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Focus Orange
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Focus Orange
Retirement Strategy & Implementation
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Focus Orange
Retirement Strategy & Implementation
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Focus Orange
Retirement Strategy & Implementation
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Total Rewards Redesign
Balancing perspectives on Reward
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Total Rewards Redesign
Conducting a co creation process
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Total Rewards Harmonisation
Shaping transition principles
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Focus Orange
Transaction Services
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Focus Orange
Employee Preferences
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Focus Orange
Executive Compensation
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Crunchr
Data science for people strategies
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Crunchr Apps
Activating your strategy through people
About Us
We help companies to optimise the effective investment in their human capital
We are Focus Orange and we challenge the traditional way in which companies deploy their human capital. We optimize the return on the investment in people. We do not work on the basis of what we think, but what we know. For that purpose, we employ the best data scientists and the most talented advisors. Our Crunchr data platform collects and validates all employee data and converts this into meaningful insights. Our advisors develop employee propositions that align with strategies and offer the best value to each individual.
Advisory
Our advisory services focus on helping clients improve their investment in people. We do this through a number of specialised practices. All our practices have one thing in common: we take a data driven approach in everything we do. Our advisory services are built on a technology platform that provides our clients with the insights and solutions they need to develop and implement an effective people strategy.
Total Rewards
For some organizations, employee rewards are just cost. We see total rewards as an investment in people: we help organisations to optimise the return on this investment. In terms of employee engagement, company performance or labour market attractiveness. This approach aligns rewards & performance management directly with your company strategy.
We understand that you can bring a clear message across to your human capital by the way you define, measure and reward success. It is this understanding that sets us apart from others and drives us to design, implement and communicate reward solutions that help you driving your business.
Typical client engagements:
- Job evaluation method: effectively balancing simplicity and robustness
- Base pay structuring: enhancing individual development and labour cost containment
- Sales incentive plan: guiding desired commercial behaviours and enhancing sales performance
- Total rewards redesign: aligning employee preferences and company investment
- Recognition program: acknowledging what is expected, celebrating the unexpected
Practice leader: Raymond Welmers
Retirement Strategy & Implementation
Ageing workforce, the battle for young talent and the financial crisis force organisations to reassess their pension agreement and execution. The need for a redefinition of pension plans is amplified by government interventions and new regulations. How can organisations regain a balance in the pension costs and corresponding risks? Which alternative pension agreements and execution can be defined?
Focus Orange supports and advises organisations in this process of change. Taking the cost effectiveness of the total pension plan as a guiding principle to maintain the ability to attract, retain and engage the right people. We are licensed by the Authority Financial Markets (AFM) with registration 12040562.
Typical client engagements:
- Strategic pension plan design
- Optimisation of pension execution
- Employer cost and employee benefit forecasting
- Multi criteria insurer selection
- De-risking of pension liabilities
- Independent pension arbitrage
Headlines:
Practice leader: Ronald Doornbos, Actuary
Executive Remuneration & Governance
How much and how to pay the top executives of a company are the two key questions in this practice area. We are a partner of the Remuneration Committee in developing and implementing a remuneration policy for their Executive Board and senior management and pride ourselves in being independent and autonomous in our thinking. Focus Orange is the appointed advisor to some of the largest listed and non-listed companies in the Netherlands.
Executive Board compensation presents an important signal to shareholders and stakeholders. Compliance to requirements and the governance of relations is inseparable from an effective remuneration policy. For that reason, we have partnerships with Lintstock and Evalite, leading companies in facilitating self-evaluations of (Supervisory) Boards.
Typical client engagements:
- Development of remuneration policies: we take full ownership for the effective implementation
- Short and long term incentive design: (strategic) pay for performance
- Pay level analyses: we create internal/ external market analyses using our innovative database
- Mergers, acquisitions and restructuring: we support clients in ensuring smooth transitions
- Corporate governance: compliance, reporting and stakeholder preparation
- Facilitation of self-evaluation of (Supervisory) Boards
Practice leader: Camiel Selker
Compensation & Benefits Outsourcing
Over the last few years, the organizational impact and according work load of the Compensation & Benefits function as a whole has significantly increased. Changes in legislation, but particularly the stronger focus on Total Rewards as part of the HR strategy, has put a greater emphasis on the demand for managing C&B.
We help companies to effectively fulfil that C&B demand. Temporary vacancies, additional C&B project management, specialised expertise: Focus Orange can support in the sourcing of your entire C&B functional spectrum, or specific parts of it. In contrast to any interim C&B solution, this guarantees a cost efficient and fit-for-purpose staffing, with continuity on your operational, tactical and strategic C&B issues.
Typical client engagements:
- Bespoke C&B staffing: seamlessly mirroring your C&B needs in appropriate, cost-effective staffing
- Hands-on implementation support: putting redesigned rewards policies into practice
- Specialized in-house expertise: adding to existing C&B capabilities
Practice leader: Raymond Welmers
Mergers & Acquisitions
Focus Orange Transaction Services provide M&A consulting services like:
CompensationComprehensive compensation due diligence to define deal price and risk:
- Identify and quantify wage differentials and benchmarking of reward programs
- Assess change in control and contractual liabilities
- Assess adequacy of short-and long-term incentives
Comprehensive benefits due diligence to identify risks and refine deal price:
- Identify and quantify under-financed liabilities
- Asset transfer analysis and purchase accounting implications
- Quantification of expense and cash flow implications of likely integration plans
- Support in negotiations and drafting of sale and purchase agreement
- Collective bargaining and works council risks
- Severance, outplacement and relocation liabilities
- Design and implementation of reward programs for the new entity
- Catalogue of programs for side by side comparisons
- Benchmarking
- Integration planning
- Implementation
We provide actuarial, compensation, benefits and executive remuneration consulting in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, assisting clients in the negotiation phase and with the post-deal implementation, restructuring and harmonization of compensation and benefit plans.
We offer buy-side, vendor due diligence, vendor assistance, public to private, private to public and carve out transactions services.
Practice leader: Eko Loijenga, Consulting Actuary
Technology
Customised Solutions
Focus Orange Technology has extensive experience in designing and implementing customised solutions for organisations. In our design methodology, we carefully balance data availability and data quality, the way in which the tool embeds into existing hr processes and how the ambition fits the organisation maturity. We also apply process improvement methods such as Lean (consolidate data from disconnected systems) and Six Sigma (how to reduce data inconsistency).
Over the last 10 years, we have gained extensive experience with building tools. We avoid building large inflexible solutions, as most applications are destined to be used as an intermediate solution. Also we like agile developing, because we know that during the project the client requirements evolve.
We love to put an ‘Orange’ edge to our tooling, using unparalleled visualisation techniques and smart hr analytics.
Recent engagements entail:- Global succession planning tool and reporting template for a Dutch multinational.
- Top leadership dashboard focused on compensation & benefits and talent management.
- Performance management process and reporting support for a fast-growing company.
Our Team
Dirk Jonker
Founding Partner
Dirk Jonker
Founding Partner
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Founding Partner (2007 - now)
- Towers Perrin - Last role: Actuary Global Consulting Group New York (2004 - 2007)
- Prior: Actuarial Associate with Deloitte and Aon, Amsterdam (2001 - 2004)
Description:
Dirk is the founding partner of Focus Orange and leads the Technology practice. He provides innovative, yet practical solutions that allow companies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of human capital. He is specialised in organisation structures and strategic processes such as Succession Planning, Talent Pipelining and Strategic Workforce Planning. Over the last years, he led work streams in numerous Restructuring and HR Simplification programs. With his forward-looking thinking on using data to drive fact based HR (data analytics), he is a regular speaker on congresses and events.
After his studies of Actuarial Science at the University of Amsterdam, he joined Towers Perrin in the benefits practice. First he worked in Amsterdam, later he moved to Towers Perrin's Global Consulting Group in New York where he managed global HR change programs on behalf of multinational clients. In 2007, he founded Focus Orange in New York, to fully focus on innovative techniques on Human Capital data in combination with advanced business process improvement. Dirk is a certified Continuous Improvement Six Sigma Black belt and has been programming tools and dashboards for more than 15 years.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 55116377 E-mail: dirk@crunchrapps.com
Camiel Selker
Partner
Camiel Selker
Partner
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Partner (2011 - now)
- Towers Perrin - Last role: Managing Partner the Netherlands (2000 - 2010)
- Netherlands Institute for Corporate Governance - founder and secretary (2001 - 2008)
Description:
Camiel is partner of Focus Orange Advisory and is managing director of Focus Orange Technology, focusing on strategy and organization. He remains active as a consultant in the area of corporate governance and executive compensation.
After his studies of Law & Economics in Utrecht and Cambridge, Camiel joined Towers Perrin, first in London and subsequently in Amsterdam. He held positions in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Belgium and The Netherlands for this organisation and gradually moved into management roles. He became partner in 2007 and Managing Partner for The Netherlands in 2009. He joined Focus Orange in 2011 based on the belief that companies can improve the effectiveness of their investments in their people by using advanced and innovative analytical techniques.
