Meet the Team

Originally from Harrogate (UK), Alasdair is responsible for the B2B sales activities for Aexus partners in diverse areas of distribution for the DACH region. Beside being passionate about football, Alasdair is also fond of travelling. He loves going on city trips and travelling the world to discover new cultures. Based out of the old but vibrant city of Cologne and when not busy gaining market share for our different partners, Alasdair also enjoys running, cycling and spending time with friends, or more simply but no less importantly, relaxing with good reads, music and movies.

Alena is the Corporate Recruiter at Aexus. She grew up in the northern part of Germany but quickly fell in love with the beauty of The Netherlands and ended up living in Arnhem. Alena is a true world traveler and loves to connect with people. This makes her passionate about the position of recruiting new colleagues for the Aexus team in Europe and the US.

Whilst Alexander was born in the Netherlands, he did spend most of his life in Israel. At the age of 19, he decided to come back alone to pursue a Bachelor`s in International Business in the Netherlands.
During his studies, Alexander lived in Bangkok, Berlin, Tel Aviv and finally went back to his home town of Groningen. He developed a passion for travelling, new cultures, and hiking. In his spare time, a quick get away is his most favorite thing to do!

Alexandra was born in Romania, but ethnically Russian. She has a background in Language studies and Translations. The utmost importance for Alexandra are: strong family values, genuine friendships and real connections.
Alexandra moved to the Netherlands 6 years ago for her study, but she enjoyed Dutch lifestyle and culture so much that she has decided to stay. Cooking, reading fiction, and watching true crime documentaries is what Alexandra likes to do. She is an ‘extrovert’ that loves making people feel comfortable around her. Alexandra loves working as a recruiter because she gets to talk with people of different backgrounds which enriches her view of the world, and placing them in the position they desire. It offers her a great deal of professional satisfaction.

Amrita was born and raised in the Netherlands. She did part of her study there and part of her study in Valencia, Spain. Amrita liked Spain so much -especially the culture- that she moved to Spain and continued her studies there. Another thing she likes and she certainly takes advantage of is that Spain is really diverse, with big cities, mountains and beaches. Amrita likes visiting those places and taking road trips.

Andy is Director SDR as a Service for the DACH region. Since his girlfriend is from Stuttgart, he is trying to learn the local Swabian dialect. In addition, he falls in love with every dog that crosses his path. Since his youth, Andy has been an avid supporter and fan of Borussia Dortmund and he has more than 30 BVB jerseys at home. Last but not least, Andy loves travelling and aims to travel to every country in the world once in his life.

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Angelina is 27 years old and she’s from Germany. She finished her masters in Cologne this year in Market Oriented Corporate Management. Angelina loves to travel and she is currently working from Portugal. Meeting new people and cultures is her favourite thing to do. She is communicative, open minded, and super excited for her start at Aexus.

Anna is Sales Development Representative at Aexus, after she studied Psychology. She is based in Cologne, Germany and loves to go out, try new restaurants or bars in the city. After work she loves to do sports, from crossfit to outdoor activities like skiing. She also travels quite often to nearby countries and if the time allows more far. New Zealand as destination is still on her bucketlist.

Anna is Business Development Manager at Aexus. She is originally from Stockholm, but lives close to Eindhoven now, together with her Dutch partner and their two young kids. She is a passionate horseback rider and spends her days off with her family and friends, reading books. Anna enjoys cooking and does her best to get in some regular sessions at the gym.

Bart is a Dutch guy but he’s currently living and working remote in between the mountains of Norway. Bart is a social guy, he loves (solo) traveling and activities that gets his adrenaline going, for example; playing American football, bungee jumping and more crazy stuff like that!

Bas is 28 years old and born and raised in the Netherlands. His background is in Business Administration and supply chain management. He has been living in Madrid, Spain, for the last 4 years. Bas’ professional background is divided over strategy consulting and sales and last year he did an MBA-program to empower both skills and knowledge. He’s very excited to work in this multi-functional and fast-moving environment as well as to meet his new colleagues.

