I am an ambitious international management student with a passion for investing in female leadership. Through commitment and enthusiasm, I aim to maximise my own potential and make a positive impact on every situation I am in. I am truly curious, self-reflective, highly dependable and I get energy from helping others excel. I am confident in my ability to approach new tasks and in my flexibility to adapt to a wide range of activities.
"I have never done that before, I can certainly do it!!" - Pippi Longstocking
Investing in female leadership and helping empower young girls take lead of their future are subjects I am becoming increasingly passionate about.
That I why I became a student coach at the Lead Your Future program, where I help young girls in recognising opportunities and in making choices with respect to their lifestyle, study and career.
During my CEMS semester at RSM, I was part of the Board of the CEMS Master Club. As Head of Social, I led a committee of five fellow students. My goal was to give all CEMS students that came to Rotterdam for the semester, the best social, cultural and local experience possible.
I motivated the team to organise the best events RSM had ever seen, chaired the committee meetings, kept the overview of the activities, participated in the organization of events and represented the committee in weekly board meetings.
I was part of the founding board of the Case Society, in the rol of Head of External Relations. The RSM-Case Society offers high-performing and dedicated students excellent education in case-solving and consultancy. I was involved in the strategic development of the society’s [medium- to long-term] plans and set up partnerships and collaboration companies, such as A.T. Kearney and McKinsey.
As internal consultants my team and I supported Transparency International Nederland in its goal to raise awareness for the protection of whistleblowers in the Dutch private sector. In a team of four, we developed a model that can qualitatively assess the protection that whistleblowing programs from companies offer to its employees. The report will be published by Transparency International Nederland in November 2018.
I participated in the Model United Nations Framework Conference of Climate Change at the Bocconi University in Milan, in the role of South-African delegate. During a two-day simulation, 120 CEMS students from eight CEMS schools took the roles of government, civil society and industry representatives from around the world. Our goal was to gain a deeper understanding of the role of business in coping with climate challenges and contributing to global solutions.
During my 6-month internship at Unilever I provided support to the beverages team in all possible areas, working for Lipton, Lipton Ice Tea and Pure Leaf. As I worked for three different brand managers, I learned to carefully manage my time and priorities.
I was involved with agency briefings, strategy presentations and client meetings. I was responsible for the development of 35 sku's, the 1+ mio EUR order of new brand materials and the organisation of the Pure Leaf stand at a big food festival. To understand what value I brought to the team, please see the detailed description.
After my internship at PwC Amsterdam in 2012, I was offered a contract [on call], to continue my work with PwC's internal collaboration platform Spark. In the years that followed, I have set up numerous groups on Spark, collaborating with different departments.
My role in these projects was to develop the purpose of a group, design and shape it and update it's content. With the experience I had in building the groups, I proactively advised partners on the establishment and classification of an online group.
After having learned Spanish in late 2011, I decided to put my language skills into practice and to gain some professional experience in a challenging environment. The internship that I did with PwC Madrid suited these goals perfectly. I had the opportunity to be part of a pilot of a new internal collaboration platform called Spark.
After my internship at PwC in Madrid, I started an internship at PwC in Amsterdam. I supported the Amsterdam office with the knowledge about Spark that I had acquired in Madrid. My main task was to set up to Spark environment for the traineeship for accountants.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
September 2016
to February 2018
I am pursuing the CEMS Master's Degree in International Management, at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Grade average: 8,8/10, Cum Lauda. Graduation date: 20th of April 2018.
As part of the CEMS Curriculum, I had the opportunity to study at the NOVA School of Business and Economics in Lisbon. During my exchange I have succesfully completed an consultancy project for Nestlé (final grade 19/20).
Volunteering: I helped the non-profit Re-food on a weekly basis. With food that otherwise would have gone to waste, we made and distributed meals to local Portuguese families in need.
My exchange at the Marshall School of Business at USC allowed me to further explore and deepen my interest in marketing, advertising and consumer behavior. The classes, taught by professors that are experts in their fields, sparked my passion for the boundaries between economics and consumer behaviour.
Volunteering: USC MOVE: Marshall Outreach and Voluteer Entrepreneurs, various volunteering projects. USC JEP: Joint Educational Project, teaching assistant at a nearby Spanish-speaking elementary school.