In addition to his roles at Focus Orange, Camiel is chairman of the board of Stichting Move and active as volunteer for the Dutch Rowing Association. In 2015, he wrote a book on executive compensation with his colleague Hein Haenen (‘Bovenbazen en de scheefgroei van hun beloning’). He lectures at TIAS Business School, the Duisenberg School of Finance, Hemingway Professional Governance and the Board Academy. He is married, has three sons and tries to spend as much time as possible with his family, while maintaining his hobbies as cyclist, mountaineer ad skier.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 21179236 E-mail: camielselker@focusorange.com
Ronald Doornbos
Partner
Ronald Doornbos
Partner
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Partner (Oct 2011 - now)
- Towers Watson - Member of management team and Practice Leader Retirement Solutions & Plan Design (2010 - Oct 2011)
- Towers Perrin - Partner and last role Retirement Leader NL and member of European Management (1998 - 2010)
- Actuarieel Bureau J.A.W. Hammer - Consultant (1994 - 1998)
Description:
Since October 2011 Ronald is partner of Focus Orange and leads the retirement practice. He has extensive experience in handling large and complex processes, such as selection processes, pension plan design, including negotiation with stakeholders, etc.
After his studies Econometrics and Actuarial Sciences Ronald has been working in the area of pension and actuarial consulting. He is company advisor and is /has been (certifying) actuary for a large number of pension funds in The Netherlands.
In 1994 Ronald joined Actuarieel Bureau J.A.W. Hammer that has been acquired in 1998 by Towers Perrin. From 2006 onwards he was worldwide Principal (Partner) and from 2009 he was responsible for all activities at Towers Perrin Retirement Services Netherlands (including the Asset Consulting Practice) and member of the European Management team. After the merger of Towers Perrin Watson Wyatt in 2010, Ronald was involved in the design of the structure and strategy of the new merged organisation and he is - as part of the management team - appointed as Practice Leader Retirement Solutions & Plan Design. Ronald is a member of the Dutch Actuarial Association "Actuarieel Genootschap".
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 50891844 E-mail: ronalddoornbos@focusorange.com
Raymond Welmers
Partner
Raymond Welmers
Partner
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Partner (2014 - now)
- RioRancho | rewarding sales - Partner (2011-2014)
- Hay Group - Senior Consultant Reward Strategies (2010 - 2011)
- Towers Perrin - Last role: Practice Leader Rewards & Performance Management (2004 - 2010)
- RaymakersvdBruggen - HR Consultant (1998 - 2004)
Description:
Raymond (partner) leads the Reward practice. With over 15 years of experience, he supports organisations in optimising the return on their rewards investment. His area of expertise is in broad-based total rewards for employees between CLA and board level and sales incentive plans.
After his graduation in Business Administration, specialisation HRM, he started his career as all-round HR professional in client assignments for various companies. Gradually, his interest and expertise started to evolve towards more quantitative HR areas. Over the years now, he has been working with a wide range of organisations in optimising the effectiveness of their rewards programs and performance-related pay in particular. Currently, Raymond leads (international) client projects in job structuring and (re)designing & implementing reward and performance management strategies for organisations across different industries.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 52791910 E-mail: raymondwelmers@focusorange.com
Thijs Jannes
Associate Partner
Thijs Jannes
Associate Partner
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Associate Partner (January 2015 - now)
Description:
Thijs Jannes is associate partner of Focus Orange. Thijs is a professional with 25 years of experience in the compensation and benefits arena as well as in HR management. He previously worked for DSM, ING, CSM, Corbion and Hay Group. The international component of compensation has been a recurring aspect in his work and he has been involved in developing and implementing reward philosophies at the companies he worked for. He will be involved in all disciplines of executive and total reward and will be responsible for broadening the overall rewards capabilities of Focus Orange.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 11 51 59 48 E-mail: thijsjannes@focusorange.com
Hein Haenen
Associate Partner
Hein Haenen
Partner
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2015 - now)
- Independent corporate and financial communication consultant (2009 - now)
- FD - Investigative reporter and columnist (1985 - 2009)
Description:
Hein is partner of Focus Orange and supports the advisory practices in the communication aspects of their often complex and technical subject matter. First as a journalist and subsequently as an independent communication consultant he developed a deep insight in the intrinsic development and dynamics of the public debate on remuneration and corporate governance. He worked alongside Focus Orange on a number of projects for companies and supervisory boards. As the demand for transparency and accountability on remuneration is rising, the cooperation with Focus Orange was formalised in a partnership.
After reading Law at the University of Amsterdam, Hein joined Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) as a reporter on different aspects of finance, markets and governance in several editorial positions. He switched to independent communication consultancy in 2009, before joining Focus Orange as a partner. Hein wrote books about corporate governance and creative accounting and is, together with partner Camiel Selker, preparing a book about executive remuneration in the Netherlands.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 83 98 46 86 E-mail: heinhaenen@focusorange.com
Sander de Jong
Associate Partner
Sander de Jong
Associate Partner
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Partner (As of March 2016)
- Mercer – Senior Principal, various leadership roles (2007-2016)
- SNS Reaal – Management Team Balans en Risicomanagement (2006)
- Stchting Pensioenfonds OPG - Managing Director (2001-2006)
- ORTEC consultants – ALM consultant (1996-2001)
- Actuarieel Bureau J.A.W. Hammer - Consultant (1995-1996)
Description:
Sander joined Focus Orange in 2016. He holds degrees in both Econometrics and Actuarial Science. He is a qualified actuary and a passionate and a creative risk management professional.He has over 20 years of experience built up in both pension consulting, pension management and asset liability management working with pension funds and large (multi)nationals.
He has held various leadership roles and has unique inside experience from working for an insurer and from working as a managing director with a pension fund.
In his free time Sander can be found playing drums with his band Elements. In 2015 they released their first CD Monument.
Contact:
Phone:+31 6 46 63 82 43; E-mail: sanderdejong@focusorange.com
Eko Loijenga
Associate Partner
Eko Loijenga
Associate Partner
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Partner (As of May 2016)
- PwC - Senior Director Pensions, Actuarial & Insurance Services (2009 - 2016)
- Towers Perrin - Senior Consultant (2002 - 2009)
- Aon Consulting - Director Actuarial Advisory Group (1999-2002)
- Deloitte - Senior Manager Deloitte Pension Consultants (1996-1999)
- Heijnis & Koelman - Consulting Actuary (1975-1996)
Description:
Eko is a qualified consulting actuary and has considerable experience (over 40 years) in working with local and multinational employers and providing actuarial and benefit consulting services on their local and international pension plans, covering issues like plan design, administration, financing, accounting and communication. In addition he has a broad experience in both self-insured benefit plans through company pension funds and benefit plans insured through group insurance contracts. And finally also as certifying and consulting actuary of various company pension funds.
His unique specialization over the last almost 20 years is actuarial and benefits consulting in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as well in due diligence work as in assisting clients in the negotiation phase and the post-deal implementation, restructuring, harmonization and other issues of benefit plans.
At Focus Orange his prime responsibility is driving the M&A Advisory business in the field of pensions and other post-employment and long-term employee benefits. This is in close cooperation with colleague specialists in the fields of total reward, executive remuneration and last but not least our people analytics’ division, using among others their very powerful, state-of-the-art Crunchr application.
Specialties: Actuarial and benefit consulting in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures (pre and post-closing).
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 15455470 E-mail: ekoloijenga@focusorange.com
Florent Meier
Associate Partner
Florent Meier
Associate Partner
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Associate Partner (June 2016 - now)
- Independent consultant (2015-2016)
- Vebego - several executive roles (2010 - 2015)
- Q-Research/TDF - managing partner (2003-2010)
- Humaeque - partner (2001-2003)
- Towers Perrin Consultant (1998-2001)
- DIN Adviesgroep consultant (1995-1998)
- Prommix Group - HR Advisor (1993-1995)
Description:
Florent joined Focus Orange in the summer of 2016 as Associate Partner for Performance Management and -Improvement. He helps to realise change in employee behaviour by facilitating interventions and designing and implementing Performance Management programs.
His career, spanning over 20 years, includes some time with Tower Perrin where he managed several international projects. Subsequently, he joined Q-Research/TDF where he worked with various organisations to translate client and market requirements into organisation and employee capabilities.
In 2010, he moved to Vebego, to manage change from an internal responsibility. He acted as HR manager to integrate two subsidiaries of Schiphol Airport.
Next, he was appointed General (transition) Manager for the new HRS organisation, incorporating numerous changes and social innovations.
Florent is founding member and volunteer for Drive-network, for young professionals with disabilities and disorders. Florent is married, has two children and occasionally plays tennis and trumpet.
Contact:
Phone:+31 6 21914811; E-mail: florentmeier@focusorange.com
Marc Starink
Senior Consultant
Marc Starink
Senior Consultant
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Consultant Pensioen and Insight & Innovation (2011 - now)
- Towers Watson (former Towers Perrin) - Retirement Consultant (2001 - 2011)
- Seven Miles - Financial Modeller (1999 - 2001)
Description:
Marc Starink is an actuary with a broad experience in pension advice to companies and pension funds. During the last years, Marc also provides insights and innovations to human resource departments of Dutch companies and international companies, such as time studies, efficiency tooling, organisation evolution, benchmarking, valuating compensation components and performance management.
During his study, Marc worked at Sevenmiles as a financial modeler. He was co-responsible for developing financial tooling.
Subsequently Marc started working for Towers Perrin as an actuary on the retirement department. He started in the function of associate where he performed a diversity of pension calculations and where he build experience into annual valuations and IFRS accounting. In 2008 Marc was promoted to consultant. As such he provided advice to Pension Funds and companies about the pension arrangements. In 2011 Marc became a people manager of around 10 employees.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 55113819 E-mail: marcstarink@focusorange.com
René Nauta
Senior Consultant
René Nauta
Senior Consultant
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Senior Consultant Retirement Strategy (Apr 2014 - now)
- ABN AMRO - Senior Consultant Employee Benefits (1998 - Apr 2014)
- Prometheus - Consultant Retirement (1992 - 1998)
Description:
René joined retirement advisory of Focus Orange in April 2014. He has a broad experience in retirement consulting, making use of innovative solutions. Over the years he guided many (corporate) companies through complex pension change projects, keeping an eye on both the financial impact and the consequences for the employees.
