Team

Who are we?

ESNS is an ambitious organisation with employees and partners throughout the Netherlands and abroad. We keep our head office in Groningen and have a small office in Amsterdam-North.

Our mission is to shine the spotlight on Dutch and European artists worldwide. The organisation is entirely focused on getting results for artists and takes the supporting role it can have in the development of artists’ international careers at heart.

We strongly value sustainability, inclusiveness, talent development and rejuvenation. ESNS works according to the following codes; Code of Diversity & Inclusion, Fair Practice Code and Governance Code Culture, and is affiliated with the Green Deal and Key Change. We invite everyone from all cultural/social backgrounds to join our team. And we are happy to welcome you with us!

Want to join our day staff crew? Send an email to crew@esns.nl

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Roos Nijen Twilhaar
Production
Logistics
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Zoë Visser
Production
Crew Handling
Daniële Streep
Daniële Streep
Managing board
Head of operations, policy & finance
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Dennis de Groot
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
Frank Janssen
Frank Jansen
Programme commission
Conference programming
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Nora Leidinger
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
Marilot Baerveldt
Marilot Baerveldt
Production
Coordinator Accreditation
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Edze Huitema
Production
Transport
Pascal  Rakers
Pascal Rakers
Programme commission
ESNS Extra programming
Andre Malotaux
Andre Malotaux
Production
Production food & beverage
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Suzan Rinket
Production
Nadine Zijp
Nadine Zijp
Managing board
Head of Business & Development, marketingmanager a.i.
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Dago Houben
Managing board
Managing director
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Thu Ha Nguyen Thi
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
Adriaan Pels
Adriaan Pels
Managing board
Head of Marketing
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Alex Stegeman
Production
Art Department
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M. Groenen
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
Annelie Loos(1)
Annelie Loos
Operations, policy & finance
Coordinator Dutch grants and funds
Nastia van Lint
Nastia van Lint
Production
Crew handling
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Leoni Kolkena
Production
Production Conference Speakers
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Iris Assen
Production
Crew Handling
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Tess Kroes
Operations, policy & finance
Office Intern
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Jeanne Borst
Production
Production Sales
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Kim Hoftijzer
Production
Production Oosterpoort
Amber Veenstra
Amber Veenstra
Marketing
Offline marketing & marketing Hit the North
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Ivo Fontijn
Production
Production Transport
Ilona Deuring
Ilona Deuring
Operations, policy & finance
EU Policy Officer
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Teuntje Zijp
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
Sytske Kamstra
Sytske Kamstra
Production
Production Conference
Marieke Polman
Marieke Polman
Business & development
Customer relations
Antje Diertens
Antje Diertens
Supervisory board
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Rob van Wegen
Business & development
Coördinator sustainability
Klaartje Bult_bedrijfsvoering
Klaartje Bult
Operations, policy & finance
EU Business Manager
Celina
Celina de Jong
Production
Production Intern
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Oskar Strajn
Programme commission
Bookings ESNS & project lead ESNS Radar&Analytics
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Glen Faria
Supervisory board
Arne Lampe
Arne Lampe
Production
Art Department
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Djai-Mac Wolthof
Marketing
Online marketing & marketing Exchange
Jorik Willems
Jorik Willems
Business & development
Customer relations
Henk Pijlman
Advisors and Ambassadors
Ambassador
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Yahaira Brito Morfe
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
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Sweder Lamme
Operations, policy & finance
Financial controller
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Richte Westerman
Production
Producer Hit the North & Noord in Vrijdag
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Sita Rawie
Programme commission
Project manager Hit the North
Myrthe Boshart
Myrthe Boshart
Production
Accreditation
Harmen Kloosterman
Production
IT
Sanne Roffel
Sanne Roffel
Production
Crew handling & education
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Salmineo Aringaneng
Production
Production Extra
Cathelijne Baron
Production
Producer MME Awards
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Joey Ruchtie
Programme commission
Bookings Noorderslag
Edo Feenstra
Edo Feenstra
Business & development
