David van Zeggeren 🙋‍♂️

40%advisor60%builder100%focussed on makingchange actually happen.

I help small companies (5–50 people) turn ambition into action.

Drawing on more than a decade in business, brand and digital consultancy, I combine strategic advice on business, culture and operations with leading the implementation.

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Expertise

  • I act as advisor or interim COO/COO, helping founders turn ambition into a clear strategy and a tactical plan for execution. I’ve done this with companies such as TodayTomorrow and Mimotica.

  • Changing a business while it still needs to run is hard. Leadership transitions and succession planning are especially sensitive: they touch roles, relationships, ways of working and often the core of the business itself. I help navigate these moments with conviction, consistency and close attention to detail. I’ve done this with companies like Kryha and FabFilter.

  • I act as 'kwartiermaker' or programme manager, guiding the process from initial idea to implemented project, programme or business unit. Tangible, organised and embedded . I’ve done this with organisations like De Correspondent and Allard Pierson.

  • I act as a guide: from understanding whether the model is a good fit, to defining the design and implementing it in practice. For this work, I partner with We Are Stewards.

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Work

Today
Independent advisor, change agent and programme lead working with smaller companies and ambitious new initiatives, including Mimotica, FabFilter and Allard Pierson.
Perennials
Co-founded together with Julie Donders: a collective to support startup founders with the strategy, structure and steady hands to break through against all odds.
Eidra
Expanding consultancy capabilities and building new companies within the group.
Kryha
Building a new business unit for a mission-driven blockchain startup.
The Correspondent
Helped take The Correspondent to the US, including its international crowdfunding campaign.
Momkai
Managing director for one of Europe's leading strategic design agencies. 
Fabrique
Project management and digital products for organisations including Rijksmuseum and IKEA.