Kasia Turajczyk

Kasia is our CFO. She is a polymath. Amongst numerous other things she paints pictures, draws surreal visions, creates illustrations for stories and writes novels and poems.

She is a member of:

The Professional Association for Expressive Artists in the Netherlands – BBK
The Association of Polish Artists
The poets guild ‘Aneks’

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Here is an extract from her C.V.

1996-2009 Own company – KBT Advies

Advising startups/new businesses on formation of corporations and business structures, drafting privacy policies and structuring commercial transactions
Consultant, coach and trainer for non-profit organisations and charities

1989-1994 Advisor for minority groups in Lelystad; City of Lelystad

From 1987-2009 Freelance translator
Polish-Dutch and vice-versa

1986 – Sworn in as an official Polish translator for the Dutch courts

Services for non-profit organisations

Advice and development projects in diverse areas:
multiculturalisation, culture, employment, liveability, sport and recreation, development of projects for Youth in Surinam and Accra, Ghana, occupant participation (writing project plans, budget, financial planning).

Services for startups 

  • Advice and support for new entrepreneurs, establishing business plans, budgets, searching for backers
  • Intermediary in startup & bankruptcy of Dutch firms in Poland
  • Coaching and training startups

Education

1996- 1998 Property Surveying, M.O.O.G.

1989-90 Post University Study –  Management; under auspices of VU Amsterdam & NCV

1984-86 University of Amsterdam/ Faculty of Slavic Studies

  • PhD Studentship 1984 – 86
  • Masters Degree, nostrification of Polish MA

1976-80 University of Łódź, Poland

  • Polish Philology, specialising in linguistics
  • Philosophy
  • Masters degree, certificate 1980