Danny Mekić as chairman of the day

1 (solo) performer

Indoor and outdoor

Presenter

1 hour

in consultation

NL, EN

Day chairman Danny Mekić says he feels "like a fish out of water when something exciting happens at an event That is why he likes to be hired as chairman of the day. This is possible in both Dutch and English. Apply now!

Do you have an event coming up soon and are still looking for a chairman of the day? Then make an inquiry soon to discuss the possibilities. Danny prefers to work with organizers who want something different and likes to attend meetings with an exciting twist. Affinity with his target audience and the topic are therefore requirements for his daytime chairmanship.

Events are not engineerable, and it is precisely this unpredictability that makes it so much fun for Danny to be chairman of the day. He has a creative solution for everything and is not easily frightened by a microphone that breaks down.

Danny is also available as a speaker, check out his other act on ShowBird.

At the age of twelve Danny started volunteering at Het Net, one of the first and largest internet providers in the Netherlands. He also helped build Clubs.nl - the early forerunner of Facebook. In 2002, he founded his first company of his own. Danny was only 15 years old at the time, which earned him the title of most successful young entrepreneur in the Netherlands.

In 2004, he dropped out of high school early. In the following years, he founded several businesses of his own; a software company, a hosting provider, legal consulting firm and a Valentine's Day chocolate delivery service.

In 2007, Mekić was admitted to study law at the University of Amsterdam. He has since joined many Dutch colleges and universities as a guest lecturer. Since 2008, Danny has been giving lectures and acting as chairman of the day.

In 2011, Danny founded NewTeam; an international consulting firm specializing in strategic boardroom consulting for large organizations in the areas of technology, media and communications, innovations, new business models and digital transformations. NewTeam works for 40 of the largest organizations in the Netherlands and several government departments, but also has many international clients. Danny has also been appointed to an advisory committee of the Ministers of Economic Affairs and Education, Culture and Science with the aim of stimulating entrepreneurship in education.

Besides NewTeam, Danny is currently focusing on building his companies HackathonFactory, InnovationRecruitment, StrategyCooker, StartupCreator and the recently launched innovation training program Innovation Accelerator.

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