Behzad is part of the Sales Development Representatives-team and he lives in Arnhem.

Birgit is Business Development Manager at Aexus. She is from the South of Germany and moved to Berlin after traveling one time around the world. She’s always open for a good mental challenge, loves Crossfit, yoga, Wellness hotels, great architecture, and inspiring conversations. You can always get her attention when you share a fascinating insight with her.

Brendan is a creative copywriter who has played his trade around the world but is now settled in Amsterdam. When he’s not writing or staring into the middle distance wondering what to write, he can be found watching football or playing with his kids.

Brett is originally from Oklahoma City, OK and is a Business Development Representative for the US Region. He is based in Colorado. When he is not planning a global trek, you can find him snowboarding, hiking or fishing in one of the many lakes in the central and mountain US.

Carl-Fredrik is a very social and open person who loves meeting new people. This is something that has led him to be very passionate about food, as it connects people all over the world with its many different flavours. With a traveler’s heart, he’s always looking for that new adventure where he hasen’t been before, which also helps him understand and learn much about everything from culture and traditions to new ways and perspectives to living life. Some of Carl-Fredrik’s hobbies are sailing, swimming, paddle, cooking, movies and meeting friends and new people.

Carolin loves doing sports, especially yoga and cycling. Furthermore, she loves to travel and that led to her having lived in five different countries so far. Carolin is hoping there are still many more to come. She grew up in the countryside and, therefore, nature is always her happy place. Even though, for her everyday life she prefers to live in cities.

Chris is the founder of Aexus. He likes football, running and plays a mean guitar in several rock bands.

Corald manages high level accounts within the team, using his 20 years of experience and IT business network. Besides, he enjoys his music & movies, and can occasionally be found on the rugby pitch (preferably as flanker).

Danny is a Sales Representative, originally from Eindhoven in the south of The Netherlands. His ambition is to travel the world while building his career, especially to countries where Spanish is a native language. Besides work, he loves to play guitar, is passionate about fitness and always seeks new adventures)

David McMillian is Manager of the US Sales team. Originally from Houston, Texas, David likes to travel, watch his sports teams: Astros, Texans, & Rockets! He also enjoys cooking & playing golf. Additionally, David is passionate about coaching and helping other colleagues in the business world.

Dries is a Business Development Manager at Aexus. He just moved back to The Netherlands after living in China for 15 years. He loves to work in a fast changing international environment with colleagues and partners from all parts of the world. Before starting at Aexus he has helped several blockchain scale-ups grow their business in Asia. He is keen on exploring new technologies and when he is not working he loves to keep himself busy with hifi gadgets to listen to his favourite music. Sport cars, going to the cinema and Asian culture also make his heart skip a beat.

Raised in Italy and based in Berlin, Elisa is a qualified communications professional with industry experience in the frameworks of international business development, customer advisory, public relations, and (digital) marketing. Mastering four languages and previously working for clients across the globe from the following fields: Tourism, Diplomacy, Government, Lifestyle, Industrial, and Digital. Post- Master’s Graduated with 110/110L from the University of Turin (Italy) in Marketing, Sales & Digital Communication with two Erasmus for Study at WWU (University of Muenster) and LMU (University of Munich). In her free time she enjoys running a lot and also ran two marathons. Elisa varies with her trainings adding yoga and HIIT workouts sessions. Sport is a wonderful way to free your mind, stay healthy, and always highly-motivated!

Eric is Managing Director at Aexus. Besides his dedication to his work, he enjoys playing racket sports like badminton and tennis.

Felix is the business development manager for the DACH region. He is born and raised in Frankfurt am Main in Germany and he relocated to sunny Fuengirola (Málaga – Spain) 2 years ago. This is also where his passion for IT sales started. In his spare time, Felix loves cooking and doing sports. Especially pádel is close his heart at the moment. Felix is dreaming about discovering a new home from the Costa del Sol and is can’t to start traveling after the pandemic.

