Timeline

• 1985: Born in Leiden hospital
• 1988: Moved to Gouda
• 1993: Started speed skating
• 2001: Competed in the National Championship Speedskating
• 1998: Started high school
• 2004: Graduation and moved to Groningen to study
• 2004/2005: Failed at studying law
• 2005: Started studying Biomedical Engineering
• 2007: Started part-time job at a kartracing track
• 2007: Bought a Citroen 2CV and learned to maintain it
• 2007: Started Business Administration on the side and failed quickly
• 2008: Went on vacation to Thailand (first time in Asia)
• 2009: Sold car and got my Motorcycle License
• 2009: Joined Integrand Board
• 2009: Wrote BSc thesis about Anorexia in Mice and lost all remaining joy in doing science
• 2010: Graduated my Bachelor Biomedical Engineering
• 2011: One extra year study to switch from Science to Business
• June 2012: Moved to Amsterdam
• June-Aug 2012: Internship Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank
• November 2012: Graduated my Master in Finance, Cum Laude
• November 2012: Started my first 'real' job at AlpInvest Partners
• 2013: Bought my dream motorbike, a Ducati Monster S4
• 2014: Looked at houses but ended up not buying a house in Amsterdam
• February 2015: Moved to Bangladesh for Rocket Internet
• June 2015: Moved to Myanmar
• October 2015: Met the love of my life
• 2016: Became 'Regional CEO' for Everjobs, a Rocket backed Jobs Classifieds website in frontier markets
• June 2017: Moved to Bali
• 2017/2018: Learning to surf
• 2018: Freelance consultant through Venturelens | built venturelens.io with Wordpress
• 2018: Created Carbonfoodprint.life with Bubble
• June 2019: Moved to Singapore
• June 2019: Started Ox Street
• November 2019: Launched Ox Street
• October 2021: Ox Street acquired by Carousell
• 2021: Became a first time dad
• December 2022: Head of Luxury at Carousell
• July 2023: First launched this websitein plain HTLM form
• December 2023: Moved to Customer Experience
• 2024: Became a second time dad
• September 2024: Started learning to code
• December 2024: Launched Magicdoor.ai

💡 When presented with a new device I don’t read the manual but just start pressing all the buttons first.

💡 I can argue convincingly for and against things from very few inputs.

My main passions outside of work are music, reading, cooking/eating, diving into new interesting topics and going on adventures. I play guitar, electric and acoustic. I also have a midi keyboard with garageband. Love to tinker and record some keyboards and play guitar over it.

In 2023 I joined up with a few friends to play together. We play classic Rock ‘n Roll. I would like to play live some day, but we haven’t gotten to that point yet.

I love trying new foods. Please recommend me new things and places to try!

I learned to bake nice sourdough breads during the lockdown in Singapore. Some other breads that I have made are: Pita, hamburger buns, and different kinds of pizza. The nice thing about baking bread is that once you get a grip on the basic concepts, you can experiment and make all kinds of breads quite easily.