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.
Our team and our partners.
Professionals. Experienced. Change-makers. Accelerators of transitions.
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 in Online, Mobility, and Energy.
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.
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.
Peter van der Veer
Co-founder | Design & concept
Founder of Vanderveerdesigners (Modyn), 35 years experience in mobility-concepts, design, e-bike design. Entrepreneur in mobility concepts.
Peter left UMG per 2025.
Michelle van Ardenne
Sustainable Urban Mobility transitions , intern TU/e
Graduate in Sustainable Urban Mobility transitions at TU/e with a passion for human-technology interaction and storytelling.
Currently Michelle is busy with her PhD at KTH University in Stockholm.
Dr. Joost de Kruijf
Dutch Cycling Intelligence & Research fellow
Joost has a PhD in Urban Planning and > 25 years experience in research on mobility transitions & behavior change.
Wim van den Heuvel
Construction Engineer
Wim van den Heuvel has almost 40 years of experience in automotive engineering at e.g. Volvo and Mitsubishi.
He is focussing on the optimal engineering of the icon to ease production and assembly to deliver the highest quality to guarantee user satisfaction.
Dr. Ir. Igo Besseling - TU/e
Associate professor Vehicle Dynamics
With > 30 years experience in scientific research in vehicle dynamics Igo brought key-knowledge for optimizing our concept.
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.
Arjan Vrielink
Construction Engineer & Prototyping
Co-owner of Flevobike.
With > 30 years experience in mobility both Arjan and Andre Vrielink bring unique knowledge of two, three and four light-wheel mobility concepts.
Hans Hagendoorn
Marketing expert
Hans is founder and Group CEO at the Line. We build brands with our clients that are ready for the future, combining creativity, technical expertise, and effectiveness with passion and know-how.
Hans has fully and personally dedicated himself to support us building our brand.
Ton Anbeek
Business Advisor Mobility market
Ton held various CEO positions at e.g. Auping, Beter Bed and Accell-group (KOGA, Batavus, Sparta, Haibike). As former CEO of the Accell-Group Ton advises us on various topics.
Aryan Kumar
Research and Development, intern at TU/e
Masters student of Automotive Technology (TU/e) working on driving dynamics along with a passion for team building. Leadership roles under SAEINDIA. Ex Formula Student. Awarded as "SAEINDIA Student Of The Year 2021-22"
Andre Vrielink
Construction Engineer & Prototyping
Co-owner of Flevobike.
With > 30 years experience in mobility both Arjan and Andre Vrielink bring unique knowledge of two, three and four light-wheel mobility concepts.
Sjaak Boessen
Creative expert
Sjaak is creative director of the Line. He brings his > 20 years of creative experience to UMG.
Bastiaan Kok
Industrial Designer
More than 25 years of experience in designing products for the consumer market and the public domain.
Since 2010, he has primarily worked for the bicycle industry, where he is involved in the design of e-bikes, bicycle components, and bicycle accessories via Bastiaankok.nl.
Main contributors.
Without them, our dreams wouldn’t have come true.
Our partners.
Reliable, committed, professional, and always there to take that extra step for us.
Automotive Campus
Bending parts
Blatter
Bosch & Universal transmissions
Brainport Bike Week
Cyclis Bike lease
DOK
Flevobike
Fontys
Future Mobility Network
Gemeente Helmond
Metropool Regio Eindhoven
Proven Concepts
Provincie Noord-Brabant
Shimano
Spectrum 59
The Line
The Future BV
TU/e
V-tron