Meet the team

Bastiaan gained over 35 years' experience in providing advice and guidance related to organizational development on talent acquisition, leadership development and succession planning.  He is a strategic partner and counselor to business executives and his extensive experience in search covers a broad range of industry sectors including consumer, manufacturing, financial services, life sciences, technology and professional services.  

Bastiaan’s early career was spent in corporate finance with NIBC Bank and he began his search career in 1990 as a consultant with a leading UK based recruitment firm, placing qualified accountants and tax specialists from public practice into commerce and industry.  In 1994, Bastiaan joined a NYSE listed staffing group and established their Dutch branch office.  In 1999, he launched FinanStaff.

He placed over 400 professionals with global and regional headquarters as well as with privately owned and private equity funded companies in the Netherlands, Germany, UK, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Bastiaan holds an MBA and is fluent in Dutch and English and he has a fair understanding of German and French.

Outside work Bastiaan has keen enthusiasm for any sporting activity that will get him outdoors, onshore and offshore (provided the sun is shining!).

   bastiaan.fontein@finanstaff.com
  +31(0)6 531 471 01

   www.linkedin.com/in/bastiaanfontein/

 

Allard Fontein

senior partner emiritus

Leveraging his comprehensive knowledge of the international financial services landscape and his extensive network of senior decisionmakers and dealmakers across the financial and corporate services sectors, Allard has significantly contributed to the success of FinanStaff’s Financial Services Practice and remains connected to the firm in the capacity of trusted advisor.

   www.linkedin.com/in/allardfontein/