René specializes in contract renewals, strategic pension plan design, harmonization and modernization of pension schemes, communication with all stakeholders and negotiations. In 2009 René graduated for “leergang pensioenrecht” at VU Law Academy and he is a member of the “Association of pensionlawyers” (Vereniging van pensioenjuristen: VvPJ).
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 55261114 E-mail: renenauta@focusorange.com
Cindy Centen
Senior Consultant
Cindy Centen
Senior Consultant
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2014 - now)
- Towers Perrin (1998 - 2004 and 2006 - 2009)
- Insurance companies (RVS: 2004 - 2006, Achmea: 2009 - 2014)
Description:
Cindy joined Focus Orange in September 2014 as a senior consultant in the retirement practice. She previously worked for Towers Perrin, where she provided pension advise for both companies and pension funds. Cindy also coached/guided the junior employees. She also worked for some insurance companies, where she was specialized in retirement and disability pensions. Creating structure is one of her qualities.
Cindy studied Applied Mathematics. After graduating she started working in the retirement area, where she began the subsequent parttime educations to Actuarial Calculator, Actuarial Analyst and Actuary.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 27044806 E-mail: cindycenten@focusorange.com
Myrthe Oosterhout
Senior Consultant
Myrthe Oosterhout
Senior Consultant
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2014 - now)
- Towers Watson - Actuarial consultant (2008 - 2014)
Description:
Myrthe Oosterhout is a senior consultant in the retirement practice. She focuses on pension (re)design projects along with provider selections. Myrthe has previously worked for Towers Watson gaining a broad range of experience in providing pension advise for both companies and pension funds. Before working for Towers Watson in 2008 she studied macro-economics at the University of Amsterdam.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: myrtheoosterhout@focusorange.com
Jessica Rehe
Senior Consultant
Jessica Rehe
Senior Consultant
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Senior Consultant (sept 2015 - now)
- Hay Group - Multiple roles (2006-2010 & 2011-2015)
- AMC - Advisor Reward & Job Evaluation (2010-2011)
- Randstad - Recruiter (2005-2006)
Description:
Jessica joined Focus Orange in September 2015 as a senior consultant in the Total Rewards practice. With over 10 years of experience, she supports organisations in optimizing the return on their rewards investment. She has previously worked for Hay Group where was responsible for Total Rewards benchmarking and providing compensation & benefits advise to national and international organisations. She started her career within Hay Group as a C&B analyst. In her last role she was responsible for managing and coaching C&B analysts and conducting the annual remuneration database. Previously she worked as an internal advisor on reward & job evaluation in the AMC and as a recruiter for Randstad.
Jessica has a Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from Radboud University Nijmegen.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 81 92 53 85 E-mail: jessicarehe@focusorange.com
Gioia Nijenhuis
Consultant
Gioia Nijenhuis
Consultant
Description:
Gioia is a consultant within the Executive Compensation and Total Rewards practices. She holds a master degree in Organization Economics. During her studies, Gioia was active in the study association. She organized and conducted several international quantitative research projects and has finalized various study tracks abroad in the U.S.A. and Hungary amongst others. She specializes in strategic HR driven by her belief that human capital is the most fundamental element of an organization.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 83235005 E-mail: gioianijenhuis@focusorange.com
Kevin Weltevreden
Consultant
Kevin Weltevreden
Consultant
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2013 - now)
Description:
Kevin joined the retirement practice of Focus Orange in October 2013. He holds a master's degree in Financial Econometrics at the University of Amsterdam. This study focuses on mathematical and statistical techniques and their application to financial models and time series.
Kevin has organised several study related events during his year as a member of the board of his study association and he participated in business courses to London and Madrid.
He has a broad interest in the financial industry. With his in-depth knowledge of advanced mathematical analytics, econometrics and programming techniques he supports Focus Orange in several pension related projects.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: kevinweltevreden@focusorange.com
Bastiaan Kars
Consultant
Bastiaan Kars
Consultant
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2014 - now)
Description:
Bastiaan joined the Focus Orange team within Retirement and Technology in January 2014. He holds a master's degree in Business Analytics at the VU University in Amsterdam. Business Analytics is a multidisciplinary program aimed at improving business processes by applying a combination of methods based on mathematics, computer science and business management.
During his studies, Bastiaan has been active within student association STORM in many roles, including chairman of the Introduction Committee and a member of the Committee of External Contacts. He also performed a business case at The National Railways as his bachelor graduation project.
Bastiaan is strong in analysing, modelling and optimising business processes and solving relevant business problems which with he supports Focus Orange.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 42324909 E-mail: bastiaankars@focusorange.com
Yvo La Rose
Consultant
Yvo La Rose
Consultant
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Consultant (sept 2016 - now)
- Hay Group – Last role: Senior Account Manager (2010 - 2016)
Description:
In September 2016 Yvo joined Focus Orange as a Consultant in the Total Rewards practice. He helps organisations optimizing the return on their rewards investment. Yvo holds a master's degree in Organizational Psychology at Utrecht University. He started his working career as a Reward Analyst within Hay Group. After learning the compensation & benefits basics in this role, he was responsible for setting up reward benchmarks and surveys for various clients. As Account Manager he helped organisations overcoming all kind of compensation & benefits challenges by providing them with valuable advice and information.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 21 45 92 16 E-mail: yvolarose@focusorange.com
Stefan Versteeg
Senior Sales Manager
Stefan Versteeg
Senior Sales Manager
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Senior Sales Manager (2016 - now)
- Lumesse - Senior Sales Executive (2012 - 2015)
- ADP - Senior Sales Consultant (2004 - 2012)
Description:
Stefan is Senior Sales Manager at Crunchr, the innovative platform for organizations and their HR experts who wants to start with workforce analytics today. Stefan has a background in Marketing and Business Administration and in the last 12 years he has been teaching & tailoring (global) enterprises new ways of thinking regarding Payroll outsourcing & HR-IT initiatives. Stefan will be responsible for the sales strategy and -execution of Crunchr (appointed as cool vendor in HCM in 2015 and recently funded by Randstad Innovation Fund) in the NL.
Stefan loves to play all kinds of sports (tennis, soccer, mountain bike, martial arts) and holds a dutch golf licence.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 15641417 E-mail: stefan@crunchrapps.com
Lieke de Schipper
Sales Associate
Lieke de Schipper
Sales Associate
Relevant work experience:
- Crunchr – Sales Associate (October 2016 -now)
- StudentenBureau – Inside sales (March 2014 – October 2016)
- Geldshop - Marketing Trainee (November 2015 – May 2016)
Description:
Lieke joined Crunchr in October 2016 as Sales Associate. She holds a master's degree in Marketing (Tilburg University).
During her studies, she gained experience with data analytics and became more and more interested. Lieke is a person with a strong customer focus. She is in close contact with her clients to give the best possible advice.
Lieke is a very enthusiastic and dedicated person. At Crunchr she combines her affinity with data analytics with her customer focus to optimize the sales process. Her ambition is to enrich the brand Crunchr.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 27 13 17 80 E-mail: lieke@crunchrapps.com
Lotte Vermeij
Associate
Lotte Vermeij
Associate
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2015 - now)
Description:
Lotte joined Focus Orange in 2015 to support the Executive Compensation team. She has a master’s degree in Organization Economics at the University of Amsterdam.
Lotte finished her International Baccalaureate in the United States, and obtained her bachelor’s degree Business and Economics at the University of Amsterdam afterwards. She interned at Philips, and took extra courses at the Corvinus University in Budapest. These extracurricular activities strengthened the quantitative skills developed during her studies.
Besides her studies, she was a member of the international student organization AEGEE, where she was the head of the acquisition committee.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: lottevermeij@focusorange.com
Mitchel van Loon
Onboarding Specialist
Mitchel van Loon
Onboarding Specialist
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2016 - now)
Description:
Mitchel joined the Focus Orange team as an Onboarding Specialist within Crunchr after graduating from VU University Amsterdam. He holds a master's degree in Business Analytics which is a multidisciplinary program aimed at improving business processes by applying a combination of methods based on mathematics, computer science and business management.
During his master project for the Amsterdam Police, Mitchel wrote his thesis on the prediction of residual burglaries by applying statistical modelling and data mining techniques.