Floris is Sales Executive at Aexus. He has lived in Asia for an extensive period of time and is therefore keen to discover trends in this area. Besides travelling, he also enjoys sports and personal development.

Frank lives together with his wife, two kids and their dog in Bunnik, near Utrecht. Besides his work he loves trail running, cycling, playing the cello and guitar, fine dining and a good glass of wine!

Frederik likes to hike and run in the beautiful area of Nijmegen. He finished the International Four Day Marches of Nijmegen six times. In his spare time he enjoys reading as well.

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Heidi is a Swedish speaking Finn living in Helsinki. She has a background in tech-event & training, FMCG and PR industry. In her free time she loves to dance, go to the gym and watch Netflix. Furthermore she likes to learn more about human behavior and emotional intelligence.

Hessan brings with him over a decade of experience in selling complex technology solutions into the DACH market. His particular sweet spot is helping innovative vendors grow, having successfully scaled a number of them across the German-speaking region and beyond. When he is not busy closing deals, Hessan likes to spend quality time with his wife and his baby-daughter who keeps him up most nights!

Originally from the Finnish coastal city of Vaasa, Hugo is living in Helsinki these days. Most of my free time, he spends with his two kids and a happy Australian terrier, Regina. Hugo likes to attend the theater, art exhibitions, concerts and sports events. He plays racket sports and follows the European football leagues, Formula 1 and basketball. Fun fact: Hugo used to be an actor, before jumping into International Business after his studies.

Inge is Business Development Manager at Aexus. She lives in Nijmegen, loves to travel, watch series or hangout with her friends. Inge completed the International Four Day Marches of Nijmegen four times.

Javier was born and raised in San Antonio, TX and is a Strategic Account Executive with our US Sales team. He’s a father to two amazing kids who he loves spending time with. When he’s not beating on his drums, playing along with his son on the guitar, he enjoys biking, hiking and most outdoor activities.

Jeroen is 26 years old. Born and raised in Duiven which is a small city near Arnhem. Furthermore, he has lived in Groningen, Nijmegen, Adelaide, and London. Last summer Jeroen completed the Bachelor International Business and Foreign Languages which allowed him to study in Australia and to do an internship in the United Kingdom. Jeroen loves to work with different (business) cultures and the use of various languages. Therefore, he does consider to move to Spain and work remotely from there in order to improve his Spanish and to enjoy the lovely culture. 

From his childhood on, Jeroen had a passion to travel and to explore new cultures. So far, he has seen beautiful places in the world and he is keen to see more! Some memorable places were Australia, Fiji Islands, Surinam, South Korea, and Myanmar. Other hobbies of Jeroen include skiing, scuba diving, hiking, photography, football and a good old read.

Jeroen Schreuders was born and raised in Arnhem. In his free time, he loves to watch soccer. Especially the club from his hometown: Vitesse. Besides that, he loves to follow competitions: sometimes, he watches 5 or 6 matches on one day. Furthermore, he likes to spend time with his friends, go to festivals, and of course he enjoys spending time with his girlfriend.

Jochem is a Sales Developement Representative at Aexus based in Arnhem. After graduating his commercial study he found out he had passion for high-tech and software solutions. During the weekends Jochem loves to play soccer and spent time with his family and friends. Furthermore Jochem likes to learn more about different cultures and see different places in the world.

Joel is a Sales Representative at Aexus and he is located in our Arnhem office. Joel grew up in the Arnhem area but he has lived in the States, UK and Germany in the last five years. He has a master’s degree in International Business and has been passionate about sales since a young age when he started selling on the Dutch online marketplace Marktplaats. In his free time, Joel enjoys being active and he can be found in the gym, pool, outside running/hiking, or on his mountain bike. However, he is always game to grab a drink, go to the cinema or cook/bake with his friends.

Johan is Business Development Manager Nordics. Relocated to Marbella, Spain 2019, were he lives with his family. As a person Johan is open-minded and always looking for new opportunities. At his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing a round of golf or BBQ.

