Thijmen comes from the hospitality industry and started his career in recruitment at Randstad Sourceright. Leading numerous high-performing, large teams for global accounts in the engineering and pharmaceutical sectors. He continued at KPMG, leading the conceptualisation, execution, and evolution of the company's Learning & Development, Global Mobility and Talent Acquisition strategy from scratch. Following his time at KPMG, Thijmen founded his own recruitment agency, supporting a boutique search agency in Budapest. After a brief interim assignment, Thijmen decided to specialise in international ESG and sustainability recruitment and executive search.