Lydia van der Meulen is a Client Partner and the Country Manager for the Netherlands at Pedersen & Partners. Mrs. van der Meulen has over 25 years of global end-to-end Life Sciences Executive Search expertise. She draws on an extensive track record gained in senior-level international assignments across a broad range of leadership roles in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical and MedTech as well as HealthTech sectors. During her career, Mrs. van der Meulen has worked for start-ups, scale-ups, midcap organisations and multinationals; publicly listed, privately held, and VC/PE-backed. Prior to joining the Executive Search sector, Mrs. van der Meulen worked in Management Consulting in London and in Private Banking in the Netherlands. Between 1989-1990 Ms. Van der Meulen lived and worked in Kuwait, from 1997 to 2002 in UK.
Ms. Van der Meulen studied Business and Economics at the University of Maastricht and holds a BA in International Management from the HZ University of Applied Sciences. In addition to her native Dutch, she speaks fluent English, as well as some German and French.