Ester van der GeestHead of Programme

Ester van der Geest worked as Head of Programme Interface at Waag.

Ester continuously seeked new ways to maximize the impact of all the exciting research, projects, and tools in which Waag is involved. This may mean a massive public event on one occasion, while on another a publication, a blog post, or even an old fashioned phone call could prove more efficient. How do we make technology into something that actually works for us?

Ester has broad experience both as a journalist (het Financieele Dagblad / the Dutch Financial Daily) and as an entrepreneurial professional. Before she joined Waag, she was on the board of a pioneering collective that realised restaurants (Hotel de Goudfazant, Radio Royaal and Café Modern) and a boutique hotel (Sweet Dreamz). Ester studied Social neuropsychology (cum laude) and Journalism & Media in Amsterdam.