Meet our Team

Partner
Henno Janmaat
Having co-founded InspiringPeople in 2010, Henno has been involved in 50+ culture transformation projects, and was previously CEO of Westland Energy Services. He flourishes in storytelling and connecting people so they can inspire each other. Henno lives by the motto of making work more fun!

Partner
Niels Kooi
Niels co-founded InspiringPeople in 2010 after gaining experience as a recognized strategy consultant at Arthur D.Little. He is relentless in translating business strategy into tangible and measurable actions. Niels acts as a catalyst in helping customers to drive meaningful and sustainable change, he is a true people-engineer at heart.

Partner
Evelina Padervinskaite
An organizational psychologist by training, Evelina combines experience from agency, corporate, and NGO sectors in HR, Leadership and Change. She gets energy from supporting leaders and teams in building psychologically safe, and emotionally intelligent organizations. Evelina loves balancing between clarity, structure and direction, and creativity, feeling, and play.

Partner
Erik van 't Hof
With his international background in HR Leadership, Culture change and Business Transformation, Erik has gained experience in his CHRO roles at Pon and KPN. With his outside in approach, he always brings new insights and innovative solutions to leaders and teams. Erik radiates fun, energy and purpose.

Consultant
Nicky Assmann
With her background in Change Management, Nicky has an entrepreneurial mind-set, managing interim projects for KLM, ABN AMRO, and Randstad already early in her career. She flourishes when she is engaging with people and creating new things. She is a curious person, always optimistic, and determined to find an answer to every challenge.

Consultant
Frédérique Arntz
Frédérique has a background in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and marketing. She flourishes in making the connection between the psychological background of organizations and measuring impact of interventions. She enjoys focussing on creating new strategic and emotional connections to solve cultural challenges and equip clients with tools to drive the change.

Associate
Sophie Perquin
With a background in psychology and organizational change, Sophie is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion and has worked for a women empowerment organization. She strives to make a lasting impact on everyone she works with, and loves gaining experiences which get her out of her comfort zone.

Associate
Massimiliano Santamaria
Massimilliano is an experienced HR expert, with an analytical background, with over 22 years of experience in the financial sector. He is specifically dedicated to HR consultancy, people metrics and culture measurement. He is passionate about innovation and transformation, with an interest in technology for people, and is inspired by those who bring a fresh perspective to work.

Associate
Michiel Duyfjes
Michiel has over fifteen years of experience in HR-development & change management, which makes him an expert in creating learning cultures for sustainable growth. Helping organizations and employees in their development makes Michiel tick. He loves to work on creating innovative strategies and concepts with his realization power, refreshing ideas, and drive.

Associate
Fernanda Ortega
Fernanda brings 20+ years of experience as a global HR executive, successfully leading teams from Latin America to Asia. She is specialised in start-up cultures and has always driven transformation, facilitated M&As, and led growth on a global scale. She gets energy from the movement and action towards a clear vision. You can count on her enthusiasm, authenticity, and out-of-the-box thinking to design a new story.
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