Carla is a social psychologist and organizational psychologist with a versatile profile in governance, management and supervision. Born in Curaçao and active in top positions in the (semi)public sector for more than two decades, she moves with conviction between strategy and human dynamics. As managing partner and co-founder of crmLiNK, former director of a corporate governance academy and initiator of various training and consultancy practices, she has come to know governance issues from the inside. Her extensive experience in (non)executive search deepens her insight into leadership and management profiles. She combines knowledge of supervision, leadership and culture change with management experience at COA, Reclassering Nederland and AMC/De Meren, among others. She also fulfills and has fulfilled various supervisory roles, including at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and OSB, and she is active as an advisor and board coach in the Caribbean region.
Career
- crmLiNK BV, managing partner | co-founder
- National Register (NR), director NR (governance) Academy and Advisor
- Aalse & Partners B.V. in Amsterdam, executive search & management consultancy, DGA
- UDVB, Uitenbroek, Dielissen Van Bergen executive search, partner | consultant
- Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA), regional director
- Dutch Probation Service Foundation (SRN), Amsterdam district, director
- AMC De Meren, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, general manager
- De Horst University of Applied Sciences in Driebergen, director of education | manager
- National Platform Antillean Organizations (POA), researcher | policy officer
- Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, project manager and lecturer
Current secondary functions
- Chair of the Supervisory Board of Open Scholengemeenschap Bijlmer (OSB), Amsterdam
- Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- Member of the Advisory Board of Mindful Enterprises B.V., Bonaire
- Chair of the Advisory Board of CADS, Curaçao
- Member of the Objections Advisory Committee of Middin (disability care institution), Rijswijk
Education
- Doctoral Psychology, Utrecht University (organizational psychology and social psychology)
- Higher Management Education, University of Amsterdam
- Management Course Justice for Directors (top 200), Central Government
- Finance for non-financial managers, Nyenrode University
