Steven van Vliet (1968) graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1992: business economics. After his service with the Military Intelligence Service (Russian), he started as a management trainee at KLM in a commercial role within the Cargo division. This was followed by 5 years of banking (M&A) at MeesPierson and ING Bank. However, he spent a large part of his career at Nuon, now Vattenfall. The functions varied from business development (wind farms, gas plants and LNG), the program office of a major reorganization/acquisition, secretary of the Executive Board, head of strategy – gas, to European head of Product Management B2C. From 2006-2008 he did an executive MBA at IMD in Lausanne. In 2017 Steven made the switch to Sodexo Energy & Resources to expand the maritime branch worldwide. Steven is eager to learn, curious and very interested in the motives of passionate professionals. He has a broad background and interests: a builder and connector with an international outlook. The credo of 'continuous learning' brought about a diversity of roles in diverse contexts. The strategy of organizations and the leadership that goes with it has his special interest. Which teams and individuals are most successful in which context? Making and supervising the right match makes executive search a wonderful and personal craft.