Our people

Tswi Rodrigues Pereira

Tswi Rodrigues Pereira (1963) has been first partner of Pereira since 2002. He was a tax inspector for two years after studying tax law in Leiden. In 1988, he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers, becoming a partner in 1993, specialising in tax planning, mergers, buy-outs, acquisitions, due diligence reviews and family businesses.

His best quality is putting things into perspective. Tswi’s sense of humour and associative strengths are very closely linked with these qualities.

In his free time Tswi studies philosophy.

Frans Stam

Motto: ‘Do what you do well’

Frans (1969) studied tax at Erasmus University Rotterdam (1995). From 1995 he worked as a tax advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has been a partner at Pereira since 1 January 2002.

Frans mainly advises medium-sized and large businesses on making their tax operations as efficient as possible, nationally as well as internationally. The client, of course defines what the most optimal form of efficiency is. He also has affinity with the tax aspects related to investing and trading property.

Frans’ hobbies are his family, scuba-diving and his Ducati.

Roy Moonen

Motto: ‘Don’t worry about things you can’t control.’

Roy (1972) studied Tax and Dutch Law at the University of Maastricht (1990-1994). From 1994, he worked as a tax advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Bergen op Zoom/Eindhoven/Maastricht. He also worked for a short time at Deloitte. In 2002 he joined Pereira as a partner.

Roy mainly advises medium-sized and large family businesses, concentrating on what is important for the client. A solution that is always recognisable for the client. And the solution does not always have to be a tax-based one.

In his free time, Roy enjoys football and holidaying with his family. Once a year Roy celebrates carnival for three days – like a real Limburger. He is a little more difficult to reach then.

Robert Hoppenreijs

Motto: ‘Live life with passion and pleasure’

Robert Hoppenreijs (1973) studied tax at Tilburg University. From 1995 to 2001 he worked as a tax advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was also a member of the editorial team of Vakstudie Nieuws, a weekly commentary on recent tax case law and legislation, and remained affiliated with Tilburg University as a tax lecturer. He specialised in company successions and estate planning, especially international asset structures.

He joined Pereira as a partner and relationships manager when it was founded in 2002. He contributes to tax and estate planning journals and is often invited to teach or be a guest speaker. He lives in Breda with Manon and their two children, Marnix and Elsa.

Robert enjoys finding innovative ideas and solutions with the team and clients. He likes the challenge of a complex issue. He enjoys learning from clients who offer feedback on the services of Pereira.

For Robert, a special feature of company transfers and estate planning projects is that they are not just fiscal and legal challenges. Emotion has a much greater role in these projects and so he feels happier as an adviser who can weigh up and analyse the different interests. His great quality is offering guidance, which he achieves by gaining trust and presenting sound arguments. Robert also adds value by daring to keep questioning. If he is sure that there is something else to discover, he has the courage to raise the matter with the client; because he can only give the best tax advice if he starts with the right information.

Robert likes tennis and skiing. He enjoys life: a good meal and the occasional glass of good wine.

The best book that Robert has read is Covey’s “The Speed of Trust”. It taught him a completely different way of thinking. Be confident, and everything else will look after itself!

Ronald Pfeiffer

Ronald Pfeiffer (1945) is a notary and lawyer.

He joined Pereira in February 2009. Before that he was a notary and partner at Loyens & Loeff in Rotterdam and Luxembourg.

From 1970 to 1999, Ronald was associated with Nauta Dutilh; for this firm, he was detached in Singapore and Jakarta for six years.

Ronald specialises in (international) enterprise law. Besides his work for Pereira Ronald carries out a number of social functions.

Foske Wessels

Foske Wessels (1975) studied tax law at the University of Groningen. During her student days, she did work placement at PricewaterhouseCoopers The Hague and Deloitte & Touche Groningen. The work placement at PricewaterhouseCoopers The Hague went so well that she moved from Groningen and started in The Hague on 1 September 1998.

Foske has worked at Pereira since 1 March 2002 and is a member of the team of corporate advisors. She advises national and multinational businesses on Dutch corporate income tax, capital duty, dividend tax and transfer tax. She works on reorganisations, company succession, mergers and acquisitions.

Rob Metselaars

Rob Metselaars (1952) is a people person. To Rob, the relationship is central. After commercial training, he now has 30 years experience in financial services.

With responsibility for relationship management, Rob always puts the client to the fore. Starting point is: the wishes of our client. Rob is only happy when our advice is in line with the client’s pattern of wishes and when the client has got what he or she is looking for.

