Laurentine Pels Rijcken

Laurentine Pels Rijcken is the Operational Director at Paradiso. In this role, they is responsible for HR, finance, hospitality, production, IT, and facility management. Within the HR field, Laurentine has extensive experience developing management teams and implementing new organizational structures with accompanying appraisal cycles. Laurentine has a vision for organizational development and giving content to primary and secondary employment conditions, including negotiating pension contracts. Laurentine pays close attention to internal communication, coordination with employee representatives, and CAO negotiations with unions. Within the finance field, Laurentine is responsible for periodic financial reporting, preparing forecasts, and taking measures. Laurentine has served as interim general manager twice in their role as operational director for a combined period of eighteen months.

Prior to their current role, Laurentine was a Senior Consultant at Veldhoen + Company for five years and eleven months. Before that, they were a university lecturer at the University of Amsterdam for four years and one month. Laurentine began their career as a manager at Accenture, where they worked for three years and one month before being promoted to Senior Consultant/Manager at Accenture Services, where they worked for six years and ten months.