About the author
Evert Pruis (1966) worked in Dutch and multinational companies upon receiving his Master’s
in Educational Design and Development. Currently, he is a Dedicated Senior Learning and
Development Consultant to the Dutch financial sector. In recent years he has assisted
several banks and insurance companies in setting up their corporate academies. In these
academies talents, high-value specialists, new hires and leaders learn their job-related skills
and knowledge at an accelerated rate, in order to speed up their deployment in the
organisation. Evert Pruis is currently working as an interim Senior Learning Consultant and,
among other projects, is helping to set up the curriculum for the board of directors of
Holland’s biggest bank. He has also spoken on talent development at the 2009 and 2010
Annual Conferences of the American Society for Training and Development. Evert Pruis can
be contacted at: e.pruis@emc-leren.nl