Name: Negotiate Like a Pro
Start: 2025-07-08T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-08T11:00:00+01:00

APAC, EMEA

Negotiate Like a Pro

Negotiation isn’t just about reaching compromise—it’s a strategic capability that builds trust, drives value, and reinforces your leadership.

In this session, you’ll learn from Angelique Van der Burg, a Supervisory Board Member and award-winning former Chief Procurement Officer with deep expertise in global negotiations. Throughout her career at companies like Philips, NXP, and Infineon Technologies, Angelique has led high-stakes, high-value negotiations across procurement, supply chain, and business transformation. Her approach blends performance with purpose—and she brings a truly global perspective, having lived and worked in six countries across three continents.

What you’ll gain:

Frameworks for structuring productive, high-impact negotiations

Techniques to surface stakeholder interests and manage impasses

Strategies to anchor and negotiate from a position of strength

Tools to build rapport and long-term relationship equity

Whether you’re negotiating a contract, influencing a boardroom, or aligning cross-functional teams, this session will sharpen your skills and boost your confidence.

The best negotiators don’t settle—they create value. If you’re ready to elevate your stakeholder management, this session is essential.

Angelique Van der Burg

Teesing BV

Supervisory Board Member

Angelique is a Supervisory Board Member and strategic advisor in the Tech industry, known for driving complex transformations with a global perspective. Her leadership career spans procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, development, and business line creation—giving her a uniquely integrated and forward-looking view.

She began her career at KPN and went on to hold senior executive roles at Philips, NXP, and Infineon Technologies, where she served as an award-winning Chief Procurement Officer. Her career is defined by complex, high-value negotiations and business transformations that blend performance with purpose.

A purpose-driven change leader, Angelique is committed to inclusive leadership and sustainability. A global citizen, she has lived and worked in six countries across three continents. She holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management. Angelique is a WeQual Awards Winner for EMEA 2023 and therefore a lifetime member of WeQual Executives.

Emma Hicks

WeQual

VP of Memberships and Programs

Emma is an experienced strategic leader, specializing in professional development at C-suite and senior management levels. With a track record for delivering solutions across a broad range of global sectors and industries, Emma brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for continuing professional development.

Emma is a Fellow and Advisory Board Member of the Learning Performance Institute (LPI), holds certifications from the Institute of Directors (IoD) and Association for Talent Development (ATD), and is a former Education Committee member at the European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa).

Outside of WeQual, Emma has a young family (8-year-old Joshua, 6-year-old Jasmine, and a recent ‘furbaby’ addition, Monty the cockapoo), who keep her equally busy, active and above all grateful.