Lora Mander is a theatre director and English fluidity coach. She holds a Master’s in theatre directing from St. Mary’s College and has staged plays and operas in the USA, UK and Netherlands. After starting Orange Tea Theatre (now Orange Theatre Company) in 2011, she has settled into a coaching career in the Netherlands and works with a variety of actors, singers and professionals to help their performance and delivery in American English.

...this is her story

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Born in Denmark and raised in Copenhagen, Aileen Christensen spent her childhood between the cobbled streets of the city and the wild west coast of Ireland, her mother’s homeland. Though geography says otherwise, she considers herself half Danish, half Irish—and half Australian, after years spent under Melbourne’s big skies.

Aileen has held nearly every marketing role imaginable at her employer, Elsevier, from customer engagement to digital acquisition, and currently leads the GenAI strategy for its 200+ global marketing team. Alongside her day job, she’s completing an Executive MBA, fuelled by strong coffee and early morning study sessions.

For Aileen, coffee isn’t just a drink, it’s a ritual, a connector, and a reminder that the best ideas often start with a good cup and great conversation.

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Iris Posthouwer is an author, keynote speaker and trainer, specializing in boundary-setting and communication in professional settings. She aims to make uncomfortable conversations more comfortable.

She works with teams and leaders across sectors — from healthcare to media — helping people navigate tension, speak up with clarity, and stay human in difficult conversations. Her bestselling book “Iets met grenzen stellen” (“Something About Setting Boundaries”) has resonated widely in the Netherlands.

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Marie Körbl is a Dutch performer, musical theatre artist and theatre maker whose work is centered around the narratives of womanhood She trained in Urban Contemporary Dance (JMD) at the Amsterdam University of the Arts and holds a Master’s degree in Musical Theatre from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

Marie has also appeared in major musical theatre productions performing the role of Vlinder in Zodiac the musical, Frenchy in Grease & cover Sophie in MAMMA MIA! UK.

Marie will soon appear in Aletta – de Musical (Theater Oostpool & TEC Entertainment), a comedy musical about the life of Aletta Jacobs, the first female doctor in the Netherlands and a pioneer for women’s rights. The production premieres 21 March 2026 in Amsterdam and will tour nationally.

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Tony Tonnaer is a Conscious Consult with over 20 years experience in building sustainable denim brands. Tony has always had a love for denim, starting his first job in the denim industry in 1997 at Pepe Jeans as product manager working together with denim experts like James Veenhoff (House of Denim), Jason Denham (Denham), Karl-Heinz Müller (founder Bread&Butter) and Fred Gehring & Ludo Onnink (Tommy Hilfiger).

After Pepe jeans he helped revive the Dutch denim brand Kuyichi putting them on the map as the first sustainable denim brand in the European market.

In 2011 Tony made his own mark on the industry when he launched his brand ‘Kings of Indigo’ that became one of the key pioneering denim brands at the forefront of sustainable innovations.

This is his story today...

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Jan Roelfs is a key note speaker on Personal Leadership in Group Dynamics and Personal Positioning in the Demanding World of Media.

He studied Political Science and International Relations in Amsterdam before joining the Public Relations firm Hill & Knowlton and eventually fulfilling one of his dreams to become a sports host at RTL Television in the Netherlands, Sport 7 and the international pay TV Sports channel Canal +.

His voice is known by millions on Dutch national broadcast corporation NOS as a member of their sports presentation and commentator team. At NOS he is the

commentator on all the big Football events (Champions League, World Cup), and other events as the Olympic Summer and Winter games, the Tennis Grand Slams; Melbourne, Paris, London, New York.

A regular to Monks Coffee, I'm thrilled he's joining me on Coffee Matters today.

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