Mirjam van den Broeke, editor-in-chief

Holland’s most prominent business glossy, Quote, has a new editor in chief. Mirjam van den Broeke is the first woman at the helm since the magazine started 25 years ago. Van den Broeke isn’t worried about holding her own in the male dominated business world. And she doesn’t have doubts about the editorial line of her publication, which has... Read More »

Peter Paul Blommers, marketing leader

The International Correspondent speaks with Dutch captains of industry and asks them about typical developments on the Dutch business market. In this edition: Peter Paul Blommers (48), jury chairman of the Esprix marketing prizes and manager of the Dutch branch of the international advertising business Ogilvy. On the 8th of June, many hundreds of advertising employees and communication experts sit... Read More »

Annemarie van Gaal, international media...

Is there really a glass ceiling? Or is it just a mirage? Annemarie van Gaal started as a secretary to the board of directors of a Dutch publishing firm and is now a media magnate. Annemarie van Gaal prefers to call herself an entrepreneur rather than a publisher. She landed up in the media by happenstance. ‘My motivation is just to... Read More »

Maurice de Hond, pollster

Maurice de Hond is well-known in The Netherlands as an internet entrepreneur and pollster. Since 2002 his market research bureau, Peil.nl, publishes weekly polls on political and social issues. He’s now predicting that The Netherlands, and Europe, are on the brink of drastic change, economically and politically. ‘If the results of last year’s national elections had been just a... Read More »