Thus, the data driven focus of Crunchr suits Mitchel just right as he strives to become an analytical expert.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Morena Bastiaansen
Onboarding Engineer
Morena Bastiaansen
Onboarding Engineer
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2016 - now)
Description:
Morena joined the Focus Orange team as an Onboarding Engineer within Crunchr in December 2016. Presently she’s in her third year of her bachelor’s in Econometrics at the University of Amsterdam and following a minor in programming. During her studies Morena has been very active in the study association and has been organising several study related events. She has also written for the science magazine Aenorm. In her free time, you can find Morena on the soccer field or spending time with friends.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 24615035 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Remco Kranenburg
Software Engineer
Remco Kranenburg
Software Engineer
Description:
Remco is a software engineer in the Insights and Innovations division of Focus Orange. He is finishing a master's degree in Computer Science where he specialises in High Performance and Distributed Computing. At Focus Orange, he works in a diverse team of software engineers and business analysts developing analytical forecasting software for human resources departments. Remco has professional experience streamlining business processes with web applications. He is also knowledgeable in HTML5 web technology, computer graphics and Linux system administration.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Nathan Schagen
Software Engineer
Nathan Schagen
Software Engineer
Description:
Nathan is a software engineer at Focus Orange. He has a background in Parallel Distributed Computer Systems at the Vrije Universiteit. This master program is research oriented but also has a strong focus on practical systems programming skills. At Focus Orange, he works on the back-end and the database of the HR analytics platform. Nathan aims to ensure that the production code is robust, secure and performant. His previous experience includes the development of a payment processing backend, 3D graphics programming and desktop- and web-application development.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Jan-Willem Deen
Software Engineer
Jan-Willem Deen
Software Engineer
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2015 - now)
Description:
Jan-Willem is a software engineer in the technology division of Focus Orange. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. While pursuing his master's degree, he specialized in technical artificial intelligence and familiarized himself with concepts and developments in the field of artificial intelligence and computer science.
His interests include a broad range of topics, both within and outside the computer science domain, including artificial intelligence, high performance computing, distributed systems, web development, and computer graphics.
In his spare time he enjoys playing his guitar(s), reading books, and working out at the gym.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Ioannis Zervos
Software Engineer
Ioannis Zervos
Software Engineer
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2015 - now)
Description:
Ioannis is working as a software engineer for Focus Orange. He studied Electrical and Computer Engineering in University of Thessaly (Volos, Greece), and continued in the Netherlands studying Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam.
During his studies he had two main fields of interest: Computer Vision and Data Science. He believes that computer vision is becoming part of our daily life and he also tries to find efficient ways to extract information of the data available, as part of the data science challenge.
He prefers to be called Yannis, but he also answers to John. In his free time, you can find him playing football, drinking frappe, eating bougatsa or, if the weather allows it, enjoying the sun in a park.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Nicky Kessels
Software Engineer
Nicky Kessels
Software Engineer
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2015 - now)
- University of Amsterdam - Student Instructor (2014 - now)
- Firm24 (2014 - 2015)
Description:
Nicky is a software engineer at Focus Orange. He is currently finishing his bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the University of Amsterdam. During his bachelor, he has also done a lot of Artificial Intelligence courses. In the coming years Nicky will most likely be following a master's degree in either Artificial Intelligence or Computational Science. Beside his study, Nicky gives presentations as student instructor for the University of Amsterdam, informing high school students about the Computer Science study.
During his bachelor Nicky developed a big interest in machine learning, modeling real life events into computer simulations and usefully representing data. This is something he found is really useful in his work at Focus Orange.
In his spare time Nicky plays tennis, makes attempts trying to play the guitar and is active in multiple committees of the study association of Information Sciences (VIA).
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Huck Nuchelmans
Software Engineer
Huck Nuchelmans
Software Engineer
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2016 - now)
Description:
Huck joined the team as a part-time software engineer while finishing his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the University of Amsterdam. He continues studying at Utrecht University, following the Game and Media Technology Master's programme.
Besides technology, Huck is interested in typography and linguistics. During his Bachelor's programme he followed courses on linguistics and incorporated his acquired knowledge in his thesis project, combining the fields of phonetics and computer science.
In his free time, Huck likes to play his favourite songs on the piano, play a game of volleyball or immerse himself in a video game with a good story.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Anna-LÉa Lesage
Software Engineer
Anna-LÉa Lesage
Software Engineer
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2016 - now)
Description:
Anna-Lea is a software engineer in the technology division of Focus Orange. She has a background in astrophysics, with a PhD in the field of Innovative Stellar Spectroscopy of the University of Hamburg. Before joining Focus Orange, she worked as a post-doctoral research scientist at the University Leiden.
There she was developing the image analysis reduction pipeline for detecting exo-planets.
She considers herself as a multi-purpose swiss-knife, and like to take up new challenges!
In her spare time, she either goes bouldering, pole-dancing or biking to compensate for the time spent sitting behind the screen.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Rianne Kaptein
Software Engineer
Rianne Kaptein
Software Engineer
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2016 - now)
- TNO (2013 - 2016)
Description:
Rianne is a software engineer in the Technology Division of Focus Orange. She has a Master's in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Maastricht and a Ph.D in the field of Information Retrieval from the University of Amsterdam.
Before joining Focus Orange she worked as a research scientist at the Data Science department at TNO. There she was developing and applying text and data mining algorithms in projects for clients as well as research projects. She has experience in text classification, search, social media mining, and sentiment analysis.
In her spare time she likes to go to the playground with her daughter and play volleyball.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
David
Software Engineer
David
Software Engineer
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2016 - now)
- University of Amsterdam - Student Instructor (2015 - now)
Description:
David is a software engineer at Focus Orange. Presently he is in his second year of his bachelor's in Information Studies at the University of Amsterdam. His field focuses on seeking answers to questions such as “Given technology, what is the nature of our enterprise?”, and relevant strategies, but also on the technical side of IT. David envisages to pursue a master's that further focuses on this technical side.
During his studies David worked as a student assistant for the courses ‘Network analysis’ and ‘Collective Intelligence’. These are part of the technical courses of his curriculum since they focus, inter alia, on graph theory, text mining/analysis, recommender systems, and search engines. These were also the courses that extended his knowledge of programming.
In his spare time David likes to spend time with friends, work out in the gym, or make his life easier through coding.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Daan Bakker
Software Engineer
Daan Bakker
Software Engineer
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange (2017 - now)
Description:
Daan is a software engineer in the Technology Division of Focus Orange. He holds a bachelor's degree (cum laude) in Computer Science from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
During his studies Daan worked as an assistant-teacher in the "Inleiding programmeren" and "Collective Intelligence" courses. After completing his studies worked for a payment service provider where he helped create the interface and architecture for securely collecting and administrating the tax payment data for large numbers of citizens in emerging markets. He has also created and promoted a successful art selling&contracting website optimized for user friendliness, search engines and maintainability. These experiences allow Daan to bring a balanced view of both user needs and system possibilities to Focus Orange.
In his spare time Daan enjoys exploring new technologies and working on small coding side projects. He is a fan of the Vim text-editor for which he maintains several plugins and has given talks. He has also competed in various AI coding competitions such as the Starcraft Broodwar AI competition. To stay in shape he usually goes swimming several times a week.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Liza Dirks
Office Manager
Liza Dirks
Office Manager
Relevant work experience:
- Focus Orange - Office Manager (2015 - now)
- Stichting Move - Project Coordinator (2014 - now)
- Studio/K - Board Member (2013 - 2014)
Description:
Liza is the office manager at Focus Orange. As our office manager she supports our growing team at different levels, making sure things around the office run smoothly.
She enjoys structuring processes in our organisation and applying her problem solving skills to any issue.
Over the last years Liza has gained experience working in project management and personnel management. She has a degree in cultural anthropology and has developed a specific interest in organisational culture.
Contact:
Phone: +31 20 2402510 E-mail: lizadirks@focusorange.com
Suzanne van de Schraaf
Marketing Specialist
Suzanne van de Schraaf
Marketing Specialist
Relevant work experience:
- Crunchr - Marketing Specialist (February 2016 - now)
- Talmundo - Project Manager (October 2015 - April 2016)
- HRcommuntiy - Content Manager (2013 - 2016)
Description:
Suzanne joined Focus Orange Technology in February 2016 as Online Marketing Specialist. She holds a bachelor degree in Human Resources Management (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) and believes HR and technology reinforce each other. She combines her content marketing background in the HR field with her affinity with technology to organize and optimize the online marketing process of Crunchr.
Contact:
Phone: +31 625233756 E-mail: suzanne@crunchrapps.com
Sjoerd van Bekhoven
Graduate intern
Sjoerd van Bekhoven
Graduate intern
Description:
Sjoerd is a graduate intern in the Technology Division of Focus Orange. He is pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Science at TU Delft with a focus on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Sjoerd has a special interest in the field of Pattern Recognition, which focuses on creating predictions about new data by spotting regularities and patterns in available data. During his studies, he owned an employment agency for two years and thus has had some hands on experience in the HR domain. At Focus Orange, he has the unique possibility to combine his technological knowledge with his working experience while writing his Master thesis.
Contact:
Phone: +31 6 23124807 E-mail: info@crunchrapps.com
Clients
A selection of our clients
News
Focus Orange in the Media
September 18, 2017 |
Direct verzekerde regelingen niet klaar voor pensioenleeftijd 68 |
| Cindy Centen & Eko Loijenga |
Per 1 januari 2018 moet de pensioenrichtleeftijd naar 68 jaar. Voor die tijd moeten de pensioenregelingen zijn aangepast. Met name verzekerde regelingen hebben dat nog niet op orde, waarschuwen Eko Loijenga en Cindy Centen. Het gevolg kan zijn dat werkgevers te weinig tijd hebben om nog voor het einde van dit jaar het verplichte overleg met ondernemingsraad, vakbonden en werknemers af te ronden met mogelijk nadelige fiscale gevolgen voor werknemers! Klik hier voor het volledige artikel van Pensioen Pro.
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September 1, 2017 |
Hoekert, Houben, Jonker en Timmers genomineerd voor actuaris van het jaar |
| Dirk Jonker |
Wichert Hoekert (WTW), Servaas Houben (Ennia), Dirk Jonker (Focus Orange) en Sabijn Timmers-Janssen (Triodos) zijn genomineerd voor actuaris van het jaar. Eind deze maand maakt de jury de winnaar bekend. Vorig jaar was dat Amba Zeggen. Klik hier voor het volledige artikel van Pensioen Pro.
