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Karima Van Zadelhoff-Charrat

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CEO Blue Ocean Works at Blue Ocean Works
📍 Netherlands

As CEO of Blue Ocean Works, Karima van Zadelhoff-Charrat leads a group of specialized talent labels solving complex workforce challenges. Her experience includes driving major transformations as a board member at Team EIFFEL. She is certified in culture and leadership assessments, focusing on making work smarter and more human.

Karima is passionate about building organizations where people can thrive, drawing parallels between high-performance business and top-level sports. She focuses on how shared values and a human-centered approach can create environments where people contribute with energy and pleasure, driving collective success.

A former lawyer and mediator, she leverages her background in conflict resolution and labor law to navigate complex organizational change with unique interpersonal and strategic sensitivity.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
CEO Blue Ocean Works
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Netherlands
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Priorities

Topics Karima cares about

Future of Work
Her role as CEO of Blue Ocean Works is centered on shaping a workforce that is smarter, more human, and future-ready.
Values-Driven Culture
She emphasizes that values are the foundation of leadership and change, using methodologies from the Barrett Values Centre to create concrete insights and drive behavior.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
CEO Blue Ocean Works
Blue Ocean Works
12-2023
Member SER Topvrouwen
SER Topvrouwen
12-2019 - 7-2025
Executive Board Member | CHRO
Team EIFFEL
9-2015 - 12-2019
Business Director
Team EIFFEL
8-2004 - 8-2015
Lawyer and Mediator
Van Schie Advocaten | Van Dijl Advocaten | Mic Mediation
In the press

Media appearances

Karima van Zadelhoff nieuwe CEO van Blue Ocean Works. Featured in Dutch IT Channel
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Blue Ocean Works benoemt Karima van Zadelhoff tot nieuwe CEO. Featured in FlexNieuws
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Education
4-2025 - 7-2025
Certification for culture and leadership assessments
Barrett Values Centre
6-2025 - 9-2025
Specialisatie opleiding arbeidsmediation
Merlijn Groep
4-2025
Intensief opleidingsprogramma voor toezichthouders en commissarissen
Board Company
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