Our team.
Professionals. Experienced. Change-makers.
Accelerators of transitions.
Edwin Heesakkers
Founder | Business, Concept & Design
Managing director UMG. Senior mobility advisor with > 25 years experience in international business management within the automotive and high-tech industry.
Henri de Jong
Investor | Business
Founder of The Sharing Group.
Friends call me a crazy one, and I consider that a compliment. As an entrepreneur and investor, I'm the proud founder of The Sharing Group: a rapidly growing family of tech companies.
Alwin Bakker
Investor | Business
Founder of the Future Mobility Network (now part of Movares), > 20 years experience in mobility-concepts & entrepreneurship in mobility consultancy.
Joop Veenis
Investor | Innovation
Founder of the Future Mobility Network (now part of Movares), > 30 years experience in mobility-concepts & entrepreneurship in mobility consultancy.
Main contributors.
Without them, our dreams wouldn’t have come true.
Wim van den Heuvel
Development & construction Engineer
Wim van den Heuvel has almost 40 years of experience in automotive engineering at e.g. Volvo and Mitsubishi.
Prof. Dr. Ir. Maarten Steinbuch - TU/e
Scientific Advisor
Professor in Systems- and control at Eindhoven University of Technology, TU/e. In 2016 Maarten was awarded the Simon Stevin Meester 2016, the highest Dutch Award for Scientific Technological Research.
Ton Anbeek
Business Advisor Mobility market
Ton held various CEO positions. As former CEO of the Accell-Group (KOGA, Batavus, Sparta, Haibike, …) Ton advises us on various topics.
Peter van der Veer
Co-founder | Design & concept
Founder of Vanderveerdesigners (Modyn), 35 years experience in mobility-concepts, design, e-bike design. Former co-owner UMG.
Arjan Vrielink
Development & construction engineer & Prototyping
Co-owner of Flevobike. With > 30 years experience in mobility both Arjan and Andre Vrielink bring unique knowledge of light-wheel mobility concepts.
Andre Vrielink
Development & construction Engineer & Prototyping
Co-owner of Flevobike. With > 30 years experience in mobility both Arjan and Andre Vrielink bring unique knowledge of light-wheel mobility concepts.
Dr. Ir. Igo Besselink - TU/e
Associate professor Vehicle Dynamics
With > 30 years experience in scientific research in vehicle dynamics Igo brought his key-knowledge for optimizing our concept.
Michelle van Ardenne
Sustainable Urban Mobility transitions , intern TU/e
Graduate in Sustainable Urban Mobility transitions at TU/e. Currently Michelle is busy with her PhD at KTH University in Stockholm.
Hans Hagendoorn
Marketing expert
Hans is founder and Group CEO at The Line. Hans has fully and personally dedicated himself to support us building our brand.
Eddy Allefs
Research and Development support
Eddy has > 40 years experience in broad technology & business development. Owner of Createchtics.nl
Stephan Houben
Marketing expert
Stephan is co-owner and managing director at The Line. Stephan has fully and personally dedicated himself to support us building our brand.
Sjaak Boessen
Creative expert
Sjaak is creative director of The Line. He brings his > 20 years of creative experience to UMG.
Dr. Joost de Kruijf
Dutch Cycling Intelligence & Research fellow
Joost has a PhD in Urban Planning and brings > 25 years experience in research on mobility transitions & behavior change to UMG.
Bastiaan Kok
Industrial Designer
More than 25 years of experience in designing mobility products. Since 2010, he has primarily worked for the bicycle industry
Aryan Kumar
Research and Development, intern at TU/e
Masters student of Automotive Technology (TU/e) working on driving dynamics