Frank De Haan

• Founded and manage a circular design company focused on repurposing used wine corks into sustainable art and lifestyle products.
• Lead business strategy, partnerships, and product development with a focus on environmental impact.
• Built collaborations with restaurants and cork specialists to collect and reuse discarded corks.

Key achievement

• Partnered with the world’s third-largest cork company to launch the first fully circular cork product made from wine stoppers and 100% natural glue.

• Maintaining relations with Sellers on all EU marketplaces
• Specialized in Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon)

Key achievement

• POC Team Connections; improve job- and employee satisfaction by creating a framework together with higher management (team & site level)

• Creating new business relations for the company
• Attending multiple business meetings from business associations

Key achievement

• Initiated a new sales direction for the company to create business relations via networking and business associations instead of focusing on cold calling

• Started my own company in creating a circular cork business
• First focus within the yoga market to launch circular yoga mats

Key achievements

• Participated in the famous business program 'De Noorderlingen' where I was coached by top entrepreneurs, investors, and financial experts; reaching second place in the competition.

• Member of pioneer team that established the Dutch marketplace
• Successfully completed eight up-skill programs

Key achievement

• Team Point of Contact; mediation between team and higher management and organizing weekly team meetings

• Guiding customers with technical support on their Brother printers
• Maintaining the relationship with the technical team in The Netherlands

• Assisting with national and international shipments

• Personal assistance for client's with different psychiatric disorders
• Engaging in the growth of client's personal development
• Building treatment plan for client specific needs