Rob’s character helps him doing his work well: entrepreneurialism, client-focus, listening, finding new ground and integrity. As a professional, he tackles new challenges in a flexible and creative way. Clients can rely on his maximum effort.

Rob values an independent, autonomous, compact business where colleagues communicate with each other well and aim at joint objectives. He has been able to find that at Pereira, where he has the freedom to do his work guided by his experience.

Peter Hofman

Peter Hofman (1977) has worked as a tax advisor at Pereira since 2002. The part of the work he enjoys most is the combination of supporting taxpayers in the jungle of tax legislation and searching for and finding tax-efficient ideas for and with the taxpayer.

Peter has particular experience in the tax structures of property sales and buys, tax reorganisations of businesses, transfers of family companies, tax efficiency in the income tax positions of owner shareholders and the corporate income tax position of their companies, and advising clients in audits by the tax authorities.

Peter studied tax law at the University of Groningen from 1996 to 2000. Besides his studies, he followed a two-year MOB management course. During his studies, Peter did work placement at tax lawyers Caplin & Drysdale in Washington, DC. After his studies, Peter worked as a tax advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in The Hague from 2000 until 2002, when he moved to Pereira.

Ineke van de Logt

Ineke van de Logt (1974) graduated from Brabant University in 2000. From 2000 to 2004, she worked at Loyens & Loeff. She has been a tax advisor at Pereira since February 2005. She advises national and multinational businesses in Dutch corporate income tax, income tax, dividend tax, transfer tax and capital duty. Her work is focussed on the fiscal restructuring of companies, succession in large family businesses and optimising the income tax position of owner-directors and the corporate income tax position of their businesses.

Her hobbies are skating, eating out and walking in the mountains.

Illya van Wees

Illya van Wees (1968) studied Tax Law at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. He started his career in 1999 as a tax advisor at Loyens & Loeff. In 2003, Illya joined NautaDutilh. He joined VMW Taxand in September 2008. As of August 2011, Illya joined Pereira in The Hague. Illya specializes in corporate tax compliance, coordination of the annual processing of the tax position of client companies in the annual accounts, managing the tax compliance process, such as filing the annual corporate tax returns for companies and tax provisioning. Illya is also specialized in the tax accounting, tax assurance and the implementation of and compliance with tax control frameworks. Currently, Illya is a head of the tax compliance department for Pereira. 

In his free time, Illya enjoys cyclcing, flied hockey, football, skiing and sports in general. 

Jean Pierre Viergever

Jean Pierre Viergever (1969) studied fiscal law in Leiden. During his studies he did an internship at Loyens & Volkmaars, and the Tax and Customs Administration. After his studies he worked as an international tax consultant for Deloitte in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. At Deloitte, Jean Pierre worked, among others, in mergers & acquisitions, international corporate practice and the financial institutions group. He has worked for Pereira since September 2011.

Based on his experience, Jean Pierre’s work primarily focuses on international organisations. Fiscal themes such as financing, takeovers, sales, reorganisations and mergers are part of his everyday work. On top of that he has expertise in the field of tax structuring of investments.

Jean Pierre is a co-author of the German book “Umwandlungsrecht” which describes Dutch tax laws on mergers and reorganisations. He is also a member of the Netherlands Organisation of Tax Consultants (NOB) and the International Fiscal Association (IFA). In his free time, Jean Pierre enjoys going to the cinema, concerts and the theatre. He is also particularly interested in European history.

E-mail: jeanpierre.viergever@pereiraconsultants.com

Phone: 070 75 70 112

Mark Nieuweboer

Mark Nieuweboer (1967) strongly believes that a tax advisor can only be truly successful if, as well as being expert and creative, he is, above all, capable of really helping his clients make important decisions.

Mark is a corporate tax expert, both as a tax advisor and as a university lecturer. He joined Pereira in October 2009. He started his career in 1993 in the corporate tax group of PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 1998 and 1999, he lived and worked in Paris. Shortly after returning to the Netherlands, he joined Deloitte in Rotterdam. Throughout his career, he has advised multinational companies in a variety of industries. Having worked on many high-profile transactions, he has particular focus on dispute settlement, transactions, mergers and acquisitions (strategic and private-equity) and business recovery.

As well as being a tax advisor, Mark is a lecturer at the Erasmus School of Economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is writing a PhD thesis on anti-abuse principles in international taxation.

