Organisation

MANAGEMENT			BOARD
Oscar Hefting, MA	Director		Ron Muyzert	Chairperson
	Oscar Hefting graduated in Classical Archaeology at University of Amsterdam (UvA). He specialized in Dutch Heritage Overseas and is coordinator of (inter-)national cultural projects in Brazil, U.S.A., South Africa, Sri Lanka and Taiwan, since many years.			Ron Muyzert was a former diplomat in Latin America and the Middle East and was the Dutch ambassador of Cuba and Bolivia. Now he gives lectures about international relations and writes fiction as well as non-fiction.

Mike Hos, MA	Communication & PR		Hans van Westing, MA	Secretary
	Mike Hos is an urban historian. His fields of interest are Dutch overseas history and migration history. Mike has been working at the NHF since June 2017 and is also responsible for Communication and Public Relations.			Hans van Westing studied archaeology at the State University of Groningen (The Netherlands). He specialised in maritime archaeology. Working as project manager for the Foundation Archaeology & Monument since 1985 he has researched fortifications in the north of The Netherlands.

Darya Goncharova, MA	Communication & PR		Dick Loman, MBA	Treasurer
	Darya Goncharova is a student European Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Her fields of interest are Dutch and European overseas history and has a special interest in Russia. Darya has been working at the NHF since April 2018 and is responsible for Communication and Public Relations.			Dick Loman graduated in Business Administration at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. He has been working in various marketing management positions in the market for consumer goods and at the moment he is marketing consultant.

Jaap Jacobs, PhD	Research
	Jaap Jacobs (PhD Leiden, 1999) is affiliated with the University of St Andrews. He has specialized in the early American history, specifically the Dutch in the Americas in the early modern period. He is currently working on a biography of Petrus Stuyvesant.

Florian Herrendorf, BA	Research
	Florian Herrendorf is master student History at the Leiden University. His fields of interest are Dutch overseas history with a focus on the Eerste West-Indische Compagnie or First Dutch West India Company. Florian has been working at the NHF since Januari 2022 as an intern where he is working on the project ‘Dutch Colonial Fortifications in West Central Africa, ca. 1600 – ca. 1684’.

Henriette Graafland, MA	Research
	Henriët Graafland has studied History at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and is now a master student Book Studies at the University of Amsterdam and a master student International Relations at the Leiden University. Her field of interest lies in colonial history, heritage, Russia and medieval manuscripts.