Melle Staelenberg

Melle Staelenberg is a CEO with 20 years of global experience in Marketing, eCommerce and Growth across Europe, and they currently serve as Chief Executive Officer of Objective Platform and as Co-Founder of Artevora, while running a Marketing Consultancy since 2023. They previously held the role of VP of Growth at Hudson's Bay Company (2022–2023) and was Head of CRM at THE ICONIC (2017–2018), as well as the role of Director of Customer Marketing. Earlier, they served as Country Manager Australia/NZ and Operations Director APAC at TMG (2004–2007), and worked in multiple positions at Salmat Digital (2011–2013). Their education includes a Master in Business Economics (1997–2001) and a BA in New Media & Digital Culture as well as a BSc in Political Science, International Relations from the University of Amsterdam (2002–2004), and they studied at Vossius Gymnasium (1991–1997).