Mark is a member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors and the Association of Tax Research.

Mark is married and has three young children.

Fleur Wagemans

Fleur Wagemans (1975) is an estate planner. She studied tax law at the University of Groningen. During her studies she worked for the tax authorities Private Individuals department in Groningen and was a member of the committee of Foundation Belastingwinkel Groningen. She was also an active member of a student society.

After her studies, Fleur moved to Rotterdam where she worked for more than four years as a tax advisor at Ernst & Young. Since 1 May 2005, she has focused entirely on her favourite area as an estate planner at Pereira. In her free time, Fleur likes to play hockey, cook and read.

Solange de Jong

Solange de Jong (1973) studied tax law at the University of Leiden (1998). Until 1 February 2002, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Rotterdam. She has worked as implementation advisor at Pereira since 1 February 2002. As implementation advisor, Solange implements restructuring of family businesses. Solange is also an consultant on trusts and a member of our trusts working group.

Solange’s hobbies are sailing and skiing.

Kirsten Kievit

Starting November 1, 2009, Kirsten Kievit (1969) works as estate planner at Pereira. She began her career in 1991 at PriceWaterhouseCoopers as a tax assistant, then grew via several offices to all-round tax consultant.

Kirsten did not only successfully get her degree in fiscal law. She found a study in notary law essential for her favourite subject: estate planning. She believes the best part of her field is in finding the best combination of legal rules and emotions.

Her spare time, Kirsten spends with her family and friends. And: she loves finding beautiful diving spots in subtropical waters.

Anne-Marie van Beek

Anne-Marie van Beek (1971) works at Pereira as an estate planner since January 1, 2010. Anne-Marie studied notarial law at the University of Utrecht. Upon completion of this study she started working outside the notary - as an estate planner at Mazars in Rotterdam, Estate Planning Department, while at the same time gaining (on a secondment basis) further knowledge gained as candidate notary in family law practice. Since 2006 she has been a candidate notary (family law) and estate planner family at notaries in Wassenaar and Leiden. Anne-Marie is a member of the Society of Estate Planners.

As an estate planner at Pereira Anne-Marie advises, among others, in the field of matrimonial property and capital, gift and inheritance tax and other taxes. The settlement of estates and capital transfers during lifetime are among her tasks. As an estate planner it is important to not only understand civil and tax legislation (both national and international), but you also have to deal with emotions and have to have an empathetic ability. This makes it great fun to be an estate planner!

Patrick Eissens

Patrick Eissens (1982) graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam on 2 March 2007. He concluded his studies with a dissertation on treaty eligibility of companies’ repurchases of their own shares.

While he was studying, Patrick undertook work placement assignments at Ernst & Young, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was able to build up experience in national and international tax practices. Also during his studies, he worked at Foundation Belastingwinkel Rotterdam, a non-profit organisation assisting poorer and disadvantaged sections of the community with tax matters.

Patrick joined Pereira immediately after graduating and undertakes a wide range of tax work. One week he is working an international restructuring, and the next he could be involved with a person’s emigration. Patrick is currently following a six-month course on the tax aspects of pensions.

In his free time, Patrick enjoys riding his Ducati, reading English literature and making music.

Judy Pol

Judy Pol (1984) joined Pereira in July 2009. Judy studied tax law at the University of Utrecht, reading for a Masters in Estate Planning. During this time, she studied for a year in Granada (Spain). On graduation, Judy had the opportunity to work for the tax authorities in Chile for 10 months, in a department dealing with negotiations on international tax treaties. She could not let this unique opportunity pass. It was a very special experience which she often looks back on.

After returning from Chile, Judy started as junior lecturer/researcher in the tax law department of the University of Utrecht, where she taught the core subject of tax law. She was going to do doctoral research but when it was announced six months later that Utrecht would no longer offer tax law, Judy decided that she would like to build up some practical experience, preferably in estate planning.

In her free time, Judy plays much korfball. She also cycles competitively. Judy also enjoys travelling and hopes to see much of the world.

Freek Noordman

Freek Noordman (1983) joined Pereira in November 2008. Freek started studying business management at the University of Groningen and, in addition, in 2004 he followed a foundation course in Law which started his interest in tax matters. He then decided to study tax law full time. While studying, Freek became editor of Forfaitair, a magazine for tax students, and had a one-year student placement with KPMG Meijburg & Co. Freek chose to write his dissertation on the different opportunities for tax-exempt investment institutions (VBI) and fiscal investment institutions (FBI).

