Board

The board of directors of SCT-NL

The board members of SCT-NL subscribe to the goals of the foundation and volunteer their time, energy, knowledge and experience. They are members of SCTRI, participate in the AIG Training or have completed them and are participating in a ongoing SCT group.

The board meets a minimum of six times a year, three of which are supervised by Dr. Susan Gantt, with the goal of developing the board and best aligning it with the standards, values and practices of Systems-Centered Training.

See also the statutes.

The board of SCT-NL consists of the following people.

  • Lotte Paans - Chairman

    Lotte Paans is a licensed Systems-Centered® practitioner, works as a trainer, supervisor, (team) coach and (relationship) therapist based on Systems Thinking and is a board member and co-founder of Stichting SCT-Nederland. She works from her own office and is trainer of several Dutch-speaking SCT ongoing groups.

  • Suresh Rutten - Secretary


    Suresh Rutten works as an interim manager in plants in the food and process industries. Since 2013, Suresh has been active with the SCT curricullum at home and abroad, and is currently a member of the Authority Issue Group. In addition to interim work, Suresh works as a coach with expertise in helping people and organizations focus on the goals of the context, and the corresponding goals of the roles.

  • Berry Trip - Treasurer

    Berry Trip has been working with groups since 1990. Specializing in self-directed interdisicplinary teams for clients with chronic complaints involving cognitive behavioral therapy and experiential work. 

    As owner of TeamKunst he coaches couples, teams and groups on development issues. He is also a guest lecturer, trainer and expert in group dynamics at VanBinnen and the master in Area Transitions.

    Motto: Difference as fuel for development. 

  • Shanta Baan - Board Member

    SCT has been an important source of inspiration for Shanta in her work with people and teams since 2012. She holds an SCT Project License and works from her own practice as a (team) coach and trainer, where she also provides SCT introductory training. She brings more than twenty years of experience in body-mind training and leadership development. What drives her is a love for people and a curiosity about what moves them. With SCT thinking as a powerful guiding principle, she helps individuals and teams take on their role with greater awareness, resilience, and action-oriented action in the systems they are part of.

  • Peter Slenders - Board Member

    Peter Slenders has been studying and practicing SCT since 2010. He has extensive experience as a group practitioner and as a team member of self-organizing, interdisciplinary treatment teams in healthcare. He also worked as a manager in healthcare, where he supported teams in their development and collaboration. Systems thinking forms the basis of his work. As a trainer and (team) coach, he focuses on building cultures of ownership in (self-organizing) organizations. In addition, Peter is a couples therapist with his own practice.  

  • Erik Slotboom – Board member

    Erik Slotboom works as a team coach, interim manager and organizational consultant. He has more than 15 years of experience in guiding teams through change, with a focus on agile and self-organizing teams. 
    Erik discovered SCT in 2016 and was immediately fascinated by it. He participates in the SCT curriculum and gives an introduction training in SCT under a SCT Project License.

  • Jobbeke de Jong – Board member

    SCT is an important source of inspiration for Jobbeke Jong, both in her training and in her own work with task systems that get stuck in collaboration. She is a member of the Authority Issue Group and has been a board member of SCTNL since [year]. Jobbeke is an organizational psychologist, entrepreneur, and author of three books on systems thinking and system interventions, including Competent people, incompetent teams and Step out of Powerplay. With the Tachles Academy, she trains experienced professionals to become interventionists within and between organizations. In addition, she personally mentors teams at the top of the organization in developing mutual collaboration to serve the desired goals and results.