UT alumni are invited to an upcoming 4TU.Alumni event in London at The Hems Dutch Cafe Bar on Wednesday May 7th, from 5.30pm to 9.00pm.
This gathering coincides with a group of young entrepreneurs linked to the UT, TU Delft, TU Eindhoven & Wageningen University, visiting the city as part of a 4TU.Startups mission organized in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The evening programme on May 7th places a spotlight on these startup founders and also includes insights from four local alumni who as part of a panel interview will talk about their careers and current roles (see below for more details).
There will also be a chance for networking! Take advantage of the closing 'borrel' to catch up with friends and make new contacts from the local 4TU alumni community while enjoying traditional Dutch food like bitterballen, kaasouflees and frikandellen!
This event is free for alumni from the Dutch Technical Universities but for logistical reasons, prior registration is required via this online form.
Date: Wednesday, May 7th
Time: 17:30 to 21:00
Location: De Hems Dutch Cafe Bar Pub, 11 Macclesfield Street London, Greater London W1D 5BW
Alumni from the area who are unable to join this gathering but wish to be notified of future 4TU.Alumni activities can submit/update their contact details using the event's registration form.
Are you a London based founder or investor? On Thursday May 8th from 5:00pm to 7:30pm we will also be hosting a startup ecosystem drink at the Dutch Embassy - an opportunity for mingling with fellow 4TU alumni entrepreneurs from both London as well as the Netherlands. To attend please RSVP via email by clicking here.
ALUMNI PANELISTS'
Wietze Beukema (alumnus UT) Lead Threat Detection & Response Engineer. | Wietze Beukema has been hacking around with computers for years, and specialised in Cyber Security during his BSc and MSc studies at the University of Twente. He is the Lead Threat Detection & Response Engineer for a technology company in London, and previously also worked for CrowdStrike and PwC UK. As a threat hunting enthusiast and security researcher, Wietze has presented at a variety of security conferences and describes himself as a tech enthusiast, security fanatic with an interest in politics and society. |
Sven Koster (alumnus TU/e) Head of New Business Dev. & Innovation at GoMedia. | Sven Koster moved to London in 2016 after he graduated in 2015 from Eindhoven University of Technology with a Msc in Innovation Management. In London he joined a start-up company as a business developer and project manager. Fast forward, 9 years later, in 2025, this start-up company has now been acquired by Equans that counts 90,000 people. He currently leads the new business development and innovation projects within the organisation. He is responsible for introducing new service offerings, which at the moment focusses on accessibility solutions for public spaces. |
Christina Mallin (alumna WUR) Water Lead at South Pole. | Christina Mallin, Global Water Lead at South Pole, is a corporate water stewardship and agricultural value chain expert with a decade of experience in the implementation of water risk and stewardship, deforestation, and emission reduction projects in the Americas, Africa and Europe. She focuses on strategy development for multinational cooperations drawing on her professional experience in Canada, the Netherlands, Mexico, Switzerland, and the UK. She holds a B.Sc. in Environmental and BioResource Management from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, and an M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University. |
Cleo Jongedijk (TUD) Data Engineer at Transport for London. | Cleo Jongedijk is interested in everything that flows: fluids, oceans, traffic, anything that moves according to a (defined or not) set of rules will keep her entertained. Even better if those flows can be studied from the comfort of a (super)computer. She studied abstract fluids during her BSc in Applied Physics, oceans and waves during her MSc in Environmental Fluid Mechanics (both TU Delft) and oceanic plastic transport in her PhD (Imperial College London). During her PhD she won with an international team the EU hackathon on development of a digital twin of the ocean. She is currently developing the real-time Digital Twin of Surface Transport at TfL with the mission to improve the resilience of London’s road network and reduce congestion. |