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August 15, 2017 |
Werkgever kan persoonlijk pensioen tot succes maken |
| Ronald Doornbos |
Werkgevers moeten pensioen niet alleen zien als kostenpost. Pensioen kan weer een gewaardeerde arbeidsvoorwaarde worden. Werkgevers moeten dan wel meer regie nemen dan ze nu doen, stellen Gaston Siegelaer en Ronald Doornbos. Klik hier voor het volledige artikel van Pensioen Pro.
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August 7, 2017 |
Nog weinig animo bij zowel klanten als aanbieders van variabel pensioen |
| Cindy Centen & Eko Loijenga |
Nog maar weinig mensen maken gebruik van de mogelijkheid om te kiezen voor een variabel pensioen. Dat mag nu bijna een jaar, maar zowel de aanbieders van pensioenen als hun klanten zijn nog terughoudend. Dat meldt onderzoeks- en adviesbureau Focus Orange. Klik hier voor het volledige artikel van het FD.
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August 2, 2017 |
Doorwerken of doorbeleggen na pensioendatum, wat zijn de gevolgen? |
| Cindy Centen & Eko Loijenga |
Steeds meer deelnemers in pensioenregelingen krijgen te maken met een beschikbare premieregeling; ook wel iDC (individual Defined Contribution) genoemd. Een persoonlijk pensioenvermogen zoals in iDC zal waarschijnlijk ook de basis gaan vormen van een nieuw pensioenstelsel in Nederland. Dat stelsel is onderdeel van de lopende kabinetsonderhandelingen. Deze ontwikkeling wakkert ook de discussie over (meer) mogelijkheden tot het doorwerken en doorbeleggen na de pensioendatum aan. In een blog van Cindy Centen en Eko Loijenga op de website van ADP geven zij een overzicht van de mogelijkheden en 5 belangrijke adviezen voor werkgevers. Klik hier voor het volledige artikel op de website van ADP.
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July 13, 2017 |
Collectief dc is dure optie |
| Myrthe Oosterhout |
‘Collectief dc is superieur aan individueel dc’, beweerde Erik Daae onlangs in een opiniestuk op deze site. Die stelling is slecht onderbouwd en gaat voorbij aan het feit dat de kosten van cdc een veelvoud bedragen, meent Myrthe Oosterhout. Klik hier voor het volledige artikel van Pensioen Pro.
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July 10, 2017 |
Is uw performance management programma future proof? |
| Florent Meier |
Download onze whitepaper met de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen op het gebied van personeelsbeoordeling en -ontwikkeling. Naast nieuwste inzichten en ontwikkelingen wordt ingegaan op de belangrijkste succesfactoren bij ontwerp en implementatie. Klik hier om de whitepaper te lezen.
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July 4, 2017 |
De loopbaan van Ton Winkels |
| Focus Orange |
Ton Winkels (48) heeft LifeSight, de ppi van Willis Towers Watson, vaarwel gezegd. Hij wilde niet op de winkel passen. Hij is partner geworden bij Focus Orange. ‘Hier ben ik ondernemer.’ Klik hier voor het volledige artikel van Pensioen Pro.
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June 15, 2017 |
Marloes Weerts en Ton Winkels versterken Focus Orange op het gebied van pensioen en andere HR-vraagstukken |
| Focus Orange |
Focus Orange is blij en trots om onze nieuwe collega’s Marloes Weerts en Ton Winkels te verwelkomen. Beiden zullen zich richten op het gebied van kwantitatieve HR- domeinen, zoals pensioen en vraagstukken op het terrein van optimaliseren van workforce en beloningsstrategieën. Daarbij zullen zij nauw samenwerken met de specialisten van Focus Orange op het gebied van total rewards, executive remuneration en people analytics. Met de komst van Ton en Marloes zal de advisering op pensioengebied door Focus Orange verder verbreed en verdiept worden. Klik hier voor het persbericht van Marloes Weerts en hier voor het volledige bericht over de komst van Ton Winkels.
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May 24, 2017 |
Bouw toekomstig pensioen niet op wensdenken over rendement |
| Focus Orange |
Coen Teulings heeft geen gelijk, dus Henk Krol ook niet. Dat beweren Ronald Doornbos en Theo Gommer. Zij zien niets in het delen van beleggingsrisico’s. Full article
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May 11, 2017 |
Kortingsdreiging blijft bij overgang van gesloten fonds naar apf |
| Focus Orange |
Gesloten pensioenfondsen kunnen onderdak zoeken bij een apf. Ronald Doornbos en Paulien Siegman waarschuwen dat een dreigende korting daarmee niet van de baan is. Full article
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May 1, 2017 |
Spaarfonds of spaarregeling oplossing voor slijtende beroepen? |
| Focus Orange |
Nu sociale partners niet met oplossingen komen en het probleem van werknemers in slijtende beroepen steeds nijpender wordt met het opschuiven van AOW- en pensioenleeftijden, moeten werkgevers zelf oplossingen bedenken. In dit artikel bespreken wij twee van die oplossingen in de financiële sfeer die naar onze mening het zeker waard zijn om verder uit te werken in de praktijk. De voordelen zijn evident, de mogelijke nadelen lijken aanvaardbaar. Full article
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March 2017 |
Focus Orange voert pensioenbenchmark uit |
| Focus Orange |
Focus Orange voerde een pensioenbenchmark uit onder 130 bedrijven. Bij bedrijven met relatief weinig werknemers (minder dan 500) zijn beschikbare premiepensioenen, waarbij werknemers in een eigen potje sparen, populair. Meer dan twee derde van deze bedrijven heeft zo’n pensioenregeling waarbij alleen de premie vaststaat en het pensioen afhangt van de beleggingsresultaten. Grotere bedrijven (meer dan 500 werknemers) hebben juist veelal een traditionele middelloonregeling, waarbij een bepaald vast pensioen wordt beloofd, volgt uit de benchmark. Ook blijkt de voorkeur voor een bepaalde pensioenregeling sterk per sector te verschillen. Lees nog veel meer onderzoeksresultaten in de volgende publicaties:
Bent u benieuwd naar de verdere resultaten? Neem contact op met Marc Starink of Ronald Doornbos. |
January 26, 2017 |
Pensioenfonds Sanoma draagt pensioenen over aan Stap APF |
| Pensioenfonds Sanoma |
Focus Orange heeft Pensioenfonds Sanoma (vermogen circa € 550 miljoen) in een intensief traject begeleid bij het onderzoek naar de toekomst van de pensioenuitvoering. Dit heeft geleid tot overgang van het pensioenfonds naar een multi client kring bij het APF van Stap. Full article
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January 19, 2017 |
Stijging pensioenrichtleeftijd eerder dan verwacht |
| Focus Orange |
Per 1 januari 2018 zal de pensioenrichtleeftijd worden verhoogd van 67 naar 68. Oorspronkelijk werd deze aanpassing pas in 2020 verwacht. Sinds 2012 is de pensioenrichtleeftijd gekoppeld aan de gemiddelde levensverwachting. Het CBS heeft hiervan eind 2016 nieuwe prognoses gepubliceerd. Hieruit blijkt dat de aanpassing reeds in 2018 dient plaats te vinden. In 2017 zult u dus al actie moeten nemen om uw pensioenregeling tegen het licht te houden en waar nodig aanpassingen te doen. Full article
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October 4, 2016 |
Focus Orange Technologies enters alliance with PwC US for People Analytics in Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Press Release By: PWC US & Focus Orange |
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January 15, 2016 |
Randstad Innovation Fund invests in HR reporting and analytics platform Crunchr |
| Press Release By: Randstad Holding N.V. |
Randstad Innovation Fund (RIF) is leading a Seed financing in Focus Orange Technology B.V., and further strengthens its portfolio of HR technology companies around talent acquisition and workforce management. |
December, 3 2015 |
Hoge inkomens blijven pensioensparen ondanks ingreep |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Cor de Horde |
Werknemers die meer dan € 100.000 verdienen, sparen in grote meerderheid vrijwillig bij voor hun pensioen. Slechts weinigen maken gebruik van de mogelijkheid die ze sinds begin dit jaar hebben om de premie als salaris te laten uitkeren.
Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van beloningsadviseur Focus Orange.. Full article |
November, 21 2015 |
Flexibel belonen: extraatjes op maat |
| NRC Next By: Anne-Martijn van der Kaaden |
David Thomas, HR Governance & Reward Manager at T-Mobile, has used the PrefScan of Focus Orange, to understand the total rewards preferences of the people of T-Mobile. These insights have been the decision basis for 10 different work streams. Their assignment was to improve the total rewards package of T-Mobile by ensuring a closer alignment to the specific needs of different employee groups. The PrefScan now has become a fully integrated, online application in Crunchr, the people data analytics platform of Focus Orange Technology. Full article |
October, 12 2015 |
Individueel pensioen is beter dan collectieve stilstand |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Ronald Doornbos and Myrthe Oosterhout |
Een individueel pensioen waarbij ‘mensen te veel aan de knoppen zitten’ leidt tot lagere pensioenen, vertelt pensioenfondsbestuurder en oud-vakbondsman Henk van der Kolk in het FD van 29 september. Volgens hem moet ‘de pensioenwereld’ zich vooral met één stem tegen individuele pensioenen keren. Full article |
September, 28 2015 |
Focus Orange trekt drie ervaren adviseurs aan |
| Focus Orange | Amsterdam, 28 september 2015 - Focus Orange, specialist in het effectief inzetten van menselijk kapitaal, heeft de advisering op het gebied van beloning en arbeidsvoorwaarden versterkt met een nieuwe partner, Miriam Posma, en senior consultant Jessica Rehe. Hein Haenen voegt vanaf 1 oktober als partner zijn communicatie-‐ervaring toe aan de adviesdiensten op het gebied van beloning en governance. Full article |
September, 15 2015 |
Big data en de actuaris van de toekomst |
| De Actuaris By: Frank Thooft |
“De actuaris het beste beroep? Wellicht nog wel maar als de actuaris zich niet aanpast kukelt hij snel op die ladder naar beneden.” Dirk Jonker verwijst naar het recente ontslag van 5.000 ‘klassieke’ mensen bij de belastingdienst, tegen een aanname van 1.500 nieuwe mensen die de fiscus de overgang naar de toekomst moeten gaan begeleiden. ”Jonge, hoogopgeleide mensen die Big Data snappen en kunnen toepassen. Het klassieke dossierwerk wordt, ook hier, door computers overgenomen. Computers die met Big Data werken en die door een nieuwe generatie medewerkers wordt aangestuurd. We staan aan de vooravond de medewerker 3.0. Mensen die Big Data begrijpen en ermee kunnen werken. En dat geldt ook voor de actuaris.“ Full article |
June, 22 2015 |
Press release - Clair Olson joins Crunchr team |
| Focus Orange | Amsterdam, June 22, 2015 - Clair Olson joins the global Crunchr team as partner (www.crunchrapps.com) focusing on developing the Crunchr offering in North America. From 2001 to 2015 Clair held Senior HR M&A consulting and leadership positions at Mercer and Towers Watson establishing the Client Management and M&A practices in Asia Pacific and Europe and working on projects in diverse locations including Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and the Middle East. His cross-cultural insight will accelerate the successful implementation of Crunchr with clients in North America and across borders. Clair will cooperate closely with Camiel Selker and Dirk Jonker, who have developed Crunchr over the past few years. On joining the team, Clair says: “Crunchr has developed an amazing suite of predictive analytic smart apps that enable organizations to quickly enhance their people analytics and develop more fact-based HR decisions for a myriad of situations. Crunchr has a great interface, which makes it easy for HR teams to provide real-time reports and insights. I like the simplicity and the scalability for future needs of organizations.” Full article |
June, 8 2015 |
Press release - Tom Haak joins Crunchr team |
| Focus Orange | Amsterdam, June 8, 2015 - Tom Haak joins the global Crunchr team as partner (www.crunchrapps.com). From 2006 to 2014 Tom was the Global Director HR of ARCADIS after holding senior positions at Aon, KPMG and Philips. He has a solid track record as an innovator in HR management and founded the independent HR Trend Institute, which he will continue to lead after joining Crunchr. His partnership will accelerate the successful implementation of Crunchr with clients, and help to improve the Crunchr workforce analytics offering. Tom will cooperate closely with Camiel Selker and Dirk Jonker, who have developed Crunchr over the past few years. On joining the team, Tom says:“Crunchr has developed an ideal suite of smart apps that enable organizations to quickly kick-start their workforce analytics activities and to develop more fact based HR decision making. Crunchr is simple, easy to use by HR teams and aligned with future needs. That is what I like”. Full article |
May, 29 2015 |
Beantwoording Kamervragen over een beloningsanalyse door adviesbureau Focus Orange en het Financieel Dagblad |
| Rijksoverheid | Hierbij zend ik u de antwoorden op de Kamervragen van het lid Karabulut (SP) over een beloningsanalyse door adviesbureau Focus Orange en het Financieel Dagblad. Full article |
May, 4 2015 |
Wie werkt waar |
| Het Financieele Dagblad | HR-advieskantoor Focus Orange heeft begin april Pieter Kiveron als associate partner aangetrokken. Kiveron werkte de afgelopen jaren onder meer bij Holland Financial Centre, pensioenbedrijf Mn Services en als zelfstandig adviseur. Kiveron zal in de verschillende disciplines van de pensioenadvisering worden betrokken en nauw samenwerken met Ronald Doornbos, die leiding geeft aan de pensioenadviespraktijk. Full article |
May, 1 2015 |
Press release: Crunchrapps.com recognised as Crunchr recognized as a ‘Cool Vendor’ by Gartner |
| Gartner | Amsterdam, 1 May 2015 - Gartner, the world’s leading IT research and advisory company, has listed HR analytics tool Crunchr in its latest Cool Vendor Note. This report evaluates innovative vendors focused on improving employee referrals, workforce insights and intelligence, communication, and employee engagement. Crunchr is listed as one of five ‘cool vendors’ worldwide. Full article |
April, 14 2015 |
Onrust over bonussen zal verder groeien |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Johan Leupen |
De maatschappelijke onrust over hoge bonussen en beloningen zal in Nederland alleen maar groeien, naarmate ook de inkomenskloof tussen bestuursvoorzitter en de gemiddelde werknemer toeneemt. Dat betekent dat commissarissen zich niet meer kunnen verschuilen achter formele governanceregels, en veel beter aan de buitenwereld moeten kunnen uitleggen waarom hun topmannen een factor meer waard zijn dan 'gewone werknemers'. Die waarschuwing gaf beloningsadviseur Camiel Selker van Focus Orange, maandag tijdens mediacafé Newsroom, een initiatief van Het Financieele Dagblad en BNR. Full article |
April, 10 2015 |
Personalia |
| Het Financieele Dagblad | Pieter Kiveron (51) is als associate partner op het gebied van pensioen en strategie gestart bij HR-adviesgroep Focus Orange. |
April, 9 2015 |
Aparte boekhoudcategorie voor cdc leidt tot nieuwe onduidelijkheid |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Frank van Alphen |
IASB-voorzitter Hans Hoogervorst wil onderzoeken of er een aparte boekhoudkundige categorie moet komen voor pensioenregelingen tussen db en dc in, zoals cdc. Maar mogelijk leidt dat tot onzekerheid, waardoor ondernemingen overstappen naar individuele dc-regelingen. Full article |
April, 3 2015 |
Gouden pensioentijd definitief voorbij |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Nelleke Trappenburg and Gaby de Groot |
De gouden pensioentijden lijken definitief voorbij. Zelfs de laatste bedrijven die nog een vorstelijk eindloonpensioen boden aan hun werknemers, zijn daar dit jaar mee gestopt of willen ermee stoppen. Daarmee komt een einde aan een tijdperk. Zullen werknemers ooit nog op eenzelfde manier kunnen dromen van grote reizen na hun pensionering? Full article |
April, 2 2015 |
Wie werkt waar |
| Het Financieele Dagblad | Focus Orange heeft Jeroen Hilbrands aangetrokken als partner. Hilbrands is meer dan twintig jaar als deskundige, bestuurder en ondernemer actief in de pensioenbranche, onder meer bij Milliman, Towers Watson en de Rabobank. Focus Orange is actief op het gebied van beloning, pensioenen en HR. Hilbrands zal in de verschillende disciplines van de pensioenadvisering worden betrokken en nauw samenwerken met Ronald Doornbos, die leiding geeft aan de pensioenadviespraktijk. Full article |
March, 26 2015 |
Focus Orange trekt Jeroen Hilbrands aan als partner |
| Versterking van advies op gebied van pensioen en risicomanagement Focus Orange heeft Jeroen Hilbrands aangetrokken als partner. Jeroen brengt meer dan 20 jaar ervaring in als deskundige, bestuurder en ondernemer in de pensioenbranche, die hij opbouwde bij onder meer Milliman, Towers Watson en de Rabobank. Full article |
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March, 23 2015 |
Inkomenskloof top en werkvloer neemt toe |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Pieter Couwenbergh en Pim Kakebeeke |
De inkomensverschillen tussen de top van het grote beursgenoteerde bedrijfsleven en de werkvloer zijn in 2014 fors toegenomen en die kloof zal nog groter worden. Het basisloon van zittende AEX-ceo’s steeg afgelopen jaar met gemiddeld 5,2%. Dat is veel harder dan de inflatie, en ruim drie keer zo hard als het modale salaris. Het gemiddelde basissalaris van de ceo’s ligt inmiddels op €1 mln. Full article |
March, 23 2015 |
Lagere jaarbonus voor meerderheid van topbestuurders |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Pieter Couwenbergh en Pim Kakebeeke |
In het oog springen natuurlijk de €24 mln die Shell-topman Ben van Beurden afgelopen jaar ontving en de €10 mln aan aandelen voor Nancy McKinstry van uitgever Wolters Kluwer. Maar er valt veel meer te vertellen over de beloning van de ceo’s van de AEX-fondsen in het afgelopen jaar. Bijvoorbeeld dat de cashbonus ook daadwerkelijk voor geleverde prestaties in 2014 lijkt te zijn. Full article |
January, 1 2015 |
Fiscale bescherming boven 100.000 euro vervalt |
| Elsevier | Amerikaanse toestanden: per 1 januari is een deel van het pensioen van de 100K-people niet meer fiscaal beschermd. Consultant Camiel Selker (38) en actuarieel adviseur Ronald Doornbos (46) van beloningsadviesbureau Focus Orange leggen uit hoe werkgevers hiermee omgaan. Full article |
December, 23 2014 |
Personalia |
| Het Financieele Dagblad | Thijs Jannes treedt per 1 januari als partner beloningsadvisering toe tot HR-adviesbureau Focus Orange. Full article |
December, 19 2014 |
Focus op interne verhoudingen matigt topbeloning |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Camiel Selker and Hein Haenen |
De OESO concludeert dat de toenemende inkomensverschillen schadelijk zijn voor economische groei. Ook in Nederland groeit de kloof tussen de beloning van topmanagers en de gemiddelde medewerker. De stijging van de bestuurdersbeloning jaagt zichzelf aan en zet geen rem op de groei van de loonkloof. Alleen een verankering van topbeloning in het interne loongebouw biedt een uitkomst uit de impasse. Full article |
December, 12 2014 |
What does great look like? |
| Human Resource Management By: Geert Struiksma |
Veel HR-directeuren weten dat ze meer datagedreven hun beleid moeten uitzetten. Randstad heeft de eerste stappen gezet en neemt daarmee direct een voorsprong in een zeer competitieve markt. Mariëlle de Macker is Managing Director HR bij Randstad. Haar verantwoordelijkheden omvatten onder meer het opzetten en implementeren van relevante strategieën op het gebied van talentmanagement en leiderschapontwikkeling. Heel belangrijk om het wereldwijd opererende bedrijf toekomstbestendig te maken en te laten groeien. Dirk Jonker is oprichter en partner van Focus Orange, een onderneming die recent haar online HR data analyse platform Crunchr op de HR Tech beurs in Amsterdam lanceerde. De advies- en technologietak van het bedrijf bieden samen nieuwe inzichten op basis van bestaande medewerkersdata bij ondernemingen. Full article |
November, 7 2014 |
Transforming succession: From a list in the drawer to visual analytics |
| LinkedIn By: Dirk Jonker and Tom Haak |
Many large companies still plan succession in key positions with lists of names. The info may be old or incomplete information and the lists are spread over different drawers, so they get stressed if senior people leave unexpectedly. It takes a proper process to manage succession. Add smart use of data science and you can have surprising foresight. Full article |
October, 15 2014 |
Een beladen begrip |
| Elsevier |
De berekening van de dekkingsgraad - de graadmeter van finaciële gezondheid van een pensioenfonds - staat ter discussie. Pensioenadviseur Ronald Doornboos: ‘Hoezo is de huidige rekenrente te laag?’ Full article |
August, 7 2014 |
Werkgevers blijven meebetalen aan pensioenen boven een ton |
| IP Nederland By: Sameer van Alfen |
Werkgevers denken erover na hoe ze goedverdienende werknemers kunnen compenseren voor de aftopping van hun pensioensopbouw. Dit zeggen arbeids- en pensioenrechtadvocaten van CMS.