In his free time Freek particularly enjoys cycling and good food and in the winter he takes a skiing holiday.

Maurice Bakker

Starting January 2011, Maurice Bakker (1986) works at Pereira as a junior tax consultant. Maurice finished his studies in Fiscal Economics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam early 2011. He wrote his dissertation on the taxation of pensions and annuities across borders.

Besides his work, Maurice is concluding his bachelor Dutch Law. Given this background, he opted to start his career at Pereira with a versatile and broad scope.

During his studies, Maurice has, among others, been active as chairperson of fiscal student corporation RFV Christiaanse-Taxateur in Rotterdam and as a member of the Belastingwinkel Rotterdam Foundation. In that capacity he was given the chance to gain practical experience and learn about the broad aspects of the tax system. While completing his studies, Maurice worked as an intern at the Human Capital practice of Ernst & Young in Rotterdam.

In his spare time, Maurice likes hockey, cycling and music.

Bart Jansen

Bart Jansen (1974) studied Tax Law at the Maastricht University. During his student days, he did work placement at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Eindhoven and immediately after graduating in November 1997 he started his career with that firm. During his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, both in the (international) tax practice and at PwC’s Technical Office, he has become an international tax specialist.

From April 2007 to April 2011, Bart lived and worked in Barcelona, Spain. During these years he was primarily involved in tax structuring of international investments (both inbound and outbound) and intra-group restructurings.

After his return to the Netherlands in spring 2011, Bart joined Pereira in July 2011. His primary focus is on various international tax issues and (re)structuring national and international companies.

In his spare time Bart likes to read Dutch and English literature, to visit concerts and to cook with and for friends. Furthermore, during his Barcelona years, Bart has become a true “culé” and he tries to watch as many games of his favourite team, Barça, as possible.

E-mail:bart.jansen@pereiraconsultants.com

Phone number: +31 70 75 70 128

Caroline Wetemans

Caroline Wetemans studied tax law at the University of Leiden. Since September 2011, she is working at Pereira. Before Pereira, Caroline has worked at the international tax departement of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Loyens & Loeff, both in Amsterdam. 

E-mail: caroline.wetemans@pereiraconsultants.com

Phone: 070 75 70 131

Mignon de Wilde

Mignon de Wilde (1986) is in september 2011 in dienst getreden bij Pereira. Mignon heeft Fiscaal Recht gestudeerd in Utrecht en in Leiden. Tijdens haar studie heeft zij een semester aan de University of Florida gestudeerd in de Verenigde Staten. Dit beviel zo goed, dat zij na afronding van haar studie met een onderzoeksbeurs naar Florida is teruggekeerd. Aan de University of Florida heeft Mignon onderzoek gedaan naar de belasting van trusts en heeft zij een tweede Master behaald.

Inmiddels is Mignon teruggekeerd naar Nederland, waar zij met veel plezier voor Pereira aan de slag is gegaan. Vanwege haar opleiding in zowel het Nederlandse als Amerikaanse en internationale belastingrecht, wil Mignon zich graag breed ontwikkelen en voorziet zij zowel nationale als internationale cliënten van advies.

Op dit moment studeert Mignon voor het bar examen van New York.

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Telefoon: 070 75 70 156

Sandra Singh

Sandra Singh studied at VU University in Amsterdam where she obtained a Master’s degree in fiscal law, corporate law, and international & European law.

As part of her master’s theses, she researched how foreign companies can transfer their official seat to the Netherlands. And as part of her final project for her fiscal studies she analysed to what extent it is possible to extend the limits of the cross-border tax entity. During her studies she worked for various law offices and the judiciary. Sandra works as a tax consultant for Pereira.

In addition to Dutch, Sandra speaks fluent English, Hindi and Urdu.

E-mail:sandra.singh@pereiraconsultants.com

Phone: 070 75 70 132

Floris Lensink

Floris Lensink (1985) studied fiscal economics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. In 2011 he graduated with a thesis on business succession facilities for income tax. Since then, he has worked as a junior tax consultant at Pereira. During his studies Floris also worked at Deloitte, KPMG Meijburg & Co. and BDO. He worked in the consulting practice and the tax compliance department on behalf of both national and international clients. Through this work experience, Floris gained a wide range of knowledge in the field of tax consultancy.

In his free time, Floris loves to play hockey and golf.