CRM Marketeer & Coordinator Hotels
Bennie Veenstra
Bennie Veenstra
Production
Technical production Oosterpoort
Farid Benmbarek
Farid Benmbarek
Supervisory board
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Jeroen van Erp
Supervisory board
Chairman
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Camiel de Kruijf
Production
Jet Schuit
Jet Schuit
Business & development
Ticketing coordinator
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Chelsea Hofland
Marketing
Marketing Hit the North
Maaike Bouma(1)
Maaike Bouma
Production
Art Department
Richard de Vries
Richard de Vries
Production
Crew handling
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Lieve Simons
Marketing
Junior marketeer
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Robert Meijerink
Managing board
Head of Programme
Marcel Albers - Conferentie Coördinator EPIC (1)
Marcel Albers
Programme commission
Programming EPIC
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Hayo den Boeft
Production
Technical Production
Lars Bodewes
Business & development
Coördinator Business Club
Peter Smidt
Peter Smidt
Advisors and Ambassadors
Advisor & founder
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Edlef Heeling
Programme commission
Project Manager Music Moves Europe Awards
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Patrick Lumumba Kadjo
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
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Debbie Elzinga
Production
Production Conference Speakers
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Marijke Woering
Operations, policy & finance
Office Manager
Maarten Cosijn
Production
Production Artist Village
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Marijn Nagel
Production
Artist Handling ESNS & MME Awards
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Daniël de Keizer
Programme commission
Programme maker Business & Education MME Awards
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Sieger Dijkstra
Supervisory board
Feiko Stobbe
Production
Niels Meijer
Niels Meijer
Marketing
Creative marketing & Marketing Music Moves Europe Awards
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Rutger Smit
Production
Artist Handling ESNS
Ruud Berends
Ruud Berends
Programme commission
Head of Conference
Bas Schultz
Bas Schultz
Production
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Benjamin van Vugt
Production
Artist Handling ESNS
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Laetitia Abbenes
Marketing
Conference Marketing
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Willem van Zeeland
Supervisory board
Maarten Cosijn
Maarten Cosijn
Production
Production Artist Village
Lisa Sportel
Lisa Sportel
Marketing
Graphic Design
Marlene Boere
Marlene Boere
Managing board
Head of Production
Jaap van Eggelen
Jaap van Eggelen
Business & development
Digital systems & Data
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Sasha Vorm
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
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Max van den Bergh
Advisors and Ambassadors
Ambassador
Nienke de Vries
Production
Production assistent Eurosonic
Corne Bos
Corné Bos
Marketing
NL media liaison
Portret Bianca_BKB
Bianca Pander
Supervisory board
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Alice Faber
Operations, policy & finance
Confidant
Martin van Engel
Martin van Engel
Operations, policy & finance
Quartermaster diversity & inclusion
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Lars Nijborg
Production
Technical Production Eurosonic
Peter Verheul
Peter Verheul
Business & development
Coördinator Business Partnerships
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Kadigia Farah
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
Elena
Elena van Heeringen
Marketing
Marketing Intern
Patric van Lint
Patrick van Lint
Production
Crew handling
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Sjoerd Vriesema
Programme commission
Programme assistant Hit the North
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Lisa Schoemaker
Programme commission
Conference programming
Menno Hazenoot
Business & development
Customer Relations
Roxy Merrell
Roxy Merrell
Marketing
Copywriter
Peter Sikkema
Peter Sikkema
Managing board
Festival Manager
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Nico Raatgever
Production
Technische productie Eurosonic
Markus Hinger
Markus Hinger
Production
Cashless
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Lotte van den Broek
Advisors and Ambassadors
Diversity & Inclusion advisory board member
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Anne Noordenbos
Operations, policy & finance
Junior Office Manager
Bas Schultz
Bas Schultz
Production
Assistant technical production
Eveline van der Sijde
Production
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Margreet Kievit
Marketing
Graphic Design
Jort Bollen(1)
Jort Bollen
Production
Permits & safety
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Martijn de Jong
Production
Production Media Compound & Talkshow
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Eva Vos
Production
Production H2 Programme Grote Markt
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Tybert Jan Maters
Production
Design and technical production MME Awards
Luuk Stelder
Luuk Stelder
Production
Production Eurosonic