About Henry

Name: Henry Leerentveld

Birthday: 25 September 1955

Profession: International consultant & interim manager

Core competences: strategic development and negotiating

Areas: Labour Relations, Social Dialogue, Labour Market, Social Security, Human Resources & Organisational Development

University: The Hague University

Major: Human Resources Management & Labour Relations

Post-academic: Erasmus University Rotterdam in Executive Management

Favorite activities: Work, sports & music

Countries covered professionally:

Albania Palestine

Belgium Poland

Croatia Serbia

Eritrea Syria

Mozambique Turkey

Netherlands Uzbekistan

Sports: Cardio, football (soccer), table tennis, biking, tennis

Music:

Passive: R&B, Soul, Hiphop, Reggae, World music (Southern Africa, Arabic pop), Trance

Active: guitar, singing

Life in a nutshell

Being born and raised in an international environment - completed with proper years at boarding school - has eventually had strong influence on Henry Leerentveld’s professional development.

Family circumstances taught him early to deal with tension, diplomacy and negotiating. Sports (football) offered the first experiences in leading teams.

Henry managed to use these experiences and abilities in his professional career and in his projects.

As for his private life: two daughters are Henry’s majestic life-events and sports is a “life-time addiction”.

Logo for life

Henry Leerentveld’s logo expresses his approach to life and work: the oval symbolises an eye, representing vision. The lower dotted line symbolises a path: the steps needed to accomplish the goal. The upper line stands for a baton, a “conducting stick” for the management needed to become successful.

Henry Leerentveld’s approach constitutes of these three elements: vision, process and management.