E-mail: floris.lensink@pereiraconsultants.com

Phone: 070 75 70 102

María van Reigersberg Versluys

María (1972) graduated at Leiden University: Dutch Law in 1997 and Notary Law in 2005. After several years of having litigated as personal injury lawyer, Maria moved to notary in 2006. At Schaap & Partners, Rotterdam, she assisted medium to large businesses in the Netherlands. Since 2008, she gained international experience at Eversheds Faasen, especially with Spanish speaking countries.

María is working at Pereira since August 1, 2010. She finds it challenging to, together with the tax specialists, find the best tailor made solutions for our clients. She specialises in tax-driven (international) restructuring, mergers and divisions and non-hostile takeovers.

Frank van den Ingh

Frank van den Ingh (1952) is a corporate law advisor for Pereira.

Frank studied in Leiden where he received a degree in Dutch law in 1976, and subsequently completed his notarial law studies in 1978. From 1978 through 1985 he worked in the legal and notarial profession in Rotterdam. Over the next 24 years he was attached to various universities, including Utrecht University and Radboud University.

Frank has also served as an advisor for several large firms. Frank’s doctoral thesis focused on the issue of depositary receipts for shares. He has also authored dozens of publications on corporate law and is the editor /founder of various professional journals.

Karen Haanstra

Karen Haanstra (1974) works at Pereira as a candidate notary since December 2010. Karen has studied Notary Law and Dutch law at the University of Groningen.

Karen is working as a candidate notary since 2000. She specialises in corporate law. Karen has extensive experience, both nationally and internationally, in among others legal mergers and divisions, restructuring, creation of legal personalities and drafting all kinds of agreements, including shareholder agreements. She has in the past also gained experience in family law.

Cisca Verheij

Cisca Verheij (1962) works at Pereira notary as a paralegal since December 2010.

She has been working in notary since June 2001. From 2001 to 2006 Cisca worked as a secretary for various law firms in The Hague, mainly in the field of corporate law.

After gaining the right to act as a notary clerk in 2006, she worked as a notary clerk at Solon Legal & Notary in The Hague. Her work there was mainly focused on the areas of corporate law. Next to that Cisca has much experience in the field of Real Estate and Family Law.

Melanie van Geest

Melanie van Geest (1980) is vanaf februari 2011 werkzaam als secretaresse van Ronald Pfeiffer bij het notariaat van Pereira.

Na het afronden van haar MBO opleiding Marketing & Communicatie wilde zij graag aan het werk om ervaring op te doen en is zij vanuit haar stage direct aan de slag gegaan als afdelingssecretaresse bij een detacheerorganisatie. Een jaar later is zij bij toeval in het notariaat  terecht gekomen en heeft dit vakgebied nooit meer echt los kunnen laten. Na hier en daar wat rond te hebben gekeken bij verschillende bedrijven bleef zij toch altijd terugkomen in het notariaat waar zij de meeste ervaring heeft opgedaan in het ondernemingsrecht.

In haar vrije tijd is zij veel te vinden in de sportschool, in de yogales en op de fiets. Ook is ook hardlopen een van haar hobby’s. Als er naast het sporten dan nog tijd over is duikt zij graag met een spannend boek op de bank of gaat gezellig met vrienden uit eten of naar een festival.

Linde van der Wal

Linde joined Pereira as an implementation advisor in March 2002. In this role, she was mainly involved advising on and implementing restructuring and setting up national and international structures.

Since 2006, Linde has been involved from the start in a new returns completion practice within Pereira where she mainly prepares corporate income tax returns for national and international companies and intricate income tax returns.

Competition sailing is her great free-time passion. Her other hobbies are skiing, reading and theatre. Linde is married and has two sons.

Jasmijn Los

Jasmijn Los (1978) is one of our secretaries and works for Roy Moonen and Fleur Wagemans. She completed the Schoevers management secretary course in 2000.

Until October 2003, Jasmijn worked for an organisation renting holiday homes in the Czech Republic, Spain, France and Italy. She has worked at Pereira since December 2003.

Jasmijn’s main hobbies are football, basketball, cooking and evenings out.

Charlotte van der Molen

Charlotte van der Molen (1977) works as personal secretary for HR and is responsible for office management. 

Charlotte began her career in event organisation. After she finished the Facility Management program at the The Hague University, she started in 2001 at Kronenburg Promotie & Begeleiding. She worked there three years as an account manager for several large clients and arranged hosts for conventions and exhibitions.

