About Lois de Wit

A good start is half the work!

I am a self-made assistant with 20 years of experience with the Dutch government and in international business. Through the years I have learned what is important in organizing a high international agenda and giving the best support.

I love working in a hectic international environment where one is able to communicate with open mind and respect.

Let me support you in organizing your business travel in the most efficient way, I will use my knowledge and experience to advise you as good as possible. Whethter it is a short visit fully booked with appointments, a visit to several countries or attending a virtual event, I will arrange it for you!

You can count on me being fully dedicated to make your business trip a success! I am a quick thinker, positive by nature and always find a solution for a problem.

I love challenges and I am driven to make every project a success! Let me help you organize your international agenda so you can focus on growing your business!

Work Experience

Aug 2018 – present coordinator international agenda ministers

Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, International Affairs

Responsibilities

  • Coordinating the process of incoming international invitations for the ministers and responsible for the advisory process
  • Contactperson for large international trade missions, meetings and events of the ministers
  • Responsible for the minister’s (travel)program, arrange all the logistics and protocol
  • Prepare and attend project team meetings, reporting in Dutch or English and monitoring deadlines
  • Contactperson for in- and external parties regarding the minister’s travel program
  • Contribute to preparation and organization of incoming and outgoing foreign visits at official and political level and support the NL delegation abroad
  • Responsible for project planning, finance, information and content management

Oct 2014- May 2017 Executive Assistant

K3 Business Technology Group

Responsibilities

  • Complex agendamanagement, content and logistics coordination for the Group Managing director and Finance director their meetings
  • Content and logistics coordination and organization of complex meetings and business travel of the Executive Board
  • Preparing and attending project team meetings, reporting in Dutch or English and monitoring deadlines
  • Drafting contracts and correct archiving
  • Processing expense claims and invoices
  • Coordination and organization of company-wide staff events

April – oct 2014 Personal Assistant | Jr Project manager Prince2| High level supporter

Randstad

Education

  • Higher Vocational Education projectmanagement PRINCE2
  • Social Media
  • Personal Branding

2007 – 2014 Project Assistant/policy support officer

Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, International Affairs

Responsibilities

  • Coordinating and advising incoming requests to the ministers for attending international meetings
  • Coordination of working visits by the ministers with the participation of businesses and NGO’s (so called trade mission) abroad
  • Project Assistant for the attendance of the Dutch government in international (UN) meetings
  • Coordination and organization of foreign ministerial visits to the Netherlands
  • Advising about organizational aspects of foreign ministerial visits
  • Maintaining contacts departmental and interdepartmental, with Dutch Embassies abroad and foreign Embassies in the Netherlands and international organizations

2002 – 2007 Executive Secretary                                                                                  

Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, International Affairs

Agenda management, phone management, email management, organizing and taking minutes, monitoring actions and deadlines, arranging logistics for the director his international travel as wel as maintaining international contacts.

2000 – 2002 Secretary

Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Foreign Support Office