Damien is a project leader, trainer and service designer at UMIO. He originally has an engineering, architecture and design background and worked at various architectural and urban design firms before reinforcing our team a couple of years ago. Because of his broad interest in design and the value that design can offer he developed himself further in the field of service and business innovation from a design thinking perspective. Creative and holistic thinking, next to (visual) storytelling, are some of his strong points which gives an extra dimension to the programs and projects that we facilitate at UMIO.

Edward Huizenga joined SBE as Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Change. The Chair focuses on the strategic transitions of leading organisations. As SBE | UMIO’s first Business Practice Chair, he will put an emphasis on the human side of business by taking a closer look at strategic transitions, leadership impact, innovation success and behavioural economics.

Building your own consulting business while turning a #hashtag into reality

Luise Ammerschuber is the Director and Founder of YESS Impact and AMCO – Ammerschuber Consulting. She graduated UCM in 2012 with a BA in International Relations & Development Studies, followed by an LLM Master in International Human Rights Law and is now an alumni ambassador.

Teun J Dekker (1980) is Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Education at University College Maastricht, where he teaches courses on the intersection of the Social Sciences and the Humanities, including History of Political Thought and Distributive Justice in Contemporary Political Philosophy. 

Mark Levels (1977) is a Dutch quantitative sociologist. He uses quantitative, qualitative and experimental methods to study how governments can help people to live meaningful and productive lives, and prepare now for tomorrow's societies and labor markets. He particularly focuses on vulnerable groups.

Eszter Boros graduated from UCM in 2011. After the eye opening and inspiring experience in liberal arts education, she changed tack and moved to the field of business. While experimenting with marketing and sales, working in the medical device sector, she earned a master’s degree in Management Accounting in Berlin. With four languages under her belt, she decided to explore the world further, visit old friends in far-away places and tick off a few items from her bucket list.

Tim is Engagement Lead Central Europe at Google Digital Academy. He is helping companies in Central Europe feel equipped to deal with the constant change in consumer behavior and technology.

Hendrik Schwartz is a seasoned C-Suite leader, team builder and specialist in market entry and growth. With a progressive 20+ year track record of building and leading businesses across 23 countries for both multinational enterprises and high growth technology start-ups, Hendrik is passionate about building world class organisations and teams.

Stephan Rammeloo (1960) is Associate professor in (European) Company Law, Private International Law, including cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration and Comparative Law at Maastricht University.

Chief Superintendent Patrick Voss, Netherlands Police, is currently posted in the United Kingdom as a Strategic Liaison Officer. As an advisor on international strategic cooperation his main tasks are facilitating and accelerating international police cooperation whereas both the Netherlands and United Kingdom interests are considered. As a Strategic Liaison Officer he is responsible for advising the leadership corps of the Netherlands Police on themes that contain operational (bilateral and multilateral) partnerships, research, development and innovation as well as further development of strategic collaboration. Furthermore he is responsible for supporting more complex mutual assistance requests regarding criminal investigations.