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Chantal Jonkergouw was born in 1966 in Tilburg, The Netherlands and studied Business Economics at the University of Limburg (Maastricht) where she graduated with distinction in 1991.

After university she went on to build a career in International Marketing and Brand Strategy, taking managerial positions at Scansped Holland (Schenker AB), AT&T/Lucent Technologies, Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts Coffee Systems International (head of international marketing departments) and WWF Netherlands (Head of Communications and Campaigning department). In all positions as head of marketing she led teams and started up new markets or new segments to deliver profitable growth to the business. At AT&T (Europe, Middle East, Africa) she set up the marketing for all Application Software in the region, and became responsible for the R&D part as well as for Sales Engineering. She was in the top management development program for Leadership Continuity, but chose to move into the global coffee business to build consumer brands and expand the business. She worked in over 55 countries for her job as marketing director of Douwe Egberts Coffee Systems Global Network, and also had global responsibilities in her jobs that followed at the DECS International head office. After ten interesting and successful years she chose to work for an NGO and went to WWF Netherlands to run the Communications and Campaigning department. After four successful years there, the decision was made to move to Sweden. After working for over twenty years in international marketing and brand leadership positions, she describes her professional self with the following key words: 'international, leadership, marketing and brand strategy, sustainability'. The competencies and knowledge she has built are now put to use in a different way.

In 2010 Chantal and her husband Jeroen Tomesen moved to the south of Sweden where she is now developing as a professional board member (currently she holds a board position at Support Syd, one of the fastest growing businesses in Sweden), is active as a consultant for marketing and brand strategy, and is regional Director for the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in the south of Sweden. As a hobby, she runs an icelandic horse farm together with her husband in Skåne.