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Marjon Wind was born in Soest, in the Netherlands and was awarded an MBA in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Maastricht<\/span>. Her career began in the banking sector with Rabobank International, where she held executive positions for thirteen years in Utrecht, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London. A position with Credit Suisse (London) followed. Her extensive leadership experience was subsequently applied to various consultancy roles with Glowinkowski International (London), Synechron (Amsterdam), and Business Models Inc. (Brisbane).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI am honoured to be appointed Honorary Consul. This role provides me with an amazing opportunity to build bridges between my two favourite countries. I\u2019m looking forward to deepening cross-cultural collaborations across a wide range of common interests and, in particular within the field of circular economy, where the Netherlands has built up exceptional expertise,\u201d said Ms. Wind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMs. Wind moved to Australia in 2017 with her Australian husband and daughter. In 2018, she joined Coreo, a specialised circular economy consultancy, where she supports organisations in their transition from a linear to a circular business model to create economic, social and environmental benefits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u2018\u2019Queensland is a beautiful and incredibly diverse state where I feel very at home as my husband\u2019s family is from here. Brisbane, especially, has gone through tremendous change since my first visit to Australia in 1999 and it is exciting to witness its growing international influence.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nA public ceremonial hand over from Dr. Karel de Laat to Ms. Marjon Wind in the presence of Ambassador Derckx and Consul General van Beuningen will take place in Brisbane later in 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMs. Marjon Wind is a circular economy specialist and mentor across Europe, Asia and Australia with over 25 years\u2019 leadership experience in corporate banking and international business.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\nMs Wind was born in Soest in the Netherlands. She holds an MBA in Economics and Business Administration (University of Maastricht, Netherlands), and a Diploma of Company Direction with Distinction (Institute of Directors, UK).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFollowing her studies, Ms Wind joined Rabobank International in 1996. During her thirteen-year appointment, Ms Wind held executive roles in Utrecht, Hong Kong, Shanghai and London, where she was responsible for business operations in core and emerging products, markets, and geographical locales. A position with Credit Suisse (London) followed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSubsequent to her corporate banking career, Ms Wind pivoted her expertise to strategic consultancy roles with Glowinski International (London) and Synechron (Amsterdam), focussing on leadership coaching and change management, assisting organisations bridge gaps between strategic plans and effective implementation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn 2014, Ms Wind returned to the Netherlands for three and half years where she deepened her expertise and knowledge of circular economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nShe moved to Australia in 2017, with her husband and daughter and took an appointment with Coreo, a specialised circular economy consultancy. In this role, Ms. Wind played an influential role as a change agent transforming organisations in their evolutions from linear to circular business models, to increase economic, social and environmental benefits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn circular economy, Ms Wind\u2019s focus on action-oriented projects, demonstrates the value of applying circular economy principles to business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMs Wind is a dedicated coach and mentor with a specific focus on supporting women in their careers, negotiating challenges across diversity, and creating a healthy life-work balance. In 2021, she joined the Global Mentoring Network for Aspiring Leaders where she mentors female leaders in education. Ms Wind is also an activator for SheEO Australia, a redesigned ecosystem that supports, finances, and celebrates female innovators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nJune 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0THE AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS ANNOUNCES MS. MARJON WIND as\u00a0 HONORARY CONSUL OF QUEENSLAND\u00a0On behalf of King Willem-Alexander, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Australia,\u00a0H.E. Mrs. Marion Derckx announces Ms. Marjon Wind as the new Honorary Consul of Queensland.\u00a0 Ms. Wind succeeds Dr. Frans Karel de Laat as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/nederlands.consulate.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions\/2426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchclubbrisbanenaq.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}