Why The Value Department

We partner with you and your ecosystem to build momentum, connecting your ambitions to your day-to-day business.

Why choose The Value Department?

We step into your shoes and have a deep understanding of the complex nature of ecosystems and business dynamics.

Experienced team at the forefront of critical business transformations, gaining immense expertise and capabilities over the years.
Expertise in: ecosystem and platform thinking, applying new technologies, business model innovation, trade and supply chain finance, sustainability, digital identity, and venture building.

A tailor made WIN (Whatever Is Needed) approach.
We dare to lean on our network of partners and experts.
We move from feedback to feedforward.
We connect different views, linking science and practice.
We choose to get paid for delivered value - no hourly rates.

Meet the team

Alfred Botterhuis

the fixer

Explores where to create value, innovates and implements new business models.

Alfred Botterhuis

the fixer

Alfred likes to get things done to change for the better. He is action-oriented, opportunity focused, and iterates between abstract and concrete thinking. He is able to help you get rid of the roadblocks you face during innovation. Alfred can connect and align people to keep them on board, while taking ownership of the task at hand by going all-in to exceed expectations. He has an unrelenting drive to improve the status quo and helps you find your value-added position in ecosystems.  Alfred is an 'accelerator', nurturing and supporting innovation activities with ecosystem thinking. An energetic and passionate member of the team with over 20 years of experience of getting stuff done. Alfred is primarily a self-educated professional, learning from all his successes and failures. A true senior innovator who gets things done.

Email:alfred.botterhuis@thevaluedepartment.com

Bob Gravestijn

the advisor

Identifying strategic solutions, empowering businesses to innovate and thrive. 

Bob Gravestijn

the advisor

Bob likes to solve problems. He enjoys every moment of finding a perfect, actionable digital transformation strategy, devising operational models or finding opportunities to build and grow business ideas. He brings customer-centric mindfulness that enables him to quickly uncover a customer's pain point, leading to true competitive differentiation.  Bob is widely known for his expertise on supply chains, working capital, blockchain, and business sustainability management. Alongside his business developer role at ABN AMRO, Bob actively advises The Value Department and their clients - make businesses more productive, connected, and adaptive to new technologies - and help empower people.  While his speaking engagements have taken him around the world, Bob is proud to encourage others to collaborate and transform the world from his home in Amsterdam. So, if you ever want to bounce ideas off of him, please feel free to contact him. He has a PhD degree in Physics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a MSc from University of Amsterdam, and is an alumnus from both the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Email:bob.gravestijn@thevaluedepartment.com

Chanmeet Kaur

the builder

Driven by curiosity and always thriving for results. 

Chanmeet Kaur

the builder

Eats technology for breakfast and distinguishes by the ability to merge a business’ ambition and strategy into valuable products. Chanmeet is a business and technology pacesetter combining over 10 years of IT and over 6 years of business innovation experience. Areas of emphasis include digital strategy and transformation, new product and market development, and business-technology alignment.  Chanmeet holds a bachelor of technology, electronics and communications engineering from the Punjab Technical University and successfully followed the Oxford University blockchain strategy executive program.

Email:chanmeet.kaur@thevaluedepartment.com

Fleur Boos

the connector

Connecting tomorrow's vision to today's action. 

Fleur Boos

the connector

Fleur is fascinated by technology, committed to sustainability, and determined to make the world a better place for everyone. She believes in delivering transformations through the creation of a future vision and working together to bring this closer day by day, through ecosystem and platform thinking, different partnerships, with a user-centric approach and an authentic way of working. Fleur is a strategic, creative thinker and action-oriented professional. Leading (global) high-performance teams in a variety of complex transformations, including strategic advising as well as advancing digitalization and innovation agendas across trade industries.  Fleur is recognized as a strong leader in guiding people through digital transformations and innovations, as well as transforming conventional culture and pioneering the establishment of numerous (consortium-led) start-ups. She has over 20 years of on-the-ground leaders and board level experience at the crossroads of banking/finance, trade and technology.

Email:fleur.boos@thevaluedepartment.com

Frédérique de Lange

the includer

It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others.

Frédérique de Lange

the includer

Frédérique has the ability to delve deeper into understanding the core of the challenge, applying optimal different ways of working to innovate. She's enthusiastic, young, and a flexible member of the team who through a creative approach, adds fresh points of view to your innovation and strategy challenges. Through extensive international experience she can bring people together to achieve common goals and works with an approach tailored to your needs and challenges.

Email:frederique.de.lange@thevaluedepartment.com

Jenny Lee

the intern

Always seeking out new challenges and opportunities.

Jenny Lee

the intern

Jenny Lee, majoring in Business at Erasmus University College I often describe myself as enthusiastic, proactive, and adventurous. I enjoy seeking out new challenges because I believe they greatly contribute to my personal, academic, and professional growth. Witnessing progress and improvement is incredibly rewarding for me. Additionally, whenever I'm presented with an opportunity, I strive to perform to the best of my abilities and fulfill my responsibilities. I am looking forward to more opportunities to come in future how they would shape me personally as well as professionally.

Email:jenny.lee@thevaluedepartment.com

Rares Vesa

the intern

Always striving for excellence and growth.

Rares Vesa

the intern

Rares is a highly motivated individual, constantly striving for excellence and growth in both personal and professional realms. He constantly pursues acquiring knowledge and skills, challenging himself, and learning from those around him. He is rigorous in his work and strives to make a positive impact in every aspect of his life, whether in business, sports, or community engagement. Rares is currently in his first year of university, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration at the Rotterdam School of Management

Email:rares.vesa@thevaluedepartment.com

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Why The Value Department

Why choose The Value Department?

Meet the team

Alfred Botterhuis

Bob Gravestijn

Chanmeet Kaur

Fleur Boos

Frédérique de Lange

Jenny Lee

Rares Vesa

Blogs

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