Jacobine de Zwaan

Manager Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance at The Hague University of Applied Sciences

Netherlands

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Experience

  • Manager Centre of Expertise Digital Operations and Finance at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Seven research groups are part of Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance: Change Management, Data Driven Marketing, Fotonica, New Finance, Platform Economy, Smart Sensor Systems & Smart Sustainable Manufacturing.

  • Netherlands Enterprise Agency (The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands · On-site)
    • Team Manager HR (a.i)
      May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos

      The team of dedicated HR professionals advises RVO's line management. Advisors also tackle HR-wide themes such as employee wellbeing, sustainable employability, strategic personnel planning and AI.

    • Team Manager Governance (a.i)
      Jul 2024 - Apr 2025 · 10 mos

      This team is responsible for supporting the Director General (DG) and the Board of Directors of RVO. The team ensures careful decision-making and provides strategic advice from an organization-wide perspective.

  • Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Full-time · 6 yrs 4 mos)
    • Team Manager Policy Finance (a.i.)
      Oct 2023 - May 2024 · 8 mos

      As part of an internal management development trajectory, I led a finance team responsible for arranging, managing, paying and claiming national and European program funds. Annually, this amounts is approximately EUR 10 billion EUR.

    • Senior Advisor Climate Neutral and Smart Cities
      Mar 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Program management of the assignment ‘Climate-neutral and smart cities’. Main responsibilities: • Coordinator for the establishment of a government-wide and intergovernmental cooperation structure for the roll-out of the Horizon Europe mission ‘100 Climate Neutral and Smart Cities in Europe by 2030’. • Coordinator of a multilevel working group (Trade & Innovate NL) that is committed to connecting circular propositions with climate impact to public and private investors.

    • Advisor Smart Cities
      Feb 2018 - Feb 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Project management of the assignment ‘Smart Cities’. The goal of the assignment is to connect innovative Smart City technologies to international sustainability issues in cities. Main responsibilities: • Strategy, coordination and organization of international innovation missions in Barcelona, ​New York and South Korea. Themes included mobility, circular economy (circular construction) and climate adaptation and the energy transition • Facilitation of (online) co-creation sessions for incoming and outgoing international and multilateral delegations such as the World Bank.

  • Developing and writing 'Children's books and travel guides in one' about Paris and Amsterdam at Travel Adventure Books
    May 2014 - Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Writer of: - Snowy Snow Leopard's Paris Adventure Book (English, January 2016) - Op Reis in Parijs met Saar Sneeuwpanter (Dutch, November 2015) - Une Panthère à Paris (French, December 2015)) - Sophie Stork's Amsterdam Adventure Book (English, May 2016) - Amsterdamse Avonturen met Otje Ooievaar (Dutch, May 2016) - Aventures à Amsterdam de Coco la Cigogne (French, My 2016) More information can be found at www.traveladventurebooks.com

  • Community Manager & Associate at Favela Fabric Services BV
    Feb 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Favela Fabric helps companies unleash the collective intelligence of their audiences. How? We design and activate large-scale communities and social networks for dialogue and co-creation. Main responsibilities: - Developing social business scans; - Implementing social business strategies; - Project management on areas such as social collaboration; - Providing training on the mobilization and activation of online communities.