MY LIFE REVOLVES AROUND PEOPLE.

My life revolves around people and takes place on different stages. I never get tired of other people’s stories – their motives, their lessons and their strengths. Luckily I get to discover their worlds every day, whether it be in front of the microphone at national radio (BNR), the cameras of national tv (RTL, NPO) or in front of the audience, as an event host or chairwoman.

I LOVE BEING ON STAGE.

I discovered my love for being on stage at an early age. A presentation at school? Everybody hated it, but I loved it. Performing? I started doing that as a young girl. With a couple of big feathers on my head I proudly appeared on the Showbizzquiz TV program as a show dancer, many years before I became one of the news anchors at national television.

BE OPENMINDED OPENS DOORS.

I gained my love for people and their stories when I, mesmerized, watched the shows of the famous interviewers (Sonja Barend from the Netherlands) and Oprah Winfrey. The way they open-mindedly approached funny people, pioneering people or people who had enormous problems –opened the doors to a whole new world for me.

WHEN EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER.

It took a while before I ended up in journalism myself. After a propaedeutic diploma in economics, I decided to study cultural and social development. I switched because I had just as much understanding of people as I did of figures. After that, television came back into my life. I first started out as an editor at RTL News and became a national news host there since 2004. In that job, everything came together: the stage, the dynamics of the news, and the interaction with people 

INTERVIEWING IS MY BIGGEST PASSION.

From the moment radio came in my life I knew that being an interviewer is my biggest passion in life. In 2017 I interviewed the 8 most influential party leaders from my country during the election in the Royal Theatre Carré. It was broadcasted at national tv and radio. My way of debating -sharp British style- became national news. 

BEING AN ACHOR FOR NATIONAL TELEVISION.

In 2019 I became one of the anchors at the national television discussion program Buitenhof where I interviewed both national and international leaders. In addition to all things mentioned above, I enjoy being an event host and chairwoman.

THE UNTOLD STORY.

Do I have anything left to wish for? Absolutely! One day I would like to present a sassy television show in which I discover the untold stories behind ordinary, special and unusual people.What a dream job that would be!