Vanaf 2015 kunnen werknemers niet meer fiscaal vriendelijk sparen voor hun aanvullende pensioen, voor het deel van hun salaris dat boven de €100.000 uitkomt. Wel hebben zij de mogelijkheid om vrijwillig te sparen via de netto-lijfrente of het netto-pensioen. Full article |
June, 13 2014 |
Een goede HR-directeur maakt goed gebruik van Big Data |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Dirk Jonker and Camiel Selker |
Data-analyse onmisbaar om in te spelen op behoefte van medewerkers, organisatie en management Pieter Couwenbergh maakt in zijn column 'Management met big data' in de krant van 23 mei de klassieke denkfout van een traditionele HR-directeur. Kortweg: managers moeten het personeel stimuleren, motiveren en beoordelen. Met de komst van Big Data is er voor de HR-directeur alle reden om zich nog verder van zijn of haar kerntaak te verwijderen dan nu al het geval is. Met mer handwerk en minder data waren crises als de Libor-affaire voorkomen. Full article |
May, 15 2014 |
Vijf heilige huisjes rond het pensioen |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Sameer van Alphen |
Het Nederlandse pensioenstelsel staat ter discussie. Staatssecretaris Jette Klijnsma zwengelt er een 'maatschappelijke dialoog' over aan. Vijf vanzelfsprekendheden die ongetwijfeld tot verhitte debatten zullen leiden. Nu de storm rond de financieële positie van pensioenfondsen weer enigszins is gaan liggen, richt staatssecretaris Jette Klijnsma van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid haar blik op de toekomst. Full article |
May, 15 2014 |
CFO: duur pensioen heeft weinig fans |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Frank van Alphen |
Wat is de belangrijkste eis die de CFO stelt aan een pensioenregeling? Hierover zijn de drie adviseurs het roerend eens: beheersbaarheid en voorspelbaarheid van de kosten. ‘Vanzelfsprekend wil de CFO financiële verrassingen, zoals bijstortingen of premieverhogingen, voorkomen’, zegt Ronald Doornbos van Focus Orange, een pensioenadviesbureau dat zich richt op werkgevers. ‘Met name ondernemingen die onder de IFRS-boekhoudregels vallen, willen niet langer pensioenverplichtingen op hun balans hebben staan.’ Als de verplichtingen stijgen, daalt de waarde van de onderneming. Dat maakt beleggers huiverig. Full article |
April, 17 2014 |
Bedrijven weten onvoldoende waarvoor ze belonen |
| MT (Management Team) By: mt.com |
Ik pleit voor gematigde bonussen. Als je moeite hebt prestaties te meten, dan is de eerste stap de variabele beloning te matigen. Het nadeel van afschaffing van variabele beloning is dat als het bedrijf dan slecht draait, de bestuurder toch zijn vaste salaris krijgt. De signaalwerking van een bonus is belangrijk: Het niet geven van een bonus is een teken van ontevredenheid van een commissaris, dat voor alle werknemers zichtbaar is. De bonus is een bruikbaar wapen voor commissarissen. Zonder bonus kunnen commissarissen alleen nog signalen geven door een bestuurder te ontslaan. Full article |
March, 2014 |
Kritisch op het eigen functioneren |
| Goed Bestuur By: Camiel Selker and Ann-Marie |
De zelfevaluatie van de RvC wint terrein in Nederland, niet alleen in het aantal ondernemingen dat dit instrument toepast maar ook in het gewicht dat eraan wordt toegekend door commissarissen. Het is opvallend dat de Nederlandse ontwikkeling hierin eenzelfde patroon volgt als het Verenigd Koninkrijk, waar de zelfevaluaties al sinds 2003 worden uitgevoerd en sinds 2010 verplicht eens per drie jaar met een externe adviseur. Full article |
February, 1 2014 |
Raymond Welmers joins Focus Orange |
| Press Release By: Focus Orange |
Raymond Welmers joined Focus Orange as partner, leading the Total Rewards practice in Amsterdam. His expertise in the (re)design and implementation of job structuring, total rewards and sales incentives, is a solid extension to Focus Orange current expertise areas of executive compensation, retirement and HR analytics. Previously, he was co-owner of RioRancho | rewarding sales, Practice Leader Rewards & Performance Management at Towers Perrin and Senior Consultant Reward Strategies for Hay Group. In 1997 he graduated in Business Administration (specialisation HRM) at Groningen University. |
January, 2014 |
De nieuwe rol van de actuaris |
| De Actuaris By: André de Vos |
Bousema ziet veel lichtpunten, zoals de toename van vrouwelijke actuarissen op hoge posities of het succes van nieuwe consultantskantoren als Triple A en Focus Orange. “Die zijn enorm innovatief. Ze kijken veel breder dan de traditionele actuaris. Ze hanteren nieuwe technieken, hebben een integrale benadering, voelen de kansen in de markt goed aan. Voor mij het teken dat actuarissen iets bijzonders te bieden hebben, nog steeds. Er blijft behoefte aan actuarieel professionals die goed kunnen rekenen aan risico’s. Daar is de opleiding tot actuaris een prachtige opstap voor.” Full article |
January, 14 2014 |
Press Release: Focus Orange kiest positie op Europese markt voor HR-advies |
| Focus Orange By: Focus Orange |
Alliantie met hkp/// versterkt dienstverlening en vergroot bereik Amsterdam, 14 januari 2014.
