Adriaan van der Hek

Adriaan is 35 years old, married with two kids: Anne and Sofie.

After finishing his studies in General Operational technology, Adriaan worked as an Internet consultant at KPN and Imtech, and as a technical sales consultant at Achmea, ING, and Internatio Muller.

Adriaan: “In 2000 I moved to World Online at the peak of the Internet bubble. In my second month World Online went public and the rough ride began. World Online rebranded to Tiscali. As Sales manager for Tiscali Business, I experienced the true dynamics of the Internet. After over 5 years I moved to ilocal as Marketing and Sales manager. We started from scratch and grew to 50 FTE in 1,5 years. When Wegener bought 50% of the shares, I moved to Compare Group in November 2006 to lead operations. On a daily base this means I determine and keep track of priorities and resource assignment of operational departments.”

Adriaan’s passions are the dynamics of the Internet, and bringing out the best in people, and he’s driven by commercial success. Like Ben, Adriaan got a lot of inspiration from the book Good to Great by Jim Collins. Also the Predictive Index Methodology inspired and helped him understanding people.

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