Hans Ruinemans

About Hans Ruinemans

Hans Ruinemans is an entrepreneur, executive mentor and the man behindBoardroom Monk.

Since 1993 he has guided directors, entrepreneurs and leaders at the highest level. Not with quick answers or standard frameworks, but with sharp questions, psychological insight and an unfailing sense of what is at play beneath the surface. He knows the boardroom from the inside: the interests, the silences, the political dynamics, and the difference between what is formally said and what is really at stake.

His career has spanned entrepreneurship, international assignments, education, leadership development and executive mentoring. He has known periods of solid business success, but also loss and reorientation. That very breadth gives his work depth. For Hans, leadership is not only about strategy, growth or performance, but about inner clarity, a moral compass and the courage to truly be present.

Under the nameBoardroom Monkhe works with leaders who aren't looking for more noise but for sharpness, slowing down and truth. His starting point is clear: anyone who wants to have professional influence must first know from where they speak.

Hans himself still speaks occasionally, but his heart for the speaking profession has remained. In 2006 he co-founded, together with Paul ter Wal,PSA Holland, the predecessor of today'sProfessional Speakers Association Netherlands. With it he laid the foundation of an association that made professional speaking in the Netherlands more serious, more visible and more professional.

As of 1 May 2026 Hans is back as president of PSANL. Not to repeat the past, but to help build the next phase of the association: a strong, mature community of professional speakers who master their craft, develop their voice and make meaningful impact.

For Hans, professional speaking is not a stage trick or a marketing gimmick. It is a profession. A craft. A responsibility. And PSANL is the place where that craft belongs.