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Communicative, creative, conscientious, calm, contemplative, analytical, target oriented, independent, flexible, amicable, team player and initiator.

Mr. Lafeber has 20 years of management experience. He has worked as manager and team leader, mainly in the private sector and often leading multi-cultural teams up to 50 people. His positions ranged from Programme Manager to Technical Director of a production company. Currently he is working as Resident Programme Manager for Vitens Evides International on an EU-funded sanitation programme in Kenya.

His work frequently relates to processes like setting technical and social standards of regulatory processes in the water and sanitation sector. Recently he assisted in the development of the Sanitation Act, a regulatory instrument on (on-site) sanitation. This act was endorsed in Nakuru County in April 2017. Being the first Sanitation Act implemented in Kenya it has set the standard for other counties.

For most of his career mr. Lafeber has been working on capacity building and knowledge transfer. He has worked for several process industries such as Heineken, Philips, ASML and SHELL and various water companies in the Netherlands. In that capacity he carried out (training) needs assessments, developed curricula and training materials and implemented trainings.

Mr. Lafeber has over 10 years experience in advising both private and public companies on organisational development. He advised managers on how to increase capability in managing, leading, developing, engaging and motivating teams. He also managed induction, performance management, appraisal, training matrix and providing advice and support on personal development plans.