Vincent Verkoelen has a strong trackrecord in several industries. Starting 2022 Vincent is the Director of Strategy & Policies at Haag Wonen, the social housing corporation in The Hague. Taking on this task in the midst of a national housing crisis, the need for energy transition and improving urban social cohesion. Until last September he was the acting Managing Director of the Amsterdam anti discrimination office. During a sensitive crisis situation in the summer of 2018 he stepped down from the Supervisory Board to take the lead. He transformed the organization, set a new vision and strategy, rebuilt and expended the team and significantly increased revenues. With a proactive approach and focus on visibility whilst setting up partnerships with key grassroots organizations the amount of clients served more than doubled. Vincent lead the office in the midst of increasing antisemitism, cases of anti-LGBTI violence, anti-Asian racism during the COVID pandemic and the Black Live Matters-movement that had an impact both globally and on Dutch and Amsterdam society. 

Prior he vigorously positioned the Museum of the Canals (Het Grachtenmuseum) in the cultural and touristic Amsterdam market. At the time being the youngest museum director in The Netherlands. Focussed on sales and brand development and working closely with partners such as Amsterdam Marketing, the network of Amsterdam museums and National Geographic this unsubsidized cultural start-up welcomed numerous (inter)national visitors in a relatively short period of time. Vincent also transformed the museum into a favorable event and wedding location.

Brand development, communications and public relations have been a priority in his work for international art galleries such as Berlin-based Camera Work and working with the CEO of Fotografiska. But also in his almost 20 years active involvement with the Dutch Democratic Party (D66) where he acted as National President of the Young Democrats, Campaign Director for several local and regional campaigns and as the Amsterdam Communications Board member. In 2014 the organization held the biggest municipal election victory in its history. Verkoelen also participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) of the U.S. State Department.

Verkoelen started off his career for 6 years in Sustainable Development within international corporate finance. He served as the right-hand man and strategic executive advisor (VP-level) to the Global Head of Sustainable Development at ABN AMRO. For fundraising activities he organized European Investor Salons for impact investment and conferences on triple bottom line investing.

Verkoelen holds a Dutch ‘doctorandus’ (drs.) degree in Business Administration and a Master in Finance (MSc.). He studied at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam.