1. 1 Tjipke Bergsma CV – April 2015
Tjipke Bergsma - Curriculum Vitae – April 2015
PROFILE
Creative, inspiring, innovative and engaging people manager
Well established international network
Out of the box - Strategic – Result oriented
Successful track record in new business development and change management
PERSONAL DETAILS
Family Name: BERGSMA
First Name: Tjipke
Place of Birth: Coquivacoa- Venezuela
Nationality: Dutch
Dependents: Married (two grown up children)
ADDRESS:
Private: Embassy Club – Garden 14 – Apto 1C – Clayton – Panama
Mobile: +507-6677-0496
E-mail: tjipke.bergsma@live.com
Office: Officina Regional para las Americas – Edificio 112 – Ciudad del Saber – Clayton-
Panama - Apartado Postal:0819-05571
Telephone: +507-317-1700
E-mail: tjipke.bergsma@plan-international.org
EDUCATION
2001 Post Grad; University of Groningen-Netherlands; ‘Human Core Business’;
‘Strengthening of Brands through Human Resources Management’.
(‘People make the Brand’)
1990 Master of Marketing; Netherlands Institute for Marketing C (NIMA – C)
1985 Master of Arts; Social-Linguistics, University of Amsterdam-Netherlands.
Minors in Public Relations en Mass Communications.
1980 Bachelor of Arts; Dutch Language and Literature; University of Utrecht; NL
1975 Atheneum B, Lyceum, Gouda; Netherlands
COURSES
2000 Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers, Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young
1995 ‘Management for Development’; PLAN internal leadership development
1993 ‘The Logical Framework’ (Team Technologies, Washington DC).
1992 ‘Group Facilitation’ (Training Resources Group, Washington DC)
1990 ‘Total Quality Management’ (KAIZEN Institute, Hartford, Connecticut)
LANGUAGES
Good: Dutch, English, Spanish, French
Basic: German
Countries Lived and worked in: Venezuela, The Netherlands, Senegal, Ecuador, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Finland, the UK and Panama.
(in 1999 short assignments in Thailand and South Korea)

2. 2 Tjipke Bergsma CV – April 2015
Tjipke Bergsma - Curriculum Vitae – April 2015
EXPERIENCE
08/2014 - present Plan International – Regional Director for the Americas – Panama
Responsible for developing and implementing a regional strategy - focusing on
Innovation, Income and Impact - for the Americas in 12 countries in South and
Central America and the Caribbean. 2000 staff and a budget of US$100M. An
important element is the development of our country operations towards strong
members of local civil society, including engaging local governments and local
donors while securing sustainable income levels for all countries.
02/2011–07/2014 Plan International – Deputy CEO – Woking, UK
Responsible for Plan’s international program development, implementation and
evaluation in 50 Countries. 9 direct reports. 8000 staff. Budget E450 million.
Established various strategic partnerships and global coalitions. A successful
example is S4YE (www.s4ye.org) the Global Coalition for Youth Employment
Solutions. (With World Bank, Accenture and a growing group of NGO’s and
private sector companies).
11/2006–01/2011 Plan Netherlands: CEO – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Responsible for Profit and Loss and re-positioning of organization in the
Netherlands, campaigning for the rights of children with a focus on girls. 85 staff,
turn over 50 million Euro. Successfully established the Dutch Child Rights
Coalition and developed and led a new Girl Power Coalition, with ECPAT/DCI
amongst others. Obtained a 60M Dutch Government Funding Framework
agreement, promoting equal rights for girls and boys, while combatting all forms of
abuse of girls.
12/2004 -11/2006 War Child Holland – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Director of International Programs. Responsible for program development and
program management in 13 countries; 500 staff. Overall budget Euro 12 million.
Successfully established a new strategic plan and program framework for this
relatively small but high impact NGO working for children affected by conflict.
(www.warchild.org)
1999-2004
01/2001–11/2004
01/2000–01/2001
07/1999–05/2000
Air France-KLM/Transavia Airlines CV – Schiphol Airport, Netherlands
Senior VP for Human Resources and Organizational Development.
Responsible for companywide Human Resources Management & Organizational
Development. 45 Staff. Successfully restructured this airline from a traditional
charter to a low cost/low fare company. (www.transavia.com)
Program Manager. Responsible for restructuring the Operations Department.
Manager Direct Sales. Responsible for starting Direct Channel Sales (Customer
Contact Centre with call center and internet sales). 55 staff.
04/1996-06/1999 PLAN International Scandinavia, Copenhagen - Denmark.
Director Scandinavia. Responsible for starting and leading four new country
organizations in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Annual turnover E 30 M.
08/1994-04/1996 PLAN International South America; Quito – Ecuador.
Regional Manager International Relations. Responsible for Major Institutional
Grants Development for PLAN programs throughout South America.
09/1992-07/1994 PLAN International West Africa; Dakar – Senegal.
Regional Manager Human Resources Management. Responsible for Human
Resources Development and Total Quality Management. Restructured the
traditional Program Unit driven organization to nine Country Operations.
01/1986–09/1992 PLAN Netherlands, Amsterdam – Netherlands
Marketing & Donor Services Director. Responsible for marketing, fund raising,
communication and sponsor services. 70 Staff. Turnover development from Euro
25 million to Euro 60 million in 6 years.
03/1983–12/1986 SIG/Zorginformatie; Utrecht – Netherlands
Manager Public Relations & Marketing, for a Health Care ICT provider.

3. 3 Tjipke Bergsma CV – April 2015
Tjipke Bergsma - Curriculum Vitae – April 2015
VOLUNTARY BOARD & GOVERNANCE ROLES
2009 - present Member of Plan’s Global Management Committee
2009 - 2011 Chair of Plan’s Global National Directors Team (CEO’s of Plan Donor Countries)
2007 - 2009 Chair of the Board of Plan Europe (Plan’s joint Brussels’ Office)
2005 - present Treasurer of the board of Stichting (f)Iets voor een Ander, St. Pancras.
2003 – 2010 Treasurer of the Board, Suburbia Foundation, Professional Theatre Company,
Almere, Netherlands
2004 – 2005 Board Member, ‘Algemeen Bestuur College Belanghebbenden
Luchtvaartonderwijs’, (Coalition of Employers to advocate for better education in
the airline industry) Schiphol, Netherlands
2001 – 2004 Board Member, SPTV, Pension Fund for Transavia airline pilots.
2000 – 2004 Board Member, War Child Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1988 – 1992 Member of the National Council for Development Education (NCDO)
1990 Member of the National Council for the Golden Direct Mail Award
1984 – 1985 Chairman of the Dutch Student Association for Public Relations (SVPR).
1983 – 1984 Co-founder and Secretary of the SVPR.
1977 – 1981 Board Member, Stichting Milieubehoud en Welzijn (Environment Protection);
umbrella organization for various environmental grass roots activists groups, such
as Aktie Strohalm, Stichting Milieu Educatie and Stichting Stop Kernenergie.
REFERENCES
Available upon request