Marc Wesselink
Director/Partner
Marc Wesselink
Director/Partner
Marc is a trusted advisor, consultant, coach and trainer. He is the author (with Ronald Paul) of the Handbook on Strategic Stakeholder Engagement (Handboek Strategisch Omgevingsmanagement). Marc is troubled by the fact that a lot of societal gains are lost as a result of unprofessional stakeholder management.
Marc Wesselink
Director/Partner
Hans van Zijst
Director/Partner
Hans van Zijst
Director/Partner
Hans is one of the most experienced Strategic Stakeholder Engagement experts in the Netherlands. He feels particularly at home in the public sector. Hans combines substantive knowledge in the field of the environment, nature, water, infrastructure, spatial planning, and sustainability with a drive for results, managerial sensitivity, and strong communication skills.
Hans van Zijst
Director/Partner
Janneke Eberson
Office manager
Linda Epping
Administrative and Project Assistant
Linda Epping
Administrative and Project Assistant
Linda joined our team in 2020. She is in charge of the logistics of in-company training courses provided by the SSE Academy (SOM Academie) and the Negotiation & Public Service network. Linda also coordinates our newsletter and supports other colleagues.
Linda Epping
Administrative and Project Assistant
Nathalie de Groot
Back Office Employee SSE Academy
Thijs Kraassenberg
Senior Consultant
Thijs Kraassenberg
Senior Consultant
On behalf of organizations in the public and private sector, Thijs works on assignments in which collaboration and trust between different parties and stakeholders is of vital importance but suffers from the pressures of time, strained relationships, limited financial resources or interests that are strongly opposed.
Thijs Kraassenberg
Senior Consultant
Bas Liebeek
Senior Consultant
Bas Liebeek
Senior Consultant
Bas advises and assists organizations in resolving strategic issues involving numerous stakeholders. Combining his background in business administration with experience in various international sectors and a natural interest in stakeholder engagement he brings a lot of knowledge to the table.
Bas Liebeek
Senior Consultant
Jeroen Medema
Consultant
Chantal Polhout
Administrative Assistant
Chantal Polhout
Administrative Assistant
Chantal mainly worked in the hospitality sector until her appointment at WesselinkVanZijst. Mid-2019, she decided to swap the dynamics of facilitating and hosting business meetings, weddings, parties and their administrative processing for her position in our team.
Chantal Polhout
Administrative Assistant
Mart Scheepers
Consultant
Robin Schram
Consultant
Stefan Szepesi
Senior Consultant
Stefan Szepesi
Senior Consultant
Stefan Szepesi is a negotiation expert and former diplomat for the EU and the UN. He has a keen interest in domestic and international multi-party negotiations on complex policy issues, especially in the fields of climate, commerce (trade) and conflict.
Stefan Szepesi
Senior Consultant
Fenneke van der Vegte
Senior Consultant
Fenneke van der Vegte
Senior Consultant
Fenneke feels at home in many different environments and roles. Trained as an ecologist, she has a keen eye for connections and relationships between parties and matters. She not only combines that knowledge in projects in the physical environment, but has also used it in the social domain.
Fenneke van der Vegte
Senior Consultant
Wendy Versteeg
Senior Consultant
Wendy Versteeg
Senior Consultant
For Wendy it is important that all parties learn to think in terms of interests rather than positions in order to achieve sustainable outcomes. As an international mediator, trainer and strategic environmental manager, Wendy uses her knowledge, skills and experience to guide parties to jointly find solutions to their issues and conflicts.
Wendy Versteeg
Senior Consultant
Amber Visch
Consultant
Amber Visch
Consultant
Amber started at WesselinkVanZijst in November 2023. Coming from the master's degree in Conflict Resolution and Governance, she is an ambitious analyzer of complex social issues, knowlegde of which she aims to transform into practice through facilitating and building relationships.
Amber Visch
Consultant
Eric van Vliet
Senior Consultant
Eric van Vliet
Senior Consultant
Eric is a senior advisor on Strategic Stakeholder Engagement, with extensive management and consultancy experience in the environment, energy and mobility field. He has a great political-administrative sensitivity and is genuinely interested in the interests of parties in policy tasks, change trajectories and negotiations.
Eric van Vliet
Senior Consultant
Jan-Pieter van de Weerd
Consultant
Jan-Pieter van de Weerd
Consultant
Jan-Pieter started at WesselinkVanZijst in May 2022. Based on his background, he approaches and analyzes complex (social) tasks in a multidisciplinary manner. He uses his knowledge and work experience to (further) drive positive change within organizations and ultimately society at large.
Jan-Pieter van de Weerd
Consultant