Hello, I’m Jane.

I’m Dutch-Chinese, born and raised in the Netherlands, and shaped by a multicultural journey that has deeply influenced how I understand leadership, responsibility, and human connection.

I began my career in science, earning a PhD in Chemistry from Leiden University. Curiosity soon pulled me beyond the lab. After starting my career in the Netherlands, I lived and worked across Asia, including Japan, China, and Thailand, before returning to Europe and continuing my leadership journey in Germany.

In 2006, I joined a Fortune 500 company in China, where I led a small technical team. That role marked a turning point. Over time, my path expanded into commercial leadership, regional sales, and global team leadership. Across more than a decade in Asia, I worked in complex, fast-moving environments where trust, context, and cultural nuance were essential, not optional.

In 2016, I returned to Europe to take on a global leadership role based in Germany, leading international teams across time zones, functions, and cultures. That experience reinforced a conviction that has stayed with me ever since:
Leadership becomes more effective, and more sustainable, when people feel seen, trusted, and clear about their role in a larger system.

Wanting to deepen my impact, I became a certified professional coach (PCC, ICF). Initially, this was to strengthen my own leadership. Over time, it became the foundation for supporting others.

In 2022, a pivotal personal moment led me to step away from corporate life and dedicate myself fully to coaching.

Today, I work primarily with experienced leaders, often at director, VP, or senior management level, who operate in complex, multinational environments. Many are leading leaders, navigating matrix structures, or carrying responsibility that extends beyond their formal role.

They are capable, experienced and deeply committed.

What they are navigating is not a lack of skill, but the reality that leadership needs to evolve as responsibility scales.

My work focuses on supporting leaders to:

• lead with clarity when decisions carry more weight
• manage energy and responsibility without overextension
• increase influence and visibility without self-promotion
• navigate complexity, culture, and stakeholder dynamics with grounded authority

Culture is not a separate topic in my work. It is a lens that shapes communication, trust, power, and decision-making in every system I support.

I work primarily one-on-one with leaders, and also support leadership teams where complexity sits in the space between people, roles, and expectations. Teamwork often builds on individual leadership coaching, creating alignment at both personal and system level.

To support this work, I use tools such as the Energy Leadership™ Index and Hogan Assessments, not as prescriptions, but as mirrors. They help leaders see how their energy, habits, values, and patterns shape how they show up under pressure, and what may no longer scale.

Becoming a coach changed me.

It helped me explore who I am beneath roles and expectations, reframe self-limiting patterns, and lead with more calm and intention. That is the work I now offer others.

What carries my work is a quiet curiosity, a respect for context, and a belief that leadership grows not by pushing harder, but by reconnecting with what is already strong.

If you are navigating leadership in complexity, carrying responsibility at scale, or sensing that your leadership needs to evolve, I would be glad to explore what support could look like.

In conversation

If you’d like to hear more about my journey, and what shaped my path from research and corporate life to coaching — you can watch my interview with helloNEWNESS and Rewire Thinking Lab.

In this conversation with Ha Nguyen and Vivian Tran, I reflect on the experiences, challenges, and choices that led me to where I am today.

🎧 Watch the full interview on YouTube → My conversation with Ha Nguyen and Vivian Tran