Rutger Planken

Rutger Planken has diverse work experience in various industries. Rutger currently serves as the Executive Vice-President Europe & UK at 365 Retail Markets, a US-based provider of unattended retail solutions. Prior to this, they worked part-time as a Business Development / Digital Growth professional at AFC Ajax. Rutger also has experience as the owner of PHAIM growth consultancy, where they provided advisory services to midsized companies for their growth and innovation challenges. Rutger has held various positions at Unilever, including Director and Founder of FoodServicehub and Global Director eCommerce & Business Innovation. Rutger also served as the Sales Director a.i. at Unilever Food Solutions Nederland. In addition, Rutger has worked at Haagsch College as a member of the Board of Advice, mentored at Rockstart, and served as Director Mobile (MVNO) at VodafoneZiggo. Rutger volunteered and provided advisory support for Right To Play, an organization focused on promoting children's rights through sports and games. Rutger's experience also includes working as the Director of Corporate Business Development at Spil Games, a global online game publisher.

Rutger Planken's education history is as follows:

From 1996 to 2002, Rutger Planken pursued their Master's degree in Business Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

In 2017, they attended Startup Bootcamp Amsterdam, where they focused on Lean Startup Innovation.

In 2018, Rutger Planken completed the Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Marketing & Growth course at Growth Tribe.

In the same year, they also took a GDPR compliance course at Emerce Education.

In 2019, Rutger Planken obtained certification as a Certified Lean Coach, specializing in Lean Startup and coaching/mentoring. Rutger also became a Certified Assessor in Facet5 personality surveys through Facet 5 - Human Collective.

In 2021, Rutger Planken participated in a 3-day crash course on Growth for Good at Growth Tribe. Rutger also completed an eCommerce Essentials course at Econsultancy.

In 2022, Rutger Planken enrolled in a 1* Introduction Course at AFC Ajax.

Furthermore, Rutger Planken acquired additional certifications, including:

- First 90 Days from IMD in December 2022.

- Driving Digital Marketing Strategy from INSEAD Executive Education in November 2022.

- Section4 Certified Product Positioning from Section4 in April 2022.

- Introduction to NFTs: Non-fungible Tokens from LinkedIn in January 2022.

- Section4 Certified Strategist from Section4 in January 2022.

- Certified Facet 5 Assessor from Humancollective in April 2019.

- 2-Day AI for Marketing and Growth Course from Growth Tribe Academy in September 2018.