WHO WE ARE

Zhomer was founded and owned by the entrepreneurial couple Akkermans-Mulder. Together with Maarten Timmers Verhoeven and Erik Jansen, they form the management of Zhomer. Zhomer's management is a team of purely complementary fields of expertise: together they represent a wealth of media experience and pure entrepreneurship.

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Don Akkermans, CEO/Owner
Don Akkermans, CEO/Owner
Don Akkermans (1957) was marketing manager, editor, and director in the companies of Reed Business, Kluwer, and Wegener and held different positions at Dutch Publishers Association from 1980 to 1995. Since 1995 he is active as a broker and producer in the communications/publishing industry. As of 2005 Akkermans is a media entrepreneur, specializing in Business and Special Publishing. Since 2011 he is also managing director of Zhomer company EIM.
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Ingrid Mulder, Partner
Ingrid Mulder, Partner
Ingrid Mulder (1960) works in the field of employment conditions and employee benefits since 1984. In 2004 she became Director Legal, Tax & HR within the Zhomer-management. Until 2004 she worked as a senior manager at Deloitte Actuarial & Pensions, including the Unit Mergers & Acquisitions. Before that, she worked at Hewitt Associates and AON as an actuarial calculator/pension adviser.
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Erik Jansen, Partner
Erik Jansen, Partner
Erik Jansen (1973) began his career in 1999 at an independent Internet Service Provider and went on to become a marketer, marketing manager and director in the online business of the Netherlands' largest entertainment retailer Free Record Shop. Jansen chose to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions when he joined Xingo, the online publisher of HiFi.nl, in 2010. Zhomer acquired his company in 2012, he held positions ranging from market director to CDO and most recently as managing director of Zhomer's largest company, Elektor International Media.
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Maarten Timmers Verhoeven, Partner
Maarten Timmers Verhoeven, Partner
Maarten Timmers Verhoeven (1963) started at Misset in 1990. He was publishing manager at Kluwer and Sdu Publishers, where he became chairman of the board of directors in 2005. He led the migration from traditional print media to large scale online concepts. Previously, he gained experience in e-commerce in PCM as director of online bookstore BoekNet. In 2007 he started at Zhomer as managing director of Lenthe, up until the sale of the marketing portfolio to BBP Media, where he was appointed as publishing director. He returned to Zhomer in 2014, as CFO of the holding company and as Vice Managing Director of Elektor.
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