Ir. Ernest Pelders MCD is an experienced project manager and partner at OAK consultants since January 2018, specializing in water, nature, parks, and community development. Concurrently, Pelders serves as the program manager for "Verder met de Vesting Muiden" at Gemeente Gooise Meren, overseeing 14 projects aimed at enhancing the culturally and historically significant landscape around Muiden. Additionally, Pelders is the project manager for Almeerderhout, a large urban forest initiative in collaboration with Staatsbosbeheer and the municipality of Almere. Previous roles include managing consulting positions at AT Osborne and project management at Berenschot Osborne and Grontmij. Pelders holds a Master's in City Development from Erasmus University Rotterdam and degrees in landscape architecture and design from Wageningen University & Research and Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences.