CV

Personal information:

Gyuri (George Stefán) Vergouw

Education:
1982
Ignatius Gymnasium / College – VWO

1982-1988
University of Amsterdam, Economics science
drs. in Economic Science / MBA
Specialisations: Organisational Strategy and Structure; Value and Profit; Marketing; Information Management; Industrial Relations and Financial Management. Thesis: Onderwijsmarketing 9/10.

1992-1993
Postdoctorate Management Consultancy; Free University, Amsterdam
Master of Management Consultancy (MMC)

Employment history
Twenty five years of work experience. First as an assistant auditor (1 year, Van Dien & Co, now Deloitte, Amsterdam), then 7 years at medium large accountancy and consulting firm Horlings/Nexia International (1989-1996). In 1996-1997 I worked for Ernst & Young as senior consultant. In 1997 I started my own firm, Vergouw Consulting.

Consulting Experience
Some highlights after 25 years of activity in the field of consulting

- creating management games/serious games for several multinationals (2004-2011), training professionals in the field of CRM (Customer Relationship Management); These games have been played in over 40 countries for employees coming out of over 60 countries on five continents; average participants score (N>100) april-juli 2011: 8,9 (out of 10);

- proces manager of the decomposition and restructuring of Arbeidsvoorziening (2000-2002), splitting the company up in five separate parts;

- project manager for Inspection on Enforcement of Welfare Benefits in one of the big 4 Dutch Cities;

- hundreds of key note speaker session, chairman of seminars, workshops, speeches et cetera around the globe (1996-current), on Change Management, Financial Management, Cultural Change, CRM, Governance and Compliance.

Honours and other:
Professionalisationprize, Vrije Universiteit 2007, for ‘lasting contribution to the Dutch Consultancy profession’.
Hero of Paradiso, Amsterdam 2010’ (voted best venue of the world in 2003 by Venue Magazine)
Member of the Board Paradiso Amsterdam 2001-2009
Member of the City Board, Political Party Amsterdam 1986-1987
Teacher of Economics and Business Administration at a Dutch High School (1985-1986; during my study at University of Amsterdam)
Writer of over 500 management-articles and 6 books on managment, sports and music, a.o. ‘De Digitale Manager’ (1998-2000 (2nd edition), ‘Sabbatsverlof’ (1999), ‘De Strafschop’ (2000-2003 2nd edition), De laatste minuut (2006) en ‘Oranje wereldkampioen, managementlessen om te winnen’ (2010). Three of these books made it to the top 20 managementbooks in The Netherlands (1998, 1999, 2010), two into the top 10. (Managementboek.nl)
Editor in Chief of Managementsite.nl with over 800.000 pageviews/month, since 1997
Secretary of the Jury, Professor Dr W.F.M. Mastenbroek Prize 2008 – current