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.
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This is done through series of workshops at Dutch schools in March, April and May.
Company Description
The Lead Your Future program is an initiative of Lead Your Future and the Erasmus University Rotterdam, that aims to increase the opportunities of the new generation of young women and their leadership potential.
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.
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As a member of the RSM Case Society, I have competed at the prestigious Chulalongkorn International Business Case Competition, organized by the Chulalongkorn university.
Company Description
The RSM-Case Society offers high-performing and dedicated students (GPA > 7,5/10) of the Rotterdam School of Management excellent education in case-solving and consultancy. Through the non-standardized training setting, students learn to work effectively in a team under time pressure. Strengthening students’ analytical knowledge and encouraging them to create the best economical and societal solution, these students shall represent the university on international case competitions.
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.
Company Description
Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. TI-NL is the Dutch branch of the organisation.
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.
Detailed Description
During my internship with Unilever, I had to pleasure to work on below projects:
Creating with an plan for our e-commerce strategy
Controlling the development of the new packaging for more than 35 sku's
Ordering new Point-of-Sale material for 2016, with a worth above 1mio
Organizing our stands for events, such as the Allerhande Kerstfestival, a yearly foodfestival organized by the biggest retailer in the Netherlands
Developing in-store activations for various supermarkets
Financial activities in multiple Unilever systems
I strongly improved my communication skills, attention for details and customer focus. I enjoyed the dynamic international environment of Unilever and working in a team with ambitious people, collectively striving to accomplish the same goals.
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.
