In control Bas (29) has been a volunteer at the Red Cross since he was 16. He has had a strong focus on humanitarian work ever since. ‘After I graduated in Business Administration and finished my master in Strategy, I was asked to become a member of the international board of the Red Cross in Geneva. I was 23 years old at the time. Of course that was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but it also meant that I needed to travel frequently. So I was looking for a job where I would be allowed to do so. At Deloitte Risk Advisory, people valued my board position and offered me plenty of room. In December 2017, I started as a Global Account manager for the United Nations. Deloitte is engaged in about 200 of their projects in 70 countries. I’m able to travel for my job as well as for the Red Cross, and I have control of my own time, which is very valuable.’

Making an impact together Meantime, Bas is working as a project manager Data & Responsible Insight. ‘There are two sides to my job. In short, I’m the go-to-person for international NGO projects’, he says excitedly. 'On the one hand, I am the coordinator of all United Nations projects at Deloitte worldwide, which is a complicated challenge, but also a lot of fun. On the other hand, I’m in charge of several NGO projects from start to finish, in the field of data as well as blockchain, governance, strategy, internal audit, and risk management. I’m an expert at humanitarian issues, whereas my colleagues in the team have expertise in all those disciplines. That means I am able to work with a variety of very capable colleagues all the time, and that my job is fun and varied. We need to be creative and come up with the easiest solutions and the best results, together with our clients. For instance, how can you do an online audit in South Sudan when you’re not online? We can come up with the most advanced AI solutions, but when you’re in Congo, it’s already challenging to do a video chat - on your laptop as well as on your smartphone.’