John is an Account Executive at Aexus looking forward to expanding European innovation and technology to the United States. He lives in the Greater Houston Area and has lived in every major city in the state of Texas. He has a passion for creative innovation, and likes to watch sports. When he is not working, he enjoys water sports, camping, fishing, reading, and helping his dog live his best life.

Jos is co-owner of Aexus. He is the proud father of two daughters and enjoys playing volleyball.

Originally from France and since 2006 in Germany, Julien is a multi-faceted consultant with a large multi-sector network. His interest in innovation allows him to see multiple technologies, as well as dynamic ecosystems. In his role as a Business Development Manager, he likes supporting companies find the right partners/ customers. Julien loves to connect with people and will most always find a new advice for their actual need.

Kevin is a Business Development Manager at Aexus’ Eindhoven office. He is living in Tilburg. In his spare time he likes to play football and to go mountain biking through the forests. He also likes hanging out with friends, snowboarding and going on holidays.

Kevin is Business Development Manager at Aexus. He is originally from Belgium, and lives in Valencia now. He was always passionate about sales. Started with a side job as door-to-door sales and worked up to international sales in various areas. He is always eager to learn and discover new things. In his free time he likes to go on a hike in the Spanish mountains.

Originally a Syrian American who lived in the Czech Republic for the last 5 years and now living in Dallas, TX. At the beginning of his career, Khaled realized he has sales in his DNA, and he grew to love it with all that comes along with it from personal growth, meeting new people, competition, and energy. Khaled loves traveling, the outdoors, and extreme sports but he doesn’t get the chance to do much of that anymore as he has two little boys at home keeping him occupied. He is very excited to join Aexus and be part of the growth in its forecast.

Kristen is originally from The Netherlands and has a very diverse commercial background. She has been living abroad for the past few years, for her work and studies, in different countries such as Spain and Italy. In her free time she is very sportive and almost always ends her day with an active activity. She loves to bring her analog camera to capture the beautiful sides of the south of Spain, where she is currently based.

Lachlan is a member of our sales and business development team. He has a wide range of sales experience including helping exciting start-ups grow and expand into new markets. Born and raised in Scotland, he now enjoys sunnier climates having moved to Spain 6 years ago, firstly to Barcelona and now living in Valencia. In his free time he enjoys watching & playing sports, hiking, cooking and walking his dog, as well as spending time with friends and family.

Leoni has a background in sales. She loves to work with people, help companies to introduce their new technology and connect interesting and innovative companies with each other.

Leopold was always passionate about other cultures and languages. He speaks four languages fluently and so he decided to study international business. During his studies he had the chance to live in different countries so it made sense to start his working life abroad. Leopold decided on Valencia in Spain and has been living and working as an expat there for four years now. In his free time Leopold enjoys sports of all kinds. He just ran the 10km race in Valencia in under 50 minutes. He also enjoys travelling, may it be to close by villages in the region or to exotic locations on the other side of the globe, he never stops exploring.

Maaike is Managing Director at Aexus. Besides her work, Maaike enjoys cooking, movies and is the proud mother of a daughter and two sons.

Maikel is based in Spain and lives there togheter with his girlfriend and big amigo Bruno (dog). In the past Maikel worked for diffent companies where he built new business. In his spare time he likes to cook, enjoy with family and friends, play padel and following football.

Maria is a Sales Development Representative at Aexus, born and raised in Austria and now living in the beautiful city of A Coruña in the north of Spain. She likes spending her free time outdoors, on the beach or on hiking trails. Maria is passionate about travelling and learning new languages.

Marieke is responsible for HR/ Office. She likes visiting concerts and catching up with friends over dinner.

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Markus is from Germany’s exciting capital. He has more than 5 years of sales and business development experience in the eCommerce industry. Markus is a tech-enthusiast and obsessed with automation and IT workflows. In his spare time, Markus likes doing mixed martial arts and tries himself as chef – his Thai curry is notorious.

Born and raised in Rotterdam and after a quick tour around the world landed in Arnhem. Can you tell you everything about Irish Pubs and Brazilian Barbecues.

