Wouter van Diemen de Jel

My name is Wouter van Diemen de Jel, born twenty eight years ago in The Hague and now living in the lovely city of Utrecht. I have one brother, living in Utrecht as well.

After high school in The Hague, I decided to study one year at a US college in Maryland, for a broad study orientation and to experience the United States.

After this year I went to Enschede in the east of the Netherlands to study Public Policy, with a Master in European Studies. Besides my study, I became a member of the European Study Association and became a member of the board of the Public Policy Study Association. Together my internship at the Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. these activities really broadened my world.

In 2006 I moved to Utrecht where I have lived since. Since these two years I have been enjoying this city. In this city I became a member of Rotaract Utrecht.

Furthermore I play volleybal here with my friends, listen to different styles of music and enjoy city trips to other European cities. During the last three years I have been working for APG Group, the second biggest organization for pension funds of the world.

It administers the collective pension funds for the government, educational and construction industry and invests the 200 billion euro assets. As a project leader, it is my responsibility to implement new elements to the organization, running from a change in the organizational structure to a new way to communicate with the one million participants of the pension fund. My jobs, Rotaract and the various hobbies keep my very busy. But in April, I hope to combine all these in Brasil.

Michael Severs

Hello everyone, my name is Michael Philip Severs, I'm 26 years old and I spend most of my time in Nijmegen in the Eastern part of the Netherlands. Although I was born in Woerden, which is located in the centre of the Netherlands, I have lived in different places throughout my youth.

From birth until the age of eight, I have lived in a small village near Woerden called Linschoten. After that, I moved to Germany to live there for six years with my parents and my sister Wendy. Before moving back to The Netherlands, we lived in the Southern part of Belgium for four years. All this moving around was the result of my father being in the military.

In 2000 I started studying computer engineering at the Transnational University of Limburg in Diepenbeek, Belgium. But after two years, I found out that computers weren't my piece of the pie, so I moved back to the Netherlands to Nijmegen to study Business Communications at the Radboud University. In June of last year I graduated as a Master of Arts and since then I started my own company in trend marketing, coaching and guiding people to become successful entrepreneurs in the Wellness industry. Besides that, I have been an Office Manager for Duosport Courses since September of last year. This is a commercial sports organisation that provides high quality service for recreational athletes that specialises in speed skating activities of all kinds.

As one of my main responsibilities/activities in both jobs is the training and coaching of personnel/entrepreneurs, my main vocational interest is in this area. During my time in Rio Grande do Sul, I would like to find out in what way service organisations in Brazil educate, train and coach their people in order to provide customers with the highest service possible and distinguish themselves from other companies.

I am looking forward to meeting the local people in Brazil and I am eager to get familiar with the language and the local culture. The link will show you a short movie of me and some friends having a great time speed skating on the lakes, our greatest passion.

http://hugokruk.hyves.nl/fotos/523395044/0/E5xF/