Kees Joosten

Director, Utrecht Office

Areas of work: Mission driven innovation, developing policies, strategies and programmes, managing R&D and innovation programmes, designing collaborative innovation projects, training people in defining an impact pathway, guiding municipalities, regional governments, regional development agencies, companies and stakeholder groups towards European projects, coaching change makers and managers towards impact entrepreneurship

Office: Utrecht

Languages spoken: Dutch, English

Education: Master Industrial Design Engineering TU Delft (1991)

Previous work experience:
1991-2005 Willems & van den Wildenberg / Innovation Management Consultant & Partner – predecessor Bax
– 2005-2012 Port of Rotterdam Authority / Manager Research and Innovation
– 2012-2018 Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences / Director Research Center & Strategy Advisor to the Executive Board
– 2017-present Bax & Company / Director & Consultant Mission Driven Innovation

At the weekend: I’m enjoying hiking, modern art, photography, gardening, travel

An idea that powers me:

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