After graduating in Business Administration at the University of Groningen, Govert started as a Management Trainee at Wessanen and has had various functions there.
He then worked as Senior Brand Manager at Friesland Foods and Marketing Manager at Wyeth, where he was responsible for brands such as Centrum, Advil and ThermaCare in the Benelux and part of the Management Team.
After his studies in Business Administration at the University of Groningen, Chris developed into ICT specialist on the area of software development, data warehouse solutions, e-marketing and integration issues.