Our people

Before joining Nutricia/Numico as a Marketing Manager I had worked in marketing & sales positions at pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. In 2006, I was attracted to world of executive search and decided to become a headhunter. I am fundamentally and genuinely interested in people. Helping in making them stronger, so they can take a new step and achieve their life’s ambitions. In finding out what really motivates them. And in advising companies on how they can set up their team or organisation by identifying their goals and how to attain them. This requires proactive thinking, and determining which characters and personalities work well together, and which experience and competencies complement each other. This is how I can match companies and management needs with the ideal candidates.

e. jos@navigatornetwork.nl
t. +31 6 46 20 70 74

Over the last 20 years I have been working in the world of executive search & recruitment within SME’s and the corporate sector in the Netherlands. As a founder and Managing Partner of ‘More, the Art of Work’ , I focused on C-level, commercial oriented positions. Within Navigator Network I add positions with responsibilities in digitalisation and transformation. Making the connection between people is what drives me the most. Sometimes the unexpected is what you need and my goal is to find that.

e. gwen@navigatornetwork.nl
t. +31653814008

After completing my A-levels at Eton and reading Economics in Rotterdam, I started my career in 2003 as a Management Consultant at Accenture. I was involved in multiple projects and grew into more senior roles where I saw the impact small changes within a team can have on the end result. It was that which attracted me to the 'people side' of work and ultimately led me into Executive Search. After 8 years in consulting I started Sterling|Bright in 2011, specialising in Finance Executive Search for companies in the midst of growth and transition. These were both PE owned portfolio companies, scale-ups as well as larger corporate clients. In 2021, I joined Navigator Network to further build the business into a 'one-stop-shop' for our clients, whether their question is Commercial, General Management, IT, Operational or Finance related. I believe proper Executive Search is a highly personal, context driven, and long term business and look forward to continue to be part of the future success of both my clients and candidates.

e. dfa@navigatornetwork.nl
t. +31626122658

After completing my study Contemporary History at the University of Leiden in 1992, I applied as a reserve officer and I was trained as a prisoner of war interrogator at the Military Intelligence Service (MID). I learned Russian and psychological techniques to interrogate NATO elite troops who were on exercise. After this I commenced my executive search career. I became a consultant at Maes & Lunau, Robert Half International, YER (Young Executive Recruitment) and Heidrick & Struggles. From 2003 onwards I launched my own business in Executive Search, where I was able to further shape this profession in my own personal way. After 16 years I decided that it was time for a next step. I joined Navigator Network in order to benefit and get the most out of our complementary team and to be able to continue serve large and small customers where key positions have to be filled in an even more effective way. I believe that I have built up sufficient expertise and experience in recruitment to be able to successfully assist you as a company or as a candidate in your search for the right candidate or job.

e. joost@navigatornetwork.nl
t. +31650208432

After completing my law degree in Groningen, I started my career as a lawyer at the Zuidas where I have worked with great pleasure for over five years. In 2010 I made the switch to Legal recruitment; first in Amsterdam and later in Singapore. In 2012 we moved with our family from Singapore to Shanghai where I worked at Vistra as Business Development Manager. Here I mainly helped European companies who wanted to expand their business to China. An instructive and unforgettable period. Shanghai is now exchanged for Laren, from where we guide our clients with our team to find talented management. I do this with great pleasure and with a lot of energy, I dedicate myself to helping our customers to go a step further and make professionals make the right choice.

e. elien@navigatornetwork.nl
t. +31646660556

After my study Law at the University of Leiden (1996) I started working as an executive search consultant in Amsterdam. At Pruijs & Partners I focused on management positions within the financial market and IT-market. I was really attracted by energy surrounded by the start-up environment. That’s why I choose to join MainQuest in 1999, a boutique recruitment firm for US, Israeli and European fast growth tech (software), online and media enterprises. Our clients were all looking for sustainable growth with strong, effective, collaborative and successful teams. We helped them building and developing Pan- European sales organizations. In 2003 I started my own recruitment firm which I had for 9 years. We filled positions in commercial management, sales and marketing. Our clients were scale-ups and market leaders in the technology (security, data, fintech) & telecommunication sectors. Since I always want to broader my experience, I became a partner of a management consulting firm (The AccelarationGroup) specialized in business performance improvement. Clients were corporates within the technology, retail, utilities, financial and automotive market. We focused on the implementation of the commercial plan up to and including the required interim management and recruitment, where quality is guaranteed through training and coaching. I joined Navigator Network because success is much more fun if you can enjoy it together and I believe that our complementary experience and network is a real benefit to our customers.

e. david@navigatornetwork.nl
t. +31 6 55 54 55 56

Guiding & inspiring entrepreneurial professionals in realising their aspirations. As an (interim) manager and consultant I developed and implemented many complex change processes in organizations, in Europe, Brazil and the US. My extensive experience in the international playing field in combination with my various coaching and personal leadership courses (Certified through International Coach Federation) makes me a trusted advisor for teams and individuals. I provide teams with objective, insightful perspectives highlighting strengths and areas to build on to hit the business growth aspirations. Within Navigator I perform the Navigator Management Scan; a tool in combination with personal coaching that provides thorough insight in entrepreneurial personal and management team drives. Therefore, supporting their ambition, effective team composition and collaboration. My style is concrete, personal, challenging and humorous. I speak fluent English, French and Portuguese.

e. maaike@navigatornetwork.nl
t. +31 6 42 80 99 28

As a business coach I am responsible for the ODC competence measurement tool at Navigator Network. In the Navigator Network searches we are always looking for the best and most suitable candidate. But we go one step further. On request, we integrate an ODC measurement in the procedure. In that case, the necessary competences for the candidates on the short list are translated into (match) profiles. This provides insight into leadership styles and management competencies and a clear strengths / weaknesses analysis with associated development opportunities. The ODC measurement, in combination with professional guidance, offers managers the foundation to be successful from their essence. The powerful and unique thing about the ODC measurement compared to traditional instruments is the measurement in text and image. As a result, in addition to what you know (cognitive), ODC also measures your preferences (associative) from your individual and collective subconscious. This generates insight into the behavior you show, which is reflected in the measurement. The ODC measurement offers a clear separation between natural strength and learned - and therefore vulnerable - behavior; offers insight into natural competences, competences that can be developed and competencies that are difficult to develop, helps to put together successful teams based on real qualities, redicts functional and dysfunctional behavior under (great) stress, makes it possible to match sharply and with a high predictive value on a job profile, Measures validated with high reliability in just 15 minutes.

e. info@navigatornetwork.nl
t. +31 6 53 36 68 37