While working she, as a hobby, attended a 2 year evening course to become a beauty specialist. What started as a hobby turned into a job, in 2004 she started working as a beautician in Clinic 28. Because of the birth of her daughter she decided to work less and do other jobs within the beauty salon, including office management. She liked it very well, nevertheless Charlotte after 6 years decided to leave the cosmetic industry.

It was time for a more businesslike environment with new challenges and opportunities. This she found in Pereira! In her spare time Charlotte is around her family and friends.

Petra Net

Starting April 2009, Petra Net (1974) works as the personal secretary for Foske Wessels and Peter Hofman.

Petra started her career in tourism. After finishing the University of Applied Sciences in Tourism in Eindhoven and a starter as an office manager at a travel agency, she began working at Holland International in the end of 1997. Here she worked at the department "Destination Management", where she organised all parts of an entertainment program for foreign guests. After this job, her career took a completely difference course and she started as account manager at Kronenburg Promotie & Begeleiding. After three years she started as an office manager for Major Tom.

Because of the birth of her daughter, she decided to work less. She switched jobs and worked as a management assistant at ROC Mondriaan. Although she liked her work as a secretary, in an educational institute she missed content and commercial challenge. This she found at Pereira.

Petra enjoys spending her spare time with her family.

Anna Goudsmit

Anna Goudsmit (1974) is responsible along with Petra Net for the secretarial support to Foske Wessels and Peter Hofman.

Anna followed the Schoevers management secretary course in 1995-6. From 1996 to 2005 she worked as a secretary in a number of companies in The Hague, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she was personal secretary to one of the partners.

Anna has been a member of the support team at Pereira since June 2005. She likes to make sure that Andrea and Peter have a smooth and efficient working day, while day-to-day contact with clients and colleagues makes her work stimulating and varied.

In her leisure time, Anna enjoys her family; plenty of days out together, cooking good food and spending time with friends and relations.

Anoek Braun

Anoek Braun (1972) works with Charlotte van der Molen providing secretarial support to Foske Wessels, Karin van Dooren and Mark Nieuweboer.

After completing higher secondary education and training at the Tourism College (NOTKa) in Breda, Anoek followed a 4-year higher vocational course at the Institute of Higher European Studies in The Hague, which included a semester studying at the University of Technology (UTS), Sydney, Australia.

On graduation, Anoek started working as a Customer Service Representative at Regus. After a year, she joined MCI WorldCom, an American telecoms company, in Sales Support where she supported the Account Managers in their work. A year later she became an Account Manager at MCI WorldCom and between 1999 and 2001 she was responsible for the acquisition of new customers. From 2001 to 2003, Anoek focused on maintaining and building on existing customer relationships at the higher end of the SME segment. After the birth of her daughter, she decided to work part-time and closer to home. From 2003 to 2005 she was a part-timer at an events management company in The Hague.

She decided to become a full-time mother after the birth of her son in 2005 but, after three years of full-time 'motherhood', the yearning returned and since mid-2008 she has worked very enthusiastically at Pereira!

Janneke Curovic

Janneke Curovic (1983) has been working at Pereira as Frans Stam’s personal secretary since June 2011.

After completing her management assistant studies, Janneke gained experience working as a team secretary for a trade union. She also worked as a management assistant for a security company, and subsequently switched to human resources where she worked as an HR secretary. To work in this position, she successfully completed a personnel management study (higher professional education) in her free time. However, she did not get sufficient satisfaction working for HR and subsequently sought a new challenge. She started working for Pereira via a secondment agency.

In her free time, Janneke enjoys cooking, watching movies and spending time with her family and friends. She also likes travelling to far-away destinations with her boyfriend.

E-mail: janneke.curovic@pereiraconsultants.com

Phone: 070 75 70 103

Wendy van der Ende

Since October 2011, Wendy van der Ende (1981) has been working at Pereira as the personal secretary of Robert Hoppenreijs.

After completing her management assistant studies, Wendy gained work experience in different sectors. She worked as a ground stewardess for KLM, as a project and sales assistant for Det Norske Veritas, and as a receptionist for Carlton Beach Hotel. She also spent a year travelling around the world. She backpacked through Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Singapore. This proved to an unforgettable journey.

Over the past five-and-half years she worked as an office manager for the Concordis Group in Delft. Here she had a wide range of duties, and served as an assistant to the group director. After this period she was ready for a new challenge, and currently works for Pereira.

