Personal

I was born on the 4th of June in 1945 in a small town called Maassluis, the Netherlands.

In 1967 my wife Gretha and I got married. We have two sons, Peter and Martin, both married. We have two beautiful granddaughters: Linda, who was born in 2003 and Selma also born in 2003. And we have a grandson, named Coen, born in 2010. In the picture: Selma shows her little brother.

We had a very black cat called "Droepy". As you can see, she was very interested in the internet business.

In 1982 we moved to Naaldwijk, a village in the so called Westland area. Wellknown for its production of flowers and vegetables in greenhouses.

Winter in Naaldwijk

Business

I worked in Amsterdam as a principal consultant (stratey & architecture) for the IT environment within the ING group. Since 01-01-2007 I'm retired.

Pleasure

Musical favourites are Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Laura Fygi, Dire Straits. I also like to listen to Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, New London Chorale and many other artists.

We like to dance (standard ballroom and latin) at Dance & Partyplace Irma en Alex Gast.



Other hobbies are:

• Model Railroads
• Riding my bicycle
• Reading books (thriller, SF)
• Photography