With an education in business administration and after a decade of experience in corporate business development, Eric moved into conceiving and developing entrepreneurial projects.
Eric is a dynamic thinker, has an entrepreneurial spirit and loves team development based on collective value. He is a keen listener, a diplomatic facilitator and impassioned communicator: qualities that make him a great asset for co-creation. Eric has a passion for (social) innovation and urban development with a focus on strategy, business development and entrepreneurship. He is quick to grasp core problems and reach viable ideas built on twenty-five years of business experience.
Eric has a particular passion for food, agriculture and HoReCa. He developed strategies to re-activate military forts located around Amsterdam. He launched a grocery shop based on a local farm-to-fork philosophy. He helped develop the Plantage-lab to test community based urban agriculture.
- Diploma – Academy of Photography, Amsterdam (NL)
- MSc Technical Business Administration – University of Twente (NL)
- Creative strategy and social entrepreneurship – Green Concepts (NL)
- Freelance documentary photography and concept development (NL)
- Business development – Business Architects (NL)
- General Management – ING Bank (NL & PL)
Expertise
Dutch (native)
English (fluent)
German (fluent)
Polish (basic speaking)
Eric's insights
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Sonian Wood Cooperative
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Developing a cooperative to keep the wood from the Sonian Forest local.
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Connecting Nature
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A European research program (H2020) developing nature based solutions: ‘bringing nature to cities and cities to nature’.
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Adrian Hill
Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.
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Francesca Gualino
Francesca is a community development worker, educated in psychology.
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Hanne Van Reusel
Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.
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Julia Rocha
Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.
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Laurens Van der Cruyssen
Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.
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Liana Simmons
Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.
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Marco Kooistra
Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.
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Michael Kaethler
Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.
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Nienke Schachtschabel
Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.
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Stephan Kampelmann
Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.
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Toha De Brant
Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.