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Interim CEO · Strategic Advisor · Operating Partner

Calm at the top.
Momentum in the business.

I work alongside founders, boards and investors in the moments that decide whether companies grow, stall, or break. Hands-on. AI-fluent. Built to actually get things done.

Former Group CEO YoungCapital · Circle8 Group Zürich · Commissioner AFAS Software
Light at altitude · On leadership in motion
Ineke Kooistra
01 About Ineke

Hi. I'm Ineke.

With more than 25 years in management and boardroom roles, I've built my career on transforming businesses and empowering people. From start-ups to billion-euro companies, I've led organisations through growth, transformation and cultural evolution, always with a focus on creating environments where both people and businesses thrive.

For more than a decade I had the privilege of leading YoungCapital as Group CEO, guiding it from a bold start-up to a European market leader in youth employment. The team grew to 1,300 internal employees supported by over 25,000 flexible professionals, across 50 locations in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.

I then took on the challenge of scaling Circle8 Group as Group CEO: an IT staffing organisation operating at over €1.3 billion in revenue, headquartered in Zurich. There I was co-responsible for the buy-and-build, the integration of multiple labels across Europe, and the building of strong leadership teams in a complex, multi-country, PE-backed environment.

I was a Commissioner at AFAS Software for 2.5 years, and I'm a member of SER Topvrouwen.

Today I bring all of this together through InterManage Ventures BV, alongside founders, CEOs and PE portfolio companies. I also founded ELiN Partners Executive Search, where a dedicated team looks for what someone is when things get difficult, not only what they have done.

More about Ineke →
02 Services

Four ways to move forward.

03 The whitepaper series · 2026

Two papers. One question about people and growth.

A series on why companies, leaders and teams move through seasons, and why the same strength can fit one season and strain the next. Read them in order, or start with whichever season you are in.

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Part I · 2026

The Seasonal Leader.

Why every season of growth asks for a different leader.

A whitepaper by Ineke Kooistra
Read Part I →
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Part II · 2026 · New

The Seasonal Team.

Understanding people in every season of growth.

A whitepaper by Ineke Kooistra
Read Part II →

Part III · The Next Season · coming soon.

04 In motion · video

Conversations worth watching.

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Business Talks · 2025

Curgoal × Ineke.

Keynote · 2026

#Curaçaogroeit.

Interview · 2023

Humberto Tan × Ineke.

05 · Let's talk
Let's talk about what's next.

Most introductory conversations take thirty minutes, and clarify more than you'd expect.