Gerard was born in Amsterdam where he embarked upon his first entrepreneurial endeavors and attended business school. Today, he runs Lugera, a staffing and recruitment company, located in 12 countries, mostly developing markets with a total of 700 employees, placing permanent staff between 3,000 to 5,000 people per year and 12,000 temporary staff members.
I had my first career mentor in my late twenties. I was already an entrepreneur for about eight years, but I had a strong feeling I was missing out by not having a corporate job experience.
I was at the summer school Oxford for Romania, participating as mentor for the students’ entrepreneurship project. Every Year, Oxford for Romania (OFR) offers a program for 25 high school students from Romania, very intelligent and curious to discover the world. Many of them come from vulnerable backgrounds, have never travelled abroad, nor dare to hope this may happen soon.
M-am apucat de muncit la 16 ani și 10 ani mai târziu nu mai știam cine sunt. Așa că am început să-mi las timp să mă descopăr și pe mine.
În antreprenoriat, învățarea continuă este absolut necesară. Iar provocarea constă în alegerea potrivită a surselor de învățare.
