Venturn is a maritime consultancy that provides services like business consultancy, training and development, executive search, and interim management solutions to clients in the maritime industry. It aims to inspire improvement in people and businesses. Services include hands-on business consultancy, a training program for young professionals, searching for maritime executives, and providing interim managers. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Rotterdam, serving clients globally. It has a team of experienced maritime professionals and donates 1% of annual revenue to support sea rescue organizations.

1. Venturn Presentation
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them
tasks and work, but rather teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

2. Improving the performance of your people and your business
ABOUT VENTURN
Venturn is a maritime consultancy
dedicated to advising our clients
from the maritime industry on the
development and performance of
people and business.
We deliver new insights,
performance enhancement and
performance excellence through
consultancy, training and
development, project management,
organisational development, change
management and we match the
right people to the right
organisations.

3. ABOUT VENTURN
Venturn was created in 2001 by its Founding Partner, Patrick
van de Ven. It started out as a small venture 15 years ago when
Patrick decided he wanted to create a new and different working
culture for himself and others. Venturn was born! Ten years ago
Niels Romme joined Venturn and together they created an
organisation that would inspire and encourage people and
business in the maritime industry to keep moving and
improving.
Why Do We Do It? – Nothing Venturned, Nothing Gained
We are passionate about inspiring the maritime industry to
keep moving and improving.
We have the industry expertise and knowledge. We know
the business and the business knows us.
We want to have a positive impact and make a solid
contribution to the industry in a sustainable way.

4. WHAT WE DO
Maritime
Business
Consultancy

5. Maritime Business Consultancy

6. Venturn provides hands on
consultancy services to businesses
in the maritime industry.
We take on any industry related
challenge that needs to be tackled
and we assign a team to
implement and execute the most
appropriate solutions.
We work with our client on a daily
basis, we progress and ensure
each project is fully managed and
successfully completed.
Hands on Business Consultancy from Venturn
MARITIME BUSINESS CONSULTANCY

7. Training & Development

8. TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
Tailored to all levels in the maritime industry & delivered by industry professionals.
Venturn offers Training Products, Programmes and Solutions to inspire the
maritime industry to keep moving and improving.
Products:
-Terminal Excellence Simulation
-People Management & Leadership
-Skills & Knowledge Training
Programmes:
-Venturn Young Professionals Programme (VYP)
-Maritime Professionals Programme
Solutions:
-On-the-job coaching & development
-Performance improvement solutions

9. Venturn Young Professionals

10. Young professionals complete a unique
but demanding training programme for
18 months with a view to making the
transition from a talented young person
to a fully-fledged professional.
Venturn Young Professionals are placed
with a client, often supported by a
company supervisor and coached by a
senior Venturnian.
The mission is clear - to create value for
the client’s organisation. Our bright
young professionals offer fresh insights,
innovative thinking and new industry
knowledge.
Carefully selected talented, enthusiastic, self starters
VENTURN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAMME (VYP)

11. Executive Search

12. Our inspirational and impressive team of search consultants have
a deep understanding and knowledge of the niche maritime
industry.
Our team works with candidates looking for their next move and
companies who are looking for their next talent.
Candidates and companies alike see Venturn as their hard working
search and sourcing partner.
We work with client companies operating in all aspects of the
maritime and logistics sectors including; offshore, terminals,
shipping lines, logistics service providers, rescue, marine supplies,
port authorities and more.
We search for executives, management and experts for the maritime industry
VENTURN EXECUTIVE SEARCH

13. Interim Services

14. Venturn provides Interim
Management solutions when
external expertise and immediate
results are required.
Before every assignment we clearly
set the start date, the planned end
date, and the required results.
We guarantee that an assignment
has a lasting effect, even after the
interim manager’s departure.
We are based in Rotterdam and
operate throughout the Netherlands
and internationally.
Short term project & instant management replacement solutions
INTERIM SERVICES

15. Our commercial and core office team
OUR PEOPLE
Patrick van de Ven Niels Romme Michiel Drenth Wijnand Paauwe
Sandra de Jonge Joanne Kelleher Wouter Visser Juliette Janssen

16. WHERE WE ARE ACTIVE - 2015
Belgium
Egypt
Germany
India
Mozambique
Netherlands
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Russia
Saudi Arabia
UAE
UK
USA
Rotterdam

17. CLIENTS
A varied selection of our clients

18. The Royal Netherlands Sea
Rescue Institution (KNRM)
operates as an emergency service
and is fully dependent on donations.
As active water-sports enthusiasts
with careers in shipping we wholly
support this organisation.
Venturn donates one percent of
our annual turnover to these
dedicated rescue teams. We do it in
good times and in bad times. We
have committed to doing this for a
period of 20 years.
We Support You
KNRM

19. INSPIRE WITH VENTURN

20. INSPIRE WITH VENTURN

21. Hulstkamp Gebouw
Maaskade 119
3071 NK Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Joanne Kelleher
Communications & Marketing
T: +31 (0)10 304 20 70
E: joanne@venturn.nl
W: www.venturn.nl
CONTACT US