Focus Orange, specialist in het effectief inzetten van menselijk kapitaal, gaat een strategische alliantie aan met Hostettler, Kramarsch & Partner (hkp///), een adviesbureau op het gebied van performance management en beloning in Frankfurt. De partners bieden samen strategische adviesdiensten op het gebied van HR en beloning aan klanten die actief zijn in Nederland en de Duits sprekende landen in Europa. Hkp/// en Focus Orange versterken elkaar op een aantal samenhangende werkterreinen, van traditioneel belonings-, performance- en talentmanagement tot het ontwikkeling van de HR-strategie en -organisatie. Ook geografisch vullen zij elkaar aan: Focus Orange is gevestigd in Amsterdam en hkp/// heeft kantoren in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Genève en Zürich. De twee zullen met behoud van hun zelfstandigheid samenwerken in de benadering van klanten, onder meer door bijeenkomsten te organiseren en onderzoeken te publiceren. "De alliantie met hkp/// geeft de innovatieve methodologie van Focus Orange een bredere basis en nieuwe toepassingsmogelijkheden in Europa. Onze geavanceerde technieken sluiten goed aan op het brede adviesportfolio van hkp///. Daar zullen de klanten van beide bureaus van profiteren", zegt Camiel Selker, partner van Focus Orange. "Wij hebben veel vertrouwen in de samenwerking, omdat wij dezelfde adviesbenadering en waarden hanteren. Hkp/// en Focus Orange zijn beide opgericht als onafhankelijke ondernemingen door adviseurs met vele jaren werkervaring bij grote internationale bureaus. " --- Hostettler, Kramarsch & Partners (hkp///) is een onafhankelijk internationaal adviesbureau met kantoren in Frankfurt am Main, Amsterdam, Genève en Zürich. De focus ligt op performance- en talentmanagement, beloningssystemen, bestuurdersbeloning en financieel- en risicomanagement. Hkp/// hanteert een geïntegreerde benadering van performance management, die past binnen de financiële uitgangspunten en de HR-strategie. In maart 2012 heeft hkp/// de specialist in wereldwijde beloningsnetwerken RemuNet overgenomen. Sinds 2011 onderhoudt het bureau een strategische alliantie met Pay Governance LLC, een zelfstandig beloningsadviesbureau in New York. Voor meer informatie: www.hkp.com Focus Orange is een strategisch adviesbureau gespecialiseerd in effectief inzetten van menselijk kapitaal. Het bureau heeft een innovatieve methodologie ontwikkeld om de personeelsbehoefte te plannen en de competenties te belonen die nodig zijn voor de realisatie van de ondernemingsstrategie. De methodologie maakt 'big people data' toegankelijk in de vorm van verschillende softwareproducten. Deze producten worden gebruikt door de gespecialiseerde adviespraktijken op het gebied van beloning, pensioen, performance management en opleiding en ontwikkeling. Voor meer informatie: www.focusorange.com |
November, 25 2013 |
Werkgevers geven vrijvallende pensioenpremie niet automatisch terug aan hun werknemers |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Nelleke Trappenburg |
Werkgevers geven vrijvallende pensioenpremie niet automatisch terug aan hun werknemers. Voor het Rijk blijkt deze harde eis een lastig struikelblok. Het kabinet wil de pensioenopbouw verlagen van de huidige 2,25% naar 1,75% van het brutoloon. Dit moet onder meer € 2,8 mrd bezuiniging opleveren in 2017. Het voorstel strandde echter in oktober in de Eerste Kamer. Full article |
November, 23 2013 |
Zwitserland buigt zich over salarisnorm |
| De Telegraaf By: Ertan Basekin |
De zogenoemde 1:12-norm moet ervoor zorgen dat de bestbetaalde bestuurder maximaal twaalf keer zo veel verdient
als de minst betaalde werknemer. Volgens Camiel Selker van adviesbureau Focus Orange zal een dergelijke norm niet werken. "Dat
zou dus betekenen dat bijvoorbeeld de topman van Ahold twaalf keer meer mag verdienen dan een vakkenvuller die voor het
minimumloon werkt. Dat is niet realistisch meer voor iemand die een miljardenbedrijf leidt." Selker vindt het een goede zaak
dat de discussie wordt gevoerd in Zwitserland. "Maar niet via zo'n norm. Bovendien verschillen bedrijven te veel van elkaar om
dit door te voeren." Full article |
September, 30 2013 |
Nieuw denken doorbreekt de nullijn |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Dirk Jonker and Ronald Doornbos |
Met een 'mix van maatregelen' doorbreekt de overheid de nullijn van ambtenaren. Een slimme herverdeling
van arbeidsvoorwaarden helpt de kosten voor de overheid te verlagen en levert ambtenaren voor het eerst in drie jaar
meer loon en iets meer koopkracht op. De creativiteit is geboren uit politiek opportunisme en de 'winst' is deels te
danken aan een meevaller uit de WW-fondsen en naar voren gehaalde loonruimte. Maar er zit ook een innovatieve
verschuiving in van minder gewaardeerde beloningselementen als reiskostenvergoeding en vakantiedagen naar
salarisverhoging. Full article |
June, 27 2013 |
Versobering van pensioen leidt niet automatisch tot lagere premie: Regering rekent zich te rijk |
| De Telegraaf By: Sameer van Alfen and Jurry Brand |
Voor de meeste werknemers is pensioen niet meer dan en premie die maandelijks wordt ingehouden op het
salarisstrookje. Toch wordt er juist over dit bedrag volop gediscussieerd in Den Haag. Want het kabinet hoopt dat het
versoberen van de pensioenopbouw ervoor zorgt dat mensen meer geld overhouden om te besteden. Maar pensioenfondsen
lijken het feestje te bederven. Full article |
June, 25 2013 |
Pensioen moet worden besproken binnen totale pakket van arbeidsvoorwaarden |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Ronald Doornbos |
Het kabinet wil het fiscaal voordeel op pensioen korten. Dat levert lagere pensioenrechten op, maar dat
wil nog niet zeggen dat de premies omlaag kunnen, verklaarde de voorzitter van de Pensioenfederatie, Gerard Riemen,
onlangs tegenover deze krant (FD 13 juni). Die opstelling roept weerstand op. Om draagvlak te krijgen onder de
pensioeningrepen van het sociaal akkoord en het vertrouwen in het pensioenstelsel te herstellen, is een creatieve
uitruil nodig. Full article |
May 10, 2013 |
Nog nooit zoveel geleerd in een semester! |
| Amsterdam Center of Entrepreneurship By: UvA en HvA |
ACE biedt de minors ondernemerschap aan de hvA en Entrepreneurship aan de vu en de uvA. Bart Sutorius
en Camiel Selker zijn ondernemers met verschillende achtergronden en één gemeenschappelijk doel: studenten helpen de
ondernemer in zichzelf te ontdekken. Bart is sinds 2008 coach bij de minor ondernemerschap van de hvA, Camiel coacht
sinds 2011 uvA-studenten. Vier vragen aan beide coaches. Full article |
April, 30 2013 |
Commissaris heeft goed beleid zelf in de hand |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Camiel Selker |
Het opstellen van een goed beloningsbeleid is niet eenvoudig en vergt kennis en
doorzettingsvermogen. In zijn column van zaterdag 20 april 'Hamer en aambeeld' slaat Pieter Couwenbergh de spijker op de kop. Het onderwerp bestuurdersbeloning is de afgelopen tien jaar niet uit het nieuws geweest, en vooral in negatieve zin. Het is absoluut denkbaar dat de commissarissen dit onderwerp liever laten rusten. Full article |
April, 13 2013 |
Regering bereid om inperking opbouw pensioen te matigen |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Saskia Jonker and Nelleke Trappenburg |
Het kabinet zet het mes mogelijk minder diep in de pensioenopbouw dan het in het regeerakkoord heeft
aangekondigd. De regering geeft de sociale partners zes weken om met alternatieven te komen voor de geplande inperking
van de fiscaal aftrekbare pensioenopbouw. Full article |
April, 10 2013 |
Personalia |
| Het Financieele Dagblad | Jef Pauwels, voormalig Head of Learning & Organisational Effectiveness bij Philips, sluit zich als
partner aan bij HR-adviesbureau Focus Orange. Full article |
March 21, 2013 |
Verzekeraar is minder gretig op pensioenpot |
| De Financiële Telegraaf By: Sameer van Alfen |
De animo onder verzekeraars om de opgebouwde geldpot van pensioenfondsen over te nemen, is de afgelopen
jaren flink afgenomen. Voor de kredietcrisis waren er nog zes grote verzekeraars actief op deze markt, maar Nationale
Nederlanden en ASR hebben zich zo goed als teruggetrokken. Daarnaast worden Achmea en Zwitserleven weggeconcurreerd
door de nog twee overgebleven partijen, Delta Lloyd en Aegon. "De pensioendeelnemer betaalt de prijs." Full article |
January, 25 2013 |
Toezicht salaris "ontbreekt" |
| De Financiële Telegraaf By: Ertan Basekin |
Topmannen van beursgenoteerde bedrijven in de Verenigde Staten worden overbetaald, omdat dit vaak
ondernemingen zijn met heel weinig aandeelhouders. "En daar komt bij dat de managers in deze bedrijven veel te veel
macht hebben", zegt de Amerikaanse professor Jesse Fried van de Harvard Law School. Full
article |
January, 23 2013 |
'Ceo's in VS nog steeds overbetaald' |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Pieter Couwenbergh |
Worden topmannen overbetaald? En zo ja, is daar iets aan te doen? Een debat in Amsterdam bood een
Amerikaans en Nederlands perspectief op dit vraagstuk. In de periode 1990-2005 kreeg de gemiddelde werknemer in de VS
er 4,3% aan salaris bij. De topman zag zijn inkomen met 298% groeien, terwijl de bedrijfswinsten met maar 106%
toenamen. Full article |
January, 18 2013 |
Aandelenbonus op lange termijn blijkt tijdbom |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Pieter Couwenbergh and Johan Leupen |
Voor topman Eric Meurice van chipmachinemaker ASML moet het voelen als laveren tussen Scylla en
Charibdis. Gisteren ontstond maatschappelijke ophef over de €10 mln die hij heeft verdiend met het verzilveren van zijn
opties en prestatieaandelen. Dit leidde tot voorspelbare reacties van de vakbonden die spraken van 'disproportioneel en
ongepast in deze tijd van crisis'. Ook de Nederlandse pensioenfondsen fronsen de wenkbrauwen. Full article |
December, 19 2012 |
AEX-bedrijven zien miljoenen aan pensioenpremie vrijvallen in 2015 |
| Het Financieele Dagblad By: Elisa Hermanides |
De 25 AEX-bedrijven zien de lasten voor de pensioenopbouw in 2015 dalen met € 250 mln a € 300 mln. Dit
komt door de stijging van de fiscale pensioenrichtleeftijd van 65 naar 67 jaar in 2014 en de versobering van de fiscale
pensioenregels in 2015. Dat blijkt uit de pensioenbenchmark van adviesbureau Focus Orange. Full article |
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