Wouter Van den Berg, PhD in

Wouter Van den Berg, PhD

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Founder at BrainCompass
📍 Netherlands

Wouter van den Berg is the founder of BrainCompass and the first neuro-economist in the Netherlands. He leverages his unique background, with cum laude masters degrees in both Business Economics and Neuroscience from Erasmus University, to help organizations unlock professional potential through innovative, science-based assessment tooling that incorporates DNA analysis.

Outside of his entrepreneurial and academic pursuits, Wouter is a father of two sons who lives in a village near Rotterdam. He is a former aspiring professional football (soccer) player, having spent time at the youth academy of a professional club, an experience which gave him early insights into achieving peak performance.

Unique fact: Before becoming a neuro-economist, his primary ambition was to be a professional football player with a dream of playing for a team like AC Milan.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Netherlands
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Neuro-economics
As the first neuro-economist in the Netherlands, his PhD and company are built on bridging neuroscience and genetics with economics to understand professional behavior.
Talent Activation
His company, BrainCompass, is centered on moving beyond traditional development to activate inherent talents using a biological and neuroscientific approach.
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Career

Work history

2-2012
Founder
BrainCompass
10-2012 - 1-2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Erasmus MC
10-2008 - 5-2014
Ph.D. Candidate
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
10-2008 - 10-2012
Researcher and lecturer
Institute for Sales and Account Management (ISAM)
3-2005 - 8-2008
Project Manager
Vulcaanhaven b.v.
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Education
2008 - 2010
MSc
Erasmus University Medical Center
2009 - 2009
Erasmus Winter Program
Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences
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