The FECT team
The FECT Team The knowledge team at the Fontys Centre of Expertise Circular Transition is made up of a group of staff who each make a meaningful contribution to realising the mission and objectives and the relevant research projects at FECT, based on their own expertise.
Fons Claessen | External Programme manager
“In 10 years’ time, circular business solutions will be the No. 1 export product from the Netherlands.”

Fieke Geurts | Internal Programme
Manager
“Cooperation is the key to success in the circular economy.”

Jeske Nederstigt | Internal Programme Manager and researcher social innovation
“Circular Transition: think in terms of possibilities, not obstacles.”

Jifke Sol | Professor Circular Transition
“Working on the transition means learning to deal with uncertainty and unpredictability”

Myrthe Velter | Researcher into business models
“Accelerating circular transitions means accommodating the clashing, shifting and redesign of organisational boundaries.”

Arno Kierkels | Researcher Inclusive Circular Transition
“We must make the circular transition transparent and achievable for every individual; only then can we truly achieve a circular economy by 2050.”

Yvonne van Lith | Researcher Technological Innovation
“We use the Earth as a supermarket for raw materials and as a waste dump. What we should be doing is what nature does: enriching the Earth instead of impoverishing the planet.”

Mascha de Visser | Project manager
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

Mendy Franken | Project employee

Danielle van Ooijen - Popelier | Finance & control

Michelle Breemans | Communications advisor