Maurits is Director SDR as a Service and is responsible for managing the SDR label. Maurits is a very proud father of his newborn son and loves to BBQ all year round with friends and family.

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Max is a Dutch-American Sales Development Representative with an international background and is always on the move. He just finished his bachelor’s in international business and is now ready to start his sales career at Aexus. During his pastime, Max likes to workout, listen to podcasts, and occasionally ride horseback.

Michael is a business development manager at Aexus. Michael lives in Cologne with his wife and two children.
In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball and watching NBA as well as meeting friends and watching good movies from any genre.

Miika is originally from a small village in Finland. He is interested in martial arts, poker and the great outdoors. Miika has over 6 years of sales experience and he is passionate about International Business and helping his clients/ partners.

Nathalie is originally from the Netherlands but lived and worked more than half of her life abroad. She has a background in language studies, hospitality and tourism. She started her career in the airline industry in the Netherlands and then Ireland, followed by more than a decade in hospitality and tourism in both Spain and Brazil. For the last five years she worked in e-commerce both on site in the Dutch Caribbean or from her home office in Spain.

Her passion is travelling and she has a love for languages. She is fascinated by different cultures and is fluent in 6 languages.

She likes spending her spare time outdoors, either in the water or in the mountains.

Nick is a valued member of our sales team. In his free time he enjoys watching all sports, from rugby to ice skating – and everything in between. Nick likes to spend his spare time on running, going to the gym and mountain biking. When he isn’t busy with sports, he loves spending time with friends and family.

Nicole is our onboarding coach. In her spare time she loves spending time with her family, going on adventures with friends and going to the beach.

Niels is the Business Development Manager at Aexus. Living near the sea he loves to surf whenever there are waves and wind. Niels enjoys spending time with his family, he likes to go camping, and prepare a good steak on his kamado. With experience in succesfull generating new business within various companies, he feels very at home at Aexus!

Ogan has a quite multicultural background and identifies as a world citizen. Being originally from Turkey and having lived in Turkey, Jordan, Germany, Netherlands and currently in Spain, he speaks Turkish, English, German and Arabic fluently. Ogan is an architect and graduated from German-Jordanian University. During the course of his studies, he got the opportunity to finish an exchange semester and an internship year in Germany where he was able to master his German language. Ogan has always been passionate about languages, he identifies with sales as he loves using his languages on a daily basis to communicate with customers from the DACH territory. Over the past 2 years in Costa Del Sol, Southern Spain, he got experience working in IT sales both as a salesperson and a sales manager.

Ogan is also passionate about music: during his free time, he plays guitar and writes songs.

Peerke is a Sales Executive who lives in Nijmegen together with his girlfriend Maike. After completing his master’s degree in London, he decided he wants to work for a company with an international mindset. His passion is travelling around the world and explore new cultures. Besides exploring the world and playing a wide variation of sports, his absolute passion is music. Playing the drums, being a DJ and recently also producing his own music (everything in between house and techno) is what he likes to do the most.

Rein is 44 years old and lives in Eindhoven with his wife and their 6 year old son. Rein has been entrepreneur for almost 10 years and the last 4 years he was Marketing & Sales Manager at an international orientated learning agency. He is an experienced new business developer in the Benelux region in various markets. In his free time Rein has a passion for the BBQ life and he loves to seek for new recipes and meals.

Roel is Sales Director at Aexus. He is the proud father of 3 sons and has a passion for football. Roel loves to travel the world off the beaten track to meet new people and explore new cultures.

Roona is Aexus’ HR/ Office employee. As Roona has a background in tourism it is not surprising that she loves to travel. Her favourite destination is the USA, especially Miami with its beautiful beaches and great weather. In her free time Roona loves to go to the gym for a class of bodypump or yoga. She lives near Arnhem with her partner and two daughters.

