Rien van Lent
Rien van Lent joined Executive Learning Partnership as a partner in 2009. Rien has a wide ranging experience as board member of companies and sector organisations in the media industry. He is also connected to several non-profit organisations.
From 2006 till early 2009 Rien was President, International of the Amsterdam-based Telegraaf Media Group. Within this group he focused on management of international assets (on line, newspaper, magazines, radio, games, television, conferences) and on strategy development.
Before joining TMG he was in charge of the European newspaper, internet and conference activities of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels and London. Rien moved from a journalistic background into publishing, as managing editor and publisher for the leading Dutch business daily Het Financieele Dagblad in Amsterdam.
Rien is a graduate of Nijenrode University in the Netherlands and obtained an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management. He started his career as a researcher at Erasmus University and he has published books on corporate governance and Dutch economic history. Rien is married and has two children.
