Marijn has been an active member of the IBM EAGLE LGBT network for over 12 years, organising events, initiating IBM’s LGBT Business Forums throughout EMEA, and hosting LGBT leadership developments workshops. He has helped create a global reverse mentoring program on D&I including LGBT and has been reverse mentoring IBM managers for the last 8 years. He is a trusted advisor and has been working with over 50 multinationals on the diversity and LGBT topic. He is regularly speaking at conferences, webcasts, and panels, including Out&Equal, The Conference Board, Global Headquarters conference, LGBT@Work, European Diversity Conference, IE University Madrid, Leiden University. In the last 5 years he has mentored several C-level executives and over 20 LGBT people on their personal development and/or on the LGBT inclusion topic; helping them to either come out, or be better allies. Marijn is also on the board of Workplace Pride, and the OUTstanding membership committee.




