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About EconoVision

EconoVision was established in 2005 by Joel van der Beek. Its office is located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Our team:

  • Joël van der Beek, quantitative economist
  • Fiona Buruma, econometrist (associate expert)
  • Adriaan Kooijmans, political analyst
  • Lygia de Salles Freire Cesar, quantitative economist
  • Ben Pilgram, business management consultant
  • Dongxu Guo, logistics economist
  • Rajesh Ramachandran, quantitative economist
Would you be able to strenghthen the team? Please inform us.

Joël van der Beek has more than ten years of experience in economic research. He studied Economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, specializing in development and international economics ... (more)
Since 1994 active as a consultant with various international consultancy firms such as the Netherlands Economic Institute (international applied macro- and sector economics), Policy Research Corporation (strategic management, mainly in development cooperation and in the oil and gas sector, the ports and transport industries), TransCare (logistics and railtransport). Joël has published on various themes: social cost-benefit analysis, economic processes in spatial and town-planning, de Dutch oil- and gas industry, and maritime economics. He is a board member of Economists for Peace and Security and organiser of the Isaac Roet Essay Competition for students. In 1993 Joël was cofounder of Happietaria, a restaurant chain established to generate revenue for charity.

Fiona Buruma Fiona Buruma is Master of Science in Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is registered valuator after graduating at the Rotterdam School of Management. Her fields of expertise are financing, valuations and quantitative analysis... (more)
She worked with a multinational company in the telecommunications sector and with an M&A consulting firm. In Tokyo and Dubai she gained experience in financial institutions, working for Citibank and Fujibank. Fiona is associated to Econovision as an independent advisor. Assignment on the subject of valuation, financing, budgetting, financial reporting, efficiency improvements and quantitative analysis are well off in her hands.

Adriaan Kooijmans, former ambassador, specialized in the Middle Eastern region and languages (Persian and Arabic) at the University of Leiden. He gained extensive international experience while serving as a diplomat ... (more)
in Geneva, New York, Jeddah, Tripoli, Tehran, Kabul and Khartoum. His expertise relates in particular to conflict management, mediation, humanitarian assistance and reconstruction and development aid in (post)conflict countries. In this context, Adriaan collaborated intensively with UN-agencies and (I)NGO’s. His experience includes advising on the positioning of Dutch companies in the Middle East. As a professional negotiator and a political analyst, he is an expert in assessing risks and opportunities for international organizations and private companies working in an international environment. With his experience in the Muslim world, Adriaan is well positioned to advise on strategies for the integration of Muslim minorities in European society.

Lygia de Salles Freire Cesar is quantitative economist. She has five years of experience working in economic consultancies in Sao Paulo (Brazil) , where she conducted economic research and helped to elaborate economic scenarios for Brazil ... (more)
and other emerging markets. She holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from the University of Warwick (United Kingdom). Previously, she completed a Bachelor degree in Economics at Insper Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her work experience is mainly in the areas of economic and quantitative analysis, econometrics and public accounts. Lygia is fluent in English and Spanish, as well as Portuguese, her native language.

Ben Pilgram studied International Business at the Maastricht University and the University of Newcastle (Australia). He is an economist with an quantitative and financial orientation. In this line, he has completed a banking education programme at NIBE-SVV ... (more)
As consultant he is experienced in the fields of sustainability, international cooperation and emerging markets. He works for clients in the energy industry, in banking, and in telecom. He works as volunteer for the Dutch Kite Surf Association. Ben also works with TNT Post.

Dongxu Guo studied Business Administration at Raffles International College & LaSalle College International (Huizhou, Guangdong). Dongxu was one of the top three students at Raffles ... (more)
He has graduated from International Business Management Studies and is doing his Masters in Logistics at Rotterdam Business School (Netherlands). He has worked with KMM and with the Dutch Ministry of Public Works, Road and Water Management. His experience is in port logistics, business development (China-EU) and project assessment. Dongxu is fluent both in English and Mandarin.

Rajesh Ramachandran is currently pursuing a PhD in Quantitative economics from the University of Bielefeld, University of Pantheon Sorbonne Paris and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona ... (more)
under the Erasmus Mundus excellence program. He has previously done his Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi followed by a European Masters in Law and Economics from Erasmus University (Rotterdam), University of Hamburg and University of Bologna in a joint program. Besides his strong theoretical and academic background in the field of economics Rajesh has also been involved in short term projects and internships with Watson and Wyatt Ltd. and Roulac Global Places as a member of the economics division and a researcher. He has also worked with non-governmental organisations in India to address pertinent social issues like child labour and promotion of civil society. Rajesh is fluent in English, Hindi and Tamil and has basic knowledge of German.