2016-2017 | OCEANS Network

President

The Netherlands

About:

Robin did his Bachelors in Asian Business on Avans University of Applied sciences in Breda the Netherlands. During this study he spent 1 year in China doing internship and did his exchange in Kyungpook University in Daegu South Korea. His interest in South Korea got him back once more for his Global MBA at Korea University after this bachelor studies.

Robin has been part of OCEANS Network since his exchange in Daegu in 2012.

Position:

The President is the primary leader of the OCEANS Network and brings forward the mission and vision of the Network. She has the responsibility to ensure the overall performance and regular operation of the Board Structure, both internally and towards external organisations and partners. Also, she is Board member of the Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Alliance.

Vice-President (Head of International Development)

Rosa Utset

Spain

About:

Rosa graduated from the Economics Faculty at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. As part of her studies, she also studied at Seoul National University (South Korea) with scholarship “Korean European Nexus on International Economy and Governance” and became an OCEANS member.

After working for three years in the finance sector, her interest for International Cooperation and love for Asian culture brought her back to Seoul to study a Master in International Relations at Yonsei University. Also, this change in live provided her the opportunity to get more involved in OCEANS Network and became the VP!

Position:

The Vice-President is the leader of the international development strategy. She shares with the President the role of external representative towards external stakeholders and supports the President in ensuring the overall performance of the network, both internally, within the Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Alliance (ESAA) and externally towards third organizations. Also, she is Board member of the ESAA decision making bodies (Horizontal Board and Credit Mobility Strand Board).

Head of Membership Management & Internal Affairs

Sunhee Kim

South Korea

About:

Sunhee has been part of Oceans Network since her exchange at Tallinn University in Estonia in 2011. Sunhee has studied Educational Policy. She did another year-long exchange study in the US and a research internship in Finalnd. She reiceived her Bachelor's from Chungbuk National University in South Korea in 2012 and her Master's from the University of Washington in the US in 2015. Currently, Sunhee lives in South Korea, working at a national research institute for vocational education

Position:

Internal affairs and Membership management team will be responsible will work closely with the Fundraising and Development team to engage OCEANS members’ community and promote the international spirit with new initiatives. In addition, the team will also be the guardian of OCEANS Network’s Statute and its amendments.

Head of Communication

Robin Heinsen

The Netherlands

About:

Robin did his Bachelors in Asian Business on Avans University of Applied sciences in Breda the Netherlands. During this study he spent 1 year in China doing internship and did his exchange in Kyungpook University in Daegu South Korea. His interest in South Korea got him back once more for his Global MBA at Korea University after this bachelor studies.

Robin has been part of Oceans Network since his exchange in Daegu in 2012.

Position:

Our network is doing great things and providing amazing opportunities, but all of those? need to be communicated internally, to our members, and externally to the outside world.

Exchange of information is key to enable our members to access our services, events, and opportunities. Packaging catchy and informative pieces of information on social media and articles to be published online is essential for advancing the prestige of the network and for giving chance to new people to get to know about us and what we do.

Head of Professional Development

Scott Darby

UK

About:

Scott graduated from University of Wales, Bangor with a degree in Environmental Science. Later went on to work in the Health service before pursueing a Masters degree in Arid Land Studies.

During his Masters Degree he spent one year at Texas Tech University in the USA, thanks to a grant from the EU.

At the present moment Scott is working in Lebanon with Syrian and Palestinian refugees around areas of general health and dealing with trauma. Additionally to this Scott is also deeply involved with a project in Somaliland that is working towards reintroducing a locally extinct shrub that will alleviate hunger during the drought season by providing nuts for people and fodder for livestock.

Position:

The Head and Deputy-Head of this Team lead and coordinate all the Team’s activities and namely: career support and guidance, fostering business and social entrepreneurship among members, organization of events and professional networking activities. Also, they co-organize and participate to the activities of the respective Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Association (ESAA) Working Group. The Head of Team is also part of the OCEANS Board, and as such, performs a decision-making role and contributes to the whole strategy of the Network.

Head of Digital Development

Gabriele Armao

Italy

About:

Gabriele graduated from the computer science faculty of University of Bologna, in Italy, then he completed a master in information security and law.

He also studied his last year of graduate school in the USA, at Indiana University of Bloomington thanks to the Overseas exchange program, and he's been hooked to exchange programs and their potentiality since then.

Right now, Gabriele is working as monitoring specialist in Bologna, Italy, he has experience in building websites and web services, using the most common frameworks (wordpress, joomla, django, ...) and programming languages (php, python, perl, ...), as well as administering all major operating systems and databases.

Gabriele has always been an active part of Oceans Network since the beginning.

Position:

Digital Development WG will discuss the present and the future of the digital presence of the Oceans Network. You don’t need to be an IT expert to join. OCEANS website, community and all the tools connected to the organization are managed by this WG.

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