About us

Pieter Six is a seasoned professional with a breadth of experience in Marketing, Communication and Sales at Corporate Institutions and Start-ups. He has strong management experience in Europe and Asia and is passionate about innovative and disrupting technologies.

Pieter Six is well versed in the world of LED. Before joining Seaborough, he worked as Chief Commercial Officer for Ellipz Smart Solutions, a company that enables data communication via light. Pieter Six will further shift the scope of Seaborough towards market introductions.

Matthijs is an all-round finance manager and worked for various organisations in several finance leadership functions. Matthijs is an educated Qualified Controller and as of 2021 he continued his career as an interim finance professional. He is a result driven team player, hands-on and pro-active.

Marie Anne obtained her Masters in nanomaterials sciences cum-laude from Utrecht University and holds a PhD in Nanophotonics from the physics research institute AMOLF. She joined Seaborough as Materials Scientist and Project Manager in 2015. Currently she is the Program Director Materials, where she is the technical program lead and responsible for running the current EuroLED program, including external partnerships and internal R&D Materials Team. She has been selected as ‘Technical Talent 2020’ by the Dutch engineering journal De Ingenieur, and is member of the program committee for the SPIE Photonics West Conference on Light-Emitting Diodes.

Dr. Anne Berends studied chemistry and holds a PhD in nanomaterials science from Utrecht University. As Program Director Life Science she is responsible for the SunLED business strategy and the team working on this technology. This includes scientific collaborations, IP portfolio, product (concept) development, and commercial partnerships. Anne’s ability to bridge academic research with real-world applications is exemplified by the scientific publications and patents she wrote, the well-received talks she gives at both scientific conferences and industry events, and the commercial partnerships she developed.
She is determined to make a positive impact to the world by bringing science-backed technology to the market.

Vahhab is a technology enthusiast who has the know-how to take an idea all the way to the production line. He enjoys working in international teams with a spirit of innovation. Vahhab enjoys being part of a team that focuses on solving existing problems with innovative ideas, a team that wants to grow and create a better and brighter future for all of us.

Anne works with dedication and enthusiasm at Seaborough. With a hands-on mentality and is the linking pin within Seaborough. She leverages her organizational skills and positive attitude to ensure smooth operations.
Anne places great value on everyone within Seaborough feeling seen and heard, and she actively contributes to maintaining an enthusiastic team.

Ayhan, a strategic business leader with 24 years of experience in the global lighting industry, has successfully executed commercial leadership roles across Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. His expertise spans marketing, sales, business development, and go-to-market strategies within the lighting industry. At Seaborough, Ayhan focuses on launching and scaling up the company’s technologies in the lighting and related sectors. He holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

Aleksandra obtained her Master’s degree in International Management from Tilburg University. Before starting as a marketing officer at Seaborough, she worked at a dynamic global marketing agency in Amsterdam. She is passionate about international business and has undertaken several business and volunteer trips to different countries during her studies. She is eager to bring a fresh perspective to Seaborough’s digital marketing and communications.

Marcel Verhoeven has a huge track record in the lighting industry. Marcel has worked in various sr. management roles for Philips, where he for example was responsible for the product strategy for LED retrofit bulbs and initiated the development of the first generations retrofit LED lights in Shanghai, China. The Philips MASTERLED product family became a huge success after introduction, and it still is today. After a period of 2009-2010 as Category Leader for Scene Setting LED products at Philips Consumer Luminaires in Kontich, Belgium, Marcel was asked by Osram in 2010 to return to Asia to manage Osram’s division for professional LED lighting in Asia and became CEO of the Business Unit Luminaires Asia Pacific. From 2013-2016 Marcel was President Asia Pacific for Zumtobel Group, where he was responsible for all activities of the brands Tridonic, Thorn and Zumtobel in the regions of Asia and Pacific. He returned to Europe in 2016 and since the start of 2017 Marcel works for Momentum Capital and is responsible for their Technology Investments such as Perpetual Next and Seaborough.

Mike is a recognized world authority on visible-spectrum LEDs and their applications for lighting and displays, with more than 20 years of experience in both startups and large companies in the LED industry. He is currently President and Founder of Arkesso, LLC, based in Silicon Valley, California.  Previously, he was Chief Technology Officer at Soraa, Inc., an LED product company founded by Nobel Prize winner Shuji Nakamura.  Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President at Philips Lumileds, where he ran the Advanced Laboratories and pioneered programs in LEDs and luminescence, focusing on materials, devices, and systems for applications to lighting and displays. He has served on numerous roundtables and panels for the U.S. Department of Energy and Basic Energy Sciences. He is an IEEE Fellow, IES Fellow and Chair of the SPIE Photonics West Conference on Light-Emitting Diodes.

He has been an advisor to Seaborough since 2015, where he is supporting technical and intellectual property development, project management, business development and the establishment of new partnerships.

Lisette is a senior legal officer who studied Dutch and business law at the VU University in Amsterdam, she also studied at the University of Amsterdam (international and European law – UvA