Jaap Zandbergen

Jaap is an International Managing Director in Textiles and Fashion with over 30 years of experience, focus on creatively building lasting relationships. Commercially driven focused on accelerating time2market. Experienced in sustainability, marketing, innovation & product development, lean & change management and sales in B2B & B2C markets (including DIY, fashion, recycling & upcycling of textiles and packaging plastics, interiors and smart technical textiles). He has broad practical experience in general management, coaching teams, monitoring budgets and aligning strategies and objectives. New Business Development by realising unexpected collaborations between potential competitors, suppliers and consumers to cooperate successfully in new business ventures. He is also a supervisor of start-ups and scale-ups at HighTechXL and Horizon Europe (EASME&RVO).