Marjo Staring

Marjo is Managing Partner and Co-Founder at DesignThinkers Academy. She holds a MSc in International Sociology & a Master of Arts in human-centered design.

Arne van Oosterom

Arne, Co-Founder at DT Academy, is considered a Pioneer & Thought Leader in Service Design and Design Thinking. Successfully merging Business and Creative Thinking.

Tim Schuurman

Tim, Co-Owner at DT Academy, has extensive experience in designing and implementing product/service concepts, holding a MBA & MSc in Business and Financial Management.

Anne-Marie Kaandorp

Anne-Marie is our Chief Executive Officer, responsible for managing and developing our Curriculum to ensure it achieves the highest possible standards of excellence.

Thomas de Bresser

Thomas de Bresser, Senior Facilitator & Innovation Coach, extensive experience within large corporates like Philips and Canon services marketing and innovation.

Jeroen van der Weide

Jeroen, Senior Facilitator, has a MA in Dutch Theatre, Film & Communications. Facilitating teams and designing creative processes, brainstorm and positioning sessions.

Sam Stevens

Sam is Project Manager at DT Academy, responsible and 1st point of contact of the planning, procurement and execution of incompany Design Thinking & Service Design projects.

Daphne Lamberts

Daphne, Service Designer, optimises and implement course content. She delivers the methodology of DT in an informative and creative way towards DT’s clients and participants.

Vicky Stor

Vicky, Marketing Manager, communicates what DT represents in a creative, informative and professional way to clients and participants of DT’s special projects.

Ilana van de Boel

Ilana, Program Manager, is responsible for the international development and coordination of the DT Academy. She works on our program with our international hubs.

Maarten Jurriaanse

Maarten is senior facilitator at DesignThinkers Academy. He holds a MSc in corporate communications and a bachelors degree in arts & design.

Meike Nip

Meike is an experienced designer and creative facilitator, a skilled listener, translating complex user needs and interests to ideas, prototypes and experiences.

Nikki Hes

Nikki is interaction designer with a preference for the digital realm. He creates experiences which revolve around the user to increase empathy and understanding.

Marina Simunovic

Marina is a social designer specialised in cultural diversity. She has an urge to make connections by visualizing different approaches, through research and design.

Pedro Janeiro

Pedro is Head of Global Accounts for DesignThinkers and proud to have delivered trainings for corporations such as Coca-Cola, Nespresso, IBM, Sap & many more.

David Kester

David is Partner of DesignThinkers Academy London. He worked in the creative industries for 25 years and is former Chief Executive of the UK Design Council.

Arnoud Koning

Arnoud is an experienced coach & facilitator. He set up a global Design Thinking program within Procter & Gamble’s Global Business Services organization.

Marjolein van Eersel

Marjolein has a solid expertise in embedding innovative mindsets and ways of working in corporate environments, to organize Design Thinking courses.

Christof Zürn

Christof is Chief Design Officer of the Design Thinking Centre in Amsterdam, giving space to reflect, co-create and seek change & innovation.

Els Dragt

Els is a trend researcher with over fifteen years of experience in spotting and analysing seeds of change for (inter)national clients, from non-profit to commercial.

Marc Stickdorn

Marc is CEO of More than Metrics, a company creating software for Service Design. He helps organizations to embed Service Design in their processes & culture.

Cees ten Thije

Cees is a certified experiential coach & Design Thinking facilitator. He focuses on driving people and organizations to mind and positively impact their context.

Maaike Mintjes

Maaike is a Service Designer & Design Researcher. She supports human-centred design in the development of products and services and facilitates Design Sprints.