs.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Logistics and Transportation
• Technology

Dolf Royaards
Partner
d.royaards@stantonchase.com

Dolf joined Stanton Chase Amsterdam in 2008 to strenghten the fast-growing Financial Services practice group. He began his career in the financial services as a management trainee with Bank Mees & Hope. Dolf has also worked for Delta Lloyd Insurances and AMEV (Fortis ASR) Life Insurances. He was responsible for selling the portfolio through independent intermediairies and Banks.

After 10 years in financial services, Dolf switched to the IT-sector with financial services as a key client channel. Working for Dallas-based EDS, a worlwide leader in the outsourcing business, Dolf was the director for business development Finance in the Netherlands and Scandinavia. He has also worked for the French leasing company ECS (fully owned by Banque Société Générale), where he started their new Dutch susidiary. Dolf also spent time as director strategic sales Finance and member of the Dutch Management Team with Getronics PinkRoccad. His last position was director/shareholder of Escrow Europe BV, which was bought by NCC Group Plc. Dolf has gained extensive experience with HRM issues and in working with executive search and recruitment. Fostering long-term business relationships based on tailormade solutions for his clients has been Dolf’s ultimate goal throughout his career.

Dolf is married to Carolyn, lives in Naarden and has three sons and one daughter. His hobbies include visiting Art and Antiques exhibitions and auctions, playing golf and rallies with his TVR Griffith.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Financial Services
• Government, Education and Non Profit

Vincent Thunnissen
Senior Consultant
v.thunnissen@stantonchase.com

Vincent has been active in Executive Search since 1992, when he joined the Amsterdam office of international executive search organization Amrop Hever, initially working in Research, but quickly moving into a Consultant role on senior-level recruitment projects in a wide range of industries. Vincent's primary search experience is in Consumer Products and Services and in Financial Services. He has also worked extensively in Professional Services (in particular in Logistics), Industrial and Technology. He joined Stanton Chase as Senior Consultant in 2004.

Vincent feels particularly challenged to find candidates who not only fit the professional profile clients are looking for, but whose personal profiles as individuals also suit the client company's particular 'way of being'.

Vincent holds a Master's Degree in English Language and Literature from the Universities of Groningen, The Netherlands, and Nottingham, UK. In addition to Dutch and English, he speaks French and German and has some (reading) knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.

His hobbies are (classical) music, sports (swimming), reading (not surprisingly, he's a keen reader of biographies), cinema and current affairs.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Consumer Products and Services
• Life Sciences and Healthcare

Stephanie Binning
Senior Consultant
s.binning@stantonchase.com

Stephanie started her career as a Geologist in the UK in 1993. After a trip around the world she switched to a more people-oriented and commercial career and worked for several companies including AstraZeneca.

She started in executive search in 1998 at Nicholson International as a Researcher before moving on to Robert Walters as Consultant, specializing in Senior Finance positions across all industry sectors. Stephanie joined Stanton Chase Amsterdam in September 2006 focusing on Industrial markets.

She has a degree in Chemistry and Geology from Leeds University in the UK and has lived in Germany, Israel, Australia and New Zealand
before moving to the Netherlands in 1998.

She lives in Amsterdam with her partner and two children and enjoys walking, tennis, yoga, cooking and entertaining. Stephanie speaks fluent English and Dutch and has a good knowledge of German.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Industrial
• Natural Resources and Energy

Anouk Snel
Senior Consultant
a.snel@stantonchase.com

Anouk joined Stanton Chase Amsterdam as a Senior Consultant in 2008 and has been active in Executive Search since 1996, when she joined Nicholson International in Amsterdam as a Researcher. She became Head of Research shortly thereafter before being asked, together with three colleagues, to establish Harvey Nash in The Netherlands.

During her five years at Harvey Nash Anouk moved to the position of Consultant, specializing in the technology sector as well as technology positions across all industry sectors. She then moved to A.T. Kearney Executive Search as Senior Consultant focusing on senior management positions in technology, industry and professional services. Anouk subsequently joined ABN AMRO as Manager of the Graduate Recruitment Department, where she gained corporate experience in financial services.

Anouk has a sincere interest in organizational cultures and holds a Masters degree in Culture, Organization and Management from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She speaks fluent Dutch and English and has good knowledge of French and German.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Technology
• Professional Services

Jolanda van den Berg
Senior Consultant
j.vandenberg@stantonchase.com

After finishing her studies in 1993, Jolanda spent a year working on a European Commission project in Bucharest, Romania. Upon her return to Amsterdam, she joined Yacht IT before moving to Randstad, where she held several account and senior sales management roles in the Financial Services sector. Her entrepreneurial spirit then convinced her to start her own business in real estate, building a network of four offices in Amsterdam.

Jolanda eventually sold her company and decided to switch to the search industry joining Young Executive Recruitment in 2005, where she was active as a key account manager and Managing Consultant responsible for several large banking institutions. Her focus was primarily on senior financial professionals in wholesale, private banking and the real estate sector. She joined Stanton Chase in May 2008 as a Senior Consultant in the Financial Services team. Jolanda is keen on establishing long-term client relationships and bringing client and candidate together.

Jolanda holds a Master’s degree in Organization and Policy from Amsterdam University and speaks fluent Dutch and English with a good understanding of German and French. Her partner is a music composer and they have 3 children. Her hobbies are travelling, cooking, architecture and music

Industry Practice Expertise

• Technology
• Professional Services
• Financial Services