Behavioural risk and culture specialist who helped turn an emerging, complex field into a discipline: as a supervisor, as a global-bank executive, and as a researcher.
Track record
Co-developed the “Dutch Approach” at De Nederlandsche Bank and assessed executive boards, supervisory boards and culture of large financial institutions. Associate professor at Tias Business School.
Building the function
Founded and led ING's Behavioural Risk function as Global Head, building it from scratch into a global capability and putting behaviour and culture on the strategic agenda.
Board level
As a supervisor she assessed executive and supervisory boards; as a bank executive she advised and reported to them directly. She knows the boardroom from both sides of the table.
Thought leadership & method
Shapes the thinking in a young, complex field, including her own Culture Congruence Diagnostic Model (JABS, 2026), which tests whether an organisation's formal arrangements match how it actually behaves.
Helping leaders close the gap between what they have formally arranged and how they truly lead.