In her free time Wendy likes to play tennis, go jogging, shopping and she spends a lot of time with her family and friends. During her holidays she travels to distant destinations, and she also loves winter sports.

E-mail: wendy.van.der.ende@pereiraconsultants.com

Phone: 070 75 70 107

Monique Satter

Monique Satter (1968) has worked as a secretary for various law firms in The Hague since 1989. During the final seven years, she worked in the Real Estate department of Caminada Notarissen in Rijswijk. She also studied for a qualification as a notarial clerk. Monique seeked new challenges and found them in the position of secretary in the returns practice at Pereira, where she works since December 2007.

Monique spends her spare time with her children. She also enjoys riding her motorbike and sharing the good things in life with her family and friends.

Nina de Vreugd

Nina de Vreugd (1986) works at Pereira since September 2007. As team secretary she takes care of various supporting activities. She works as a secretary for Solange de Jong and Rob Metselaars and assist with the marketing & communication management  the company. Also, Nina, together with her fellow team secretaries, handles all incoming calls.

In 2006 Nina earned her pre-degree and chose not to go to school full time, but gather experience in business to see which education would suit her best. After a short period of home study and a break for one and a half years, Nina has chosen part-time schooling Communication at The Hague University. She expects to complete this in 2013 and then start as a communication consultant.

Before working as a team secretary at Pereira, Nina worked several years in retail and in the back office of a collection agency. As Nina values having a good time in the office, she chose to work a smaller office - that’s how she ended up at Pereira.

She started as junior team secretary, and now works as a team secretary for twelve consultants. She manages the central phone and supports various departments within the firm. In the future she will apply the knowledge gained from her education also within this office.

Besides her work, Nina is busy with studying and personal development. She is often in downtown The Hague for a drink with her friend and / or girlfriends.

Meryen de Kleijn

Meryen de Kleijn (1989) has worked at Pereira since July 2008. She started as a temp helping to reorganise the archive and doing other jobs before joining as a permanent member of team support in November 2008. She supports junior advisors and is also responsible for filing.

Meryen received her preparatory secondary vocational education diploma in 2005 and then started a beautician’s course leading to a number of certificates. She was also a shop assistant at the Free Recordshop and at ICI Paris XL.

When Meryen thought about the future, she considered secretarial work and tested the water at Pereira. She will be following a supplementary course soon.

In her spare time, Meryen enjoys going out with friends and is often with her boyfriend. She also does modelling a couple of times a year. Meryen has a great interest in films, music and fashion.

Joyce Arkesteijn

Joyce Arkesteijn (1987) is working at Pereira since November 2010. As team secretary she takes care of various supporting activities. The team for which she works consists of corporate consultants and estate planner. Also Joyce, together with her fellow team secretaries, is responsible for handling all incoming calls.

In 2008, Joyce finished her intermediate vocational education as Executive Secretary / Management Assistant and decided to start working straight away.

Before Joyce’s work at Pereira as a team secretary, she worked one year at a law firm as a legal secretary and has one year posted by way of secondment as secretary for several companies. After this she chose to work at Pereira.

Besides her work Joyce is very busy getting her Golf Ability License (GVB). She loves sailing and is often seen at Hockey Club Zoetermeer.

Pieter van Mal

Pieter van Mal (1965) is working independently since 1997 - the last 7 years as an interim controller / manager at various organisations in the field of real estate, construction, telecommunications, housing corporations and semi-government.

He was educated as a mechanical engineer at the Delft University of Technology and studied economics at the Erasmus University. At this moment he is taking courses at Nyenrode to become register controller. He is in the final phase of his study, and is currently writing a thesis on the valuation and capital structuring of start-ups.

Pieter works (on a project basis) on improving the financial management and operational effectiveness of organisations on the cutting edge of financial and business control. In his spare time he enjoys going out with his wife Ykoline and friends or hit a ball (squash and golf). He also likes renovation, home improvement and eating outdoors.

Sandra Charlier

Sandra Charlier (1966) is the finance staff member. She joined Pereira in June 2002 and takes care of the bookkeeping, debtor and creditor records, cash planning and VAT returns and she works on the monthly and annual reports.

Before joining Pereira, Sandra worked for 11 years at Ernst & Young as secretary; later she held a part-time-job a financial staff member in the international department.

Sandra is currently working on a PDB (bookkeeping) course.

