About the founder

"I firmly believe that all of us should have the opportunity to pursue our dreams and destination in absence of fear and forced displacement".

What others say

My background

my BACKGROUND

Background

From early childhood all through my studies and career I have been interested in international relations,

human rights and peaceful conflict resolution.

As a migration professional for 25 years, I have witnessed, heard, felt and seen the impact that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide have on victims, witnessess, their respective families and on entire societies.

As a professional I have been fortunate to render save haven to victims seeking justice, while on the other hand denying safe haven for perpetrators that were fleeing justice.

For over 10 years I have been spearheading new (inter)national and multidisciplinary approaches aimed at optimizing the identification of and the administrative responses to migrants responsible for core international crimes. Capacity building and furthering international criminal justice have become my passion ever since.

During the 2015/2106 refugee crisis I was working as deputy manager at the general director's office of the Dutch immigration service where we worked hard to find the right organisational responses and help to ease the social impact on our society.

what motivates me

25 years

experience in (forced) migration

18 years

MANAGEMENT positions

>10 years

manager of a dutch war crimes unit

>10 years

(inter)national capacity building

EASO Exclusion Network

Initiator

"Intensifying investigations and prosecutions for international crimes"

national Programme Manager

Leading investigations on international crimes and integrity related issues

operational manager of specialists, expert, investigator

Integrated cross-sector strategies for combatting impunity

developer

MY MOTIVATION

mOTIVATION

I am a dedicated, pragmatic and purpose driven professional. With Gather4Humanity I seek to:

promote human rights standards, while furthering compliance and enforcement of these international principles;
contribute to prevention, accountability, truth, justice and reconciliation;
to reduce human suffering and refugee flows;
connect, inform, empower and inspire like-minded people, partners, organisations and professionals.

my expertise

expertise

I am passionate about furthering core values related to my respective fields of interest and expertise. Achieving lasting and appealing results by furthering multidisciplinary cooperation, building bridges and achieving mutual beneficial and sustainable solutions is what really drives me.

My areas of expertise lay in the fields of:

(forced)migration
investigation of and exclusion from refugee status for those responsible for core international crimes
international humanitarian and/or criminal law
human rights
good governance (integrity management and investigations)
(inter)national multidisciplinary cooperation in my respective fieldsof expertise
capacity building and training
teammanager
(inter)national projects and programmes

Fields of expertise

Migration and asylum

Detecting, investigating and addressing perpetrators of core international crimes

Human rights

International humanitarian and criminal law

Integrity management and investigations

(inter)national multidisciplinary cooperation

capacity building and training

managing project and programmes

key characteristics

Characteristics

I am an initiator aiming to enhance cooperation and finding new approaches and innovations to current challenges. My key characteristics and assessts are:

Independent and impartial investigator

Quick, thorough analyses and factfinding adressing the root cause of issues.

Can do mentality

Exceeding expectations by identifying and realising future proof opportunities and/or directions. Providing perspectives.

Team player

Furthering mutual beneficial goals through drive, energy, focus, dedication and openness.

Balanced leader

I am determined, provide direction under all circumstances, show ownership, and deliver.

Result driven

I aim to exceed expectations, when faced with obstacles I am resilient and use my perserverance.

Key characteristices

independent-impartial investigator

Can do mentality

Team player

Balanced leader

Result driven

wHAT OTHERS SAY

Lagerweij & Partners assessment

The charachter profile of mr. Ten Hove can be qualified as follows.

Creative, result driven, balanced, change orientated, empathetic, extravert, flexible, integer and rich of inititiative. He aims to steer and have influence, and acts from a position of equality. He keeps an eye on the individual; is sincerely interested in people and wants to know what is on their mind, so he can adjust his approach and behaviour as a manager. He aims to work in a constructive working environment, but expects effort and quality of his staff. In a managerial role he gets energy from change, innovation and new assignments or projects. His charachter is less interested in a typical managerial function; just looking after things is not his cup of tea. He is enthusiastic and engaged in his work and possess a plain, no-nonsense attitude (what you see is what you get).

LTP assessments by Business Psychologists

In 2019 I was assessed under uncertain situations, under increasing physical and mental fatigue in order to investigate whether I would remain effective in a group and whether I would be capable to adjust to a different cultural setting.

Key findings:

my basic attitude is very friendly, respectful, and quiet;
I posses a non judgmental approach and am extremely cultural sensitive;
self-insight; amply capable of looking in a positive critical way to my own behaviour and my environment, dare to show my vulnarability;
I am a person who can -in nearly all circumstances- fit in and add value to a group;
stress resistant; I am calm and quiet by default, know to approach stressful situations in a concentrated and balanced manner;
I give weight to the way people perceive my behaviour and input, I may put more emphasis on my added value;
I know to win suppprt by my respectful and diplomatic approach, I may -however- adopt a more bold and robust way to share my point of view.