Kees Joosten

Profile: Kees has been an innovation consultant at Bax and its predecessors for over 20 years. He specialises in the development of policies, strategies and action plans for R&D and innovation, with a focus on tackling societal challenges. With cities, provinces, ministries and European bodies, small and large companies, NGO’s and higher education. Kees brings creativity and writing skills to understand complex social challenges, to question experts, to analyse opportunities and bottlenecks, to develop powerful concepts that are guided through research and development, pilot and demonstration to implementation, start-up, financing and upscaling. Over the past 30 years, Kees has developed substantive knowledge in areas such as circular economy, feedstock transition, climate adaptation, energy transition and digitisation.

Office: Utrecht

Languages spoken: Dutch, English

Education: Master Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft (1991)

Previous work experience:
– 1991-2005 Willems & van den Wildenberg (predecessor Bax) / Partner and innovation consultant
– 2005-2012 Port of Rotterdam Authority / Manager Research and Innovation
– 2012-2018 Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences / Director of the Knowledge Centre & Strategy Advisor to the Executive Board
– 2017-present Bax & Company / Director and consultant

At the weekend: I’m enjoying modern art and photography

An idea that powers me: Applying design thinking to accelerate societal transitions.