Sandra is married and has two sons. As well as spending time with her family, Sandra enjoys reading and gardening.

Maresa van Haren

Maresa van Haren (1976) works as finance assistant with Sandra Charlier.

Before joining Pereira she enjoyed working in the hospitality industry. The move to the financial world has suited Maresa well.

In her free time Maresa is a photographer. As she enjoys an evening out, sport has also become a hobby.

Wilbert Nieuwenhuizen

Wilbert Nieuwenhuizen (1962) works as a VAT advisor, university lecturer, deputy justice and tax author.

He studied Dutch law, tax law and tax at the University of Amsterdam and started his career in 1986 as a VAT inspector with the Dutch tax authorities. Since the end of 2004, Wilbert has worked as a VAT advisor for Pereira and others, after working for several years at Ernst & Young and before that at Coopers & Lybrand. In 1996, he was appointed a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. Since 2001, Wilbert has also served as a deputy justice at the Court in Arnhem.

Along with his day-to-day work, he writes for several professional magazines, loose-leaf professional publications and he is editor of the NTFR and NDFR. Wilbert also gives regular seminars and lectures on VAT and property transfer tax.

Karin van Dooren

Karin van Dooren (1965) works at Pereira as Manager Human Resources. She is glad to contribute to individual goals and the objectives of the organisation. She finds this very special and is grateful to bring these two together.

As the only H&R in the organisation her role is very diverse. Together with Robert Hoppenreijs, Anoek Braun and Charlotte van der Molen, Karin develops HR strategy and policy, advises on and implements employees tools and contributes to recruitment. The annual update of the working conditions and information for and meetings with colleagues on all HR matters fall within Karin’s tasks.

Before joining Pereira, Karin was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers for 16 years. After 12 years in various secretarial functions, she moved into a role of company secretary for the Board of Tax & Legal Services.

In 2008 Karin finished a 4 year higher vocational education in Human Resource Management.

In her spare time, Karin likes to do all things fun and relaxing. Her favourites include: cooking, eating and cocooning with friends, beach and forest walks, skiing, sailing, film and music.

Leon de Bonte

Leon de Bonte works at Pereira as a senior member of tax compliance since May 2009. If it is up to him, he is mostly involved with complicated tax returns - which he loves to solve. Leon is affiliated with Pereira as an independent entrepreneur.

Leon is married to Margritta. Together they have two young children, Luc (2006) and Shonne (2008). His hobbies are korfball and walking.

Jos Eliëns

After secondary school, Jos Eliens (1960) followed higher vocational education in social work. After military service, he worked in a community centre in Haarlem. In 1987, he started training as an inspector for the Dutch tax authorities and he became a corporate income tax assessor.

In 1994 he joined KPMG Meijburg & Co in Amstelveen. Since 2000, he has been a self-employed tax returns specialist and he has assisted Pereira’ returns practice on average one day a week since January 2007.

Lenny Mesir

Since October 2010, Lenny Mesir (1976) works as personal secretary to Robert Hoppenreijs.

When she was 16, Lenny left for one year to the U.S. as a senior exchange student at a high school in Michigan. When she came back, she started her education as English teacher, mostly to find out that she was not meant to be a teacher. In 1998 she joined the ABN AMRO bank as a financial advisor.

Via the Randstad Secretary Academy Lenny started her training and career as an all-round secretary in 2001. Lenny has worked mostly as an interim executive secretary for large companies like ING Real Estate, KPN, DSM, BHP Billiton, Atos Origin, SES World Skies and Politie Rotterdam Rijnmond. Lenny started working for Ernst & Young, Expatriate Services in The Hague as Global Account Coordinator; here she was responsible for entire tax administration for the expatriates of one Global Client.

After a long period as interim secretary, Lenny has consciously chosen to work one on one for one of the partners of Pereira, for who she can use her drive to manage everything behind the scenes to perfection (and her desire for chaos) to her hearts content.

In her spare time Lenny enjoys spending time at home, where she can relax. She loves watching movies, reading, walking in the dunes, spending time with family and friends and philosophise late into the night. Lenny also has developed a deep passion and interest for pedicure and reflexology and has used her strong entrepreneurial spirit to get educated and start up a part time business at home. She is not actively working as a reflexologist but it is an experience she likes to take with her on her journey as an entrepreneur.

Her biggest passion is singing. Lenny is performing in musicals, bands and other music projects since she was 12. Currently Lenny is writing songs together with a co-singer/songwriter.