Eva Lianne Veldkamp

Sharing info on safety, connection and inclusion.

My bio:
I am an independent maritime multipotentialite who managed to change international maritime policy by creating a community. My greatest skills are to connect people, spark up valuable discussions, and solve problems together. 

At the wheel of the Maritime Unity Community: a group of people who use their own influence, power, knowledge and intrinsic motivation to make the world a better place for all of us. 

Currently I am hosting a podcast show called MARITIME UNITY on Yachting International Radio, where all kinds of different voices of the maritime sector are given a platform. Listen to the unified voice of humanity that diversity creates.

In my dayjob I am a Quality Safety Health and Environment Manager for a shipmanagement company.

My personality:
compassionate, radiant, joyful, creative, intuitive, curious, responsible, social and flexible. I love positive change initiatives and has a high level of moral ambition. My desire for connection and safety is what sparks my neurodiverse mind. 

My background:
Serving as a dual-licensed maritime officer, I started my career by crossing the many oceans of our globe on large container vessels. Where I built up a firm basis of experience in the maritime sector, working in a diverse variety of work areas all over the world.

The humanitarian work that I did in the maritime sector is what makes me most proud, as it set in motion global change. By gathering a large circle of people we solved one of the most complex and hidden problems in the maritime sector: the absence of psychological and social safety. 

As a UN delegate for a Flagstate at IMO, my job at the time focused on policy development adding a higher level of psychological safety in standards for education. The group on psychological safety to prevent bullying, unacceptable behavior and sexual abuse in the maritime sector initiated a change of mindset. Their proposals led to amendments to the STCW. Please find more about the work of this community in a recent article:  “The people that actively imagined a better world” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/people-actively-imagined-better-world-eva-lianne-veldkamp-9zf9e