Onze Mensen
World Child Cancer Nederland bestaat uit een toegewijd team van fondsenwervers, partnership managers en een zeer actief en bevlogen bestuur
Team World Child Cancer NL
Welmer Blom is an energetic, inspirational and hands on leader with a sharp eye for detail and relations. He puts his focus on people, customer, teamwork and performance. In his former role as Senior Vice President Middle East, Gulf & India for the global airline AirFrance KLM he provided leadership, vision and strategy for commercial and operational activities in the area.
Next to his professional activities he is a board member in a number of organizations; Egyptian Airline Services, World Child Cancer The Netherlands, Christian Business Angels and International Community of the Holy Sepulchre. The latter three charity organizations give meaning to his call for supporting less fortunate world citizens.
He has a university MBA background and has lived and worked in various countries with different cultures.
His passion for outdoor activities like sailing, cycling and golf is keeping him fit.
Margot verhagen
info@worldchildcancer.nl
Frank Bos is a passionate scientist with a strong background in cancer research. Frank obtained his PhD degree at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, San Francisco, followed by a KWF Award and position at the Hubrecht Institute for Stem Cell research, Utrecht.
During his scientific career he worked with top scientist over the world, organised scientific summer schools and discovered the smallest mysteries of life, using advanced microscopy techniques
Since 2017, Frank established his own research at the Princess Maxima Center for paediatric oncology. In 2021, Frank got inspired and motivated by Charity organisations and he got enthusiastic about World Child Cancer.
As of 2022, he joined Team World Child Cancer the Netherlands and will be responsible for corporate and public fundraising activities and communication and international collaboration/partnerships. His research background and connection with the Maxima will remain a huge asset to engage and inspire everyone in order to fullfill our mission: a world where all kids with cancer can get the best treatment possible.
Frank is a father of two boys, likes to cook and bike (road or MTB) and is destined to organize amazing charity events world wide. f.bos@worldchildcancer.nl
Bestuur World Child Cancer NL
Ferry van Schoonhoven is an attorney at law with law degrees (Dutch law, US law and International law) from the University of Amsterdam and the University of Illinois, U.S.A. He started his professional career at Thompson, Hine & Flory in Washington DC and Allen & Overy/Loyens&Loeff in Amsterdam. In 1992 he founded Lexence N.V., one of the bigger multi niche law firms in the Netherlands of which he is still a partner today. Among his clients are stock exchange listed companies and Foreign States.
Ferry is a member of various specialised law associations (a.o. International Bar Association, Dutch Litigator Association), editorial staffs (a.o. Real Estate Journal and Real Estate Magazine) and (co-) author of Casebook on Renting and Letting, Real Estate Guidebook and Boom Basics Lease Law. Ferry regularly teaches at the Academie Voor De Rechtspraktijk, various Dutch Universities (guest teacher), the Amsterdam School of Real Estate, and Euroforum. Ferry is board member of the Japan Festival Foundation, (co-)founder of Rotaryclub Amsterdam-Spinoza, chairman of the Japan Desk of the Amstelveen hospital and chairman of Stichting Wereld Zonder Kinderkanker and most recently chairman of World Child Cancer The Netherlands foundation.
Ferry is an energetic initiator, creator, stimulator who unites people to common goals, focussing on their talents and their abilities to achieve such goals. Next to his professional career Ferry devotes much of his time to the ultimate goal: the eradication of child cancer in the world.
Fons is Chief Financial Officer at Losberger De Boer. Losberger De Boer delivers top class temporary and permanent space solutions for events, commercial, public, civil protection and defence use. Losberger De Boer is one of the largest suppliers of temporary and permanent buildings in the world. As member of the Board for the Rental Projects Turnkey Solutions perimeter he is responsible for Finance & Control, Legal, HR and ICT.
Fons graduated from the VU University of Amsterdam with a Register Accountant postgraduate degree. Fons is member of The Royal Netherlands Institute of Chartered Accountants, the professional body for accountants in the Netherlands.
Fons is an experienced, entrepreneurial, pragmatic, analytical, solution oriented global finance executive in international (family) businesses. Within this environment with great understanding for reason and emotion with a high personal integrity.
He has been successful in preparing and effectuating buyouts, expert in the design and implementation of ERP applications and management information systems, designer and leader of change processes, experienced in (re-) structuring of loan facilities.
Next to his professional career Fons has been Treasurer of the foundation Wereld Zonder Kinderkanker and nowadays Treasurer of the foundation World Child Cancer The Netherlands.
Upon graduation from the Hotel Management School Maastricht (The Netherlands) Angela started her career working for Hilton Hotels International. She worked for several international hotel chains in Germany, USA, UK and The Netherlands. In 2009 Angela refocused her career to the non-profit sector by starting to work for the Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC). From 2018 onward Angela works for the Emma Childrens Hospital (Emma Kinderziekenhuis).
Next to her full-time job in the hospital she is treasurer of the Parent Teacher Association at her sons’ school, is past-president of Rotary Club Amsterdam-Spinoza, past president of foundation Wereld Zonder Kinderkanker and most recently secretary of World Child Cancer NL.
Angela is an experienced manager, knows how to bring people together, is pragmatic, has a positive mindset and has good communication skills. At the moment she is following a post-graduate study “Filantropy” at the VU University of Amsterdam.
Gita Gallé is the CFO and COO of the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology. The last 17 years she has held several executive positions in healthcare, a sector which she describes as relevant and complex. Her goal is to obtain results and innovation through combining talent, drive and strength of her co-workers and external stakeholders. Connection and communication are key words.
Besides this position she is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Zorgbalans (healthcare organization for the elderly), Medisch Spectrum Twente (top clinical & teaching hospital) and a member of the audit committee of the Council for the Judiciary. Earlier in her career she used to work for KLM and she also has experience in the field of civil service. By education she is a social scientist.
Besides his position as Director Healthcare at Rabobank, Michel van Schaik is Chairman of the Committee on Health of the Dutch Banking Association and also Chairman of the Committee on Healthcare of VNO-NCW (federation of Dutch employers). He is co-founder and co-author of several impactful publications: “Diagnosis 2025”, “Diagnosis Diabetes 2025” and “Diagnosis Health Innovation’’. He is initiator of Diagnosis Food and Health (accelerator) and also a guest lecturer at the Erasmus CMDz, Nyenrode Business University and TIAS Nimbas. He is also member of the board of several healthcare related organizations (a.o. Institute for Positive Health) and World Child Cancer-NL.
Adviseur Bestuur
Professor Gertjan Kaspers became pediatric oncologist in 2000, and has been Professor in Pediatric Oncology since 2006, at Amsterdam UMC. Since 2013 onwards, he is Director of the Academy & Outreach of Princess Máxima Center, the Dutch center of excellence for children with cancer. He supervises research on leukemias, DIPG, quality of life and late effects and on pediatric oncology in developing countries. He is promotor of 27 PhD students and trained 27 PhD student successfully. He is involved in several “outreach” projects, aiming at improved outcome for children with cancer in LMIC. He initiated and chairs an I-BFM-SG Task Force on Outreach and the Foundation World Child Cancer NL. Gertjan Kaspers is visiting Professor at UZ Gent (Belgium), MTRH in Eldoret (Kenya) and UGM in Yogyakarta (Indonesia).
Integrity & Compliance officer
