Creating Impact through Your Career

Recipient of RSM Distinguished Alumni Award 2014 - Alba Tiley is a professional with over 12 years’ experience in Corporate Sustainability (ESG) and Public Affairs at leading companies in the food and pharma sectors. She most recently spent 6 years as Director of Global Sustainability and Public Affairs at Centrient Pharmaceuticals and prior to that was Sustainability Manager at DSM. Alba is now an independent advisor on Sustainability and Public Affairs helping global companies and organisations improve their strategic positioning. 

Alba is passionate about collaboration across sectors to address global issues and create industry change; and develop sustainability strategies that deliver real impact.  

Harrie Oostingh is a graduated development economist with extensive working experience in over 40 countries in Europe, Latin-America, Asia and Africa. He worked 10 years as country- and regional director in Central America and the Caribbean, responsible for programmes in the field of social protection and social inclusion. In 2007 he started working for Oxfam in The Netherlands, where he worked on a wide range of issues, like social protection, inclusive citizenship, resilient livelihoods, biodiversity and strong local humanitarian actors. He played a key role in large scale resource mobilization, the management of multi-country programs and as interim country director.

In 2023, Harrie Oostingh joined WWF International as Director Program Quality for Europe and North Africa. He is responsible for program development, resource mobilisation and impact in the field of nature conservation, biodiversity, climate adaptation and food security.

Harrie considers himself a professional idealist. He is keen to bring together bright people, capable organisations and new ideas to eradicate social injustice and contribute to a prosperous and green world.

Jacqueline Jansen is a strategist with a project track record across Europe, U.S. and Asia in different industries (mainly life science and energy) in large corporate and external consulting. At her current employer, Bayer AG, Jacqueline has launched, led / was involved in global scale transformations with like-minded colleagues meant to bring the company one step closer to becoming net positive. Together, they contributed to defining the social access strategy in key markets to help 300+ million people or shaping the sustainability direction within Pharma, as first pilots to translate EU ambitions into clear business targets. 

Jacqueline considers herself being responsible and proactive, creatively and actively seeking to inspire leaders and peers into feeling empowered to shape a future business environment, that prospers within our environmental ceiling and social foundation.

If you are interested in the latest industry insights on the path to net positive organisations, you can find “Net positive transformation paper” under the Projects section on Jacqueline’s LinkedIn page, which she co-wrote with several experts across Bayer and thought leaders across other German corporations/associations Jacqueline Jansen.

Meta Haag-Mikec serves as the Associate Director of Corporate and Alumni Relations at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). With eleven years of experience, she has enriched RSM's alumni network through a range of activities, events, and community-building initiatives. Meta plays a key role in strategic planning, develops alumni engagement strategies, and leads a team in managing alumni projects and fundraising programmes. Her background includes working in events in Brussels and volunteering with a European-wide student association. Meta holds a BSc in Marketing Communication from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.