Professor Hanneke Takkenberg is co-executive director of the Erasmus Centre for Women and Organisations (ECWO) at RSM, and professor of Clinical Decision Making in Cardio-Thoracic Interventions at Erasmus Medical Centre.

Her medical career has included research and practice in Los Angeles and Rotterdam, and she became a professor at Erasmus MC in 2012. Her efforts to improve healthcare and equality for women ̶ as patients and medical professionals ̶ resulted in the 2018 Els Borst award and the 2019 Caty Asscher award.

She is the founder of VENA, the Erasmus MC network for women in academia, and was Chief Diversity Officer at EUR. She is currently chair of the Dutch Network for Women Professors.

Jan-Chris Koenders is Managing Director Toyota Lexus Nederland, Louwman & Parqui B.V, the Netherlands’ importer for Toyota and Lexus and the second-largest independent car importer in the country.

His automotive career shows a track record of business management and branding innovation, first with Toyota in the USA, then BMW of North America and BMW AG in Germany before his return to the Netherlands.

For BMW, he headed brand communications for the re-launch of MINI, set up one of the world’s first marketing innovation labs, and initiated the internet-enabling ConnectedDrive and CleanEnergy hydrogen projects. In 2006, as VP of BMW Group Global Marketing, he repositioned the brand with BMW EfficientDynamics, and initiated the BMWi brand. In 2010 he became Managing Director of BMW Group Nederland. From 2014 to 2016 he was Chief Operating Officer of BMW of North America. Further following his passion for cars and returning to his roots in the Netherlands, Jan-Chris joined the Louwman family to lead the transformation of business, founded in 1923, into a next generation automotive importer.

Magriet Vonno is the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Singapore and Brunei, and an RSM alumna. Her role is to connect strategy, politics, business and people. She studied International Relations at Utrecht University, and gained an MBA from RSM before working for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New York, Washington DC, Brussels and The Hague. She was director of the Strategy and Policy Advice department in the Netherlands Ministry for Infrastructure and the Environment, and deputy director of the Europe Department at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was on the advisory board of the international cycling conference Velocity in 2017, and is a board member of the Dutch Association of Public Management.

Eva Rood is director of RSM’s Positive Change Initiative that facilitates positive change through business development and innovation projects. She is project leader of the EU-funded European Network for the Advancement of Business and Landscape Education.

Eva started her career in communications before joining Erasmus University, first in programme management, then in alumni and corporate relations. Later she established networks for entrepreneurs that grew into the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship. She set up the Erasmus Sustainability Hub, co-launched the Erasmus Honors Programme Grand Challenges, and worked on the launch of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability. She holds a master in psychology from Utrecht University.

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Dirk Schoenmaker is Professor of Banking and Finance at RSM and a regular consultant for the IMF, the OECD and the European Commission. He focuses on sustainable finance, central banking and financial stability, financial system architecture, and European financial integration. He is also a non-Resident Fellow at the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel and a Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Research (CEPR). He is author and co-author of several books, including From Risk to Opportunity - A framework for sustainable finance published by RSM. His previous experience includes Dean of the Duisenberg school of finance, and posts in the Netherlands Ministry of Finance and at the Bank of England.

Sofya Isaakyan is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour from Maastricht University in 2018. Her research focuses on understanding employees' upward expression of ideas and concerns about work-related issues (i.e., voice behavior) and the corresponding reactions by managers and team members. In her work, she also explores factors affecting leadership development and leader identity. Before entering academia, Sofya worked as a consultant and evaluated the effectiveness of leadership development programs.