Rutger is a valued member of our sales team, stationed at our Arnhem office. He is also regularly traveling throughout Germany, where he has lived for almost 4 years.  In his free time, he is crazy about football, likes to go boxing, to play tennis or to go running: sports are a big part of his life. He likes to go on at least one backpack trip through a country on another continent per year. You can find Rutger often with friends and family, hanging around Nijmegen & Wijchen.

Samir is a tech and travel enthousiast. Adopting and in some cases building his own tools. Finding out the endless possibilities of Raspberry Pi (a 30 Euro computer). Furthermore, I ignited a spark for hiking after having lived in Switzerland and Ireland. Huge fan of mountains, cliffs and rough weather.

Shawn has a multicultural background: his father is French, his mother is German, but Shawn is the only American in his family. He grew up partly in the US, France, Spain and Germany, and has also lived in London. As a result, he has a passion for languages, speaking German, French, English and Spanish fluently. Shawn loves travelling to distant destinations and discovering other cultures. He is a big fan of Thai and Mexican street food. His other hobbies are playing the guitar, watching movies, reading sci-fi books, playing tennis and poker with friends.

Suayb lives in Apeldoorn with his wife. He has always had a passion for sales. When he is not working, going fishing, reading books, drinking coffee and playing the saz, an eastern snare instrument, are some of the activities that make him happy.

Talin is a Business Development Manager at Aexus. In her spare time, Talin likes to go to the movies and watch exciting series. Singing and dancing is also a big passion of hers. Together with her loved ones she likes to travel the world and explore new cultures and backgrounds.

Teemu is a Finnish Business Development Manager living and working in sunny Spain. When he is not finding new business opportunities across Europe for our partners, he is following the financial world, playing sports such as padel, or is just taking it easy with the family in the garden (preferably while the grill is heating up.)

Tom is a curious sales professional focused on driving innovation with technological solutions, especially if those are good for people and planet. In his spare time, Tom loves adventures, sports, health, self development and most important: spending time with his girlfriend, family, friends and other inspiring people.

Ton travelled quite a bit over the years, and lived and worked in the Middle East for some time. He is young at heart and loves the outdoors. He adores a healthy lifestyle and is a big fan of concerts and theatre. Ton enjoys spending time with his family. Sports like fitness, swimming and cycling keep him fit. From day one, he felt truly at home within the Aexus family!

Tyco is a Sales Development Representative at Aexus based in Arnhem. After graduating from his study Music and Technology and trying to build his own events company, he found out he has an underlying passion for innovation and connecting people. During the weekends Tyco enjoys cooking for his family and friends, especially with his signature homemade pizza dish. He also likes to attend parties once in a while or organise them himself. Furthermore Tyco wants to see more of different cultures and would love to travel more.

Udo sees it as a sport to read the market. Gaining insight into customer behaviour: why do people do the things they do? What exactly are their motivations? And how can this be fed or managed? What move can you make and does your tactic work? He sees business development as high-level chess. A fantastically intriguing game that challenges you to reach the goal again and again. While the route itself is also a goal: to ensure that the customer is happy in the most economical way possible. Udo’s strength is that he organizes, steers and creates an overview strategically, but he also likes to keep his feet in the clay. Shaping the message in such a way that you reach the right people. And then connect through personal relationships. “Because business is always something you have to be granted.”

Vit is in charge of business development for Aexus in Central Europe. He likes independent traveling and relaxes with good reads and music. He enjoys skiing down the slopes and snowboarding in powder snow.

Originally from the city that declares itself to be home to the best marzipan in the world, Lübeck in the north of Germany, Yvonne is responsible for the B2B sales activities for Aexus partners in diverse areas of distribution for the DACH region.

Apart from being passionate about photography & film, Yvonne is also fond of social & cultural anthropology, as well as philosophy. She loves going on long trips to remote countries and traveling the world in general, taking photographs of landscapes especially. She has lived in Andalucia for many years, as well as New Orleans and New York. Based out of the start-up hub of Berlin, Yvonne also enjoys exploring the city, as well as all sorts of sports, cooking, and spending time with friends. Most importantly, relaxing with good podcasts, music and Mediterranean food.