I was born and grew up in the Netherlands, and during the first part of my carrier I worked for several Dutch banks doing Stock Market Research, Portfolio Management for Private and Institutional clients and was a Fund Manager Equities. Thereafter I co-founded a business, specialized in Portfolio Management for Private clients.
After fourteen years I sold my company and entered education, teaching Economics and Business Economics in the Netherlands, Aruba and Hungary, before I came to Imagine. Together with my wife I raised seven children, of whom five girls. In 2024 my first grand daughter was born. Besides family, teaching, reading, traveling and playing bridge, my passion is all about sports. In the past I was very competitive in seven sports, namely football, tennis, field hockey, basketball, American football, baseball and golf. Most recently I started to play paddle.