Marieke van Paassen is a Coach and Coach Trainer with the MMS Worldwide Instute and leading the Dutch MMS Coach Training.

She has more than 15 years of coaching experience and owns her own coaching practice Blue Orchard. Her clients include executives, creatives and enterpreneurs; individuals and teams. She specializes in balance, resilience, transformations and making life choices. She is skilled in Life and Work Coaching, Executive Coaching, Leadership, coaching skills and Mentor Coaching. She graduated from the MMS Worldwide Institute and holds an MCC accreditation from the International Coach Federation. Marieke brings joy and vitality to teams and empowers people.

Prior to her work as a coach, Marieke has worked for 16 years in several roles for different Dutch government institutions, in advising, managing and leading roles. She lead a team of 125 people for the Dutch government. Marieke holds a LLM and a MA in Dutch and International law. She graduated form INSEAD’s Consulting and Coaching for Change program. As a Human Givens counselor she supports clients in stress and burn-out situations.
Marieke still practices her own balancing act everyday, combining all the areas in her life that are important to her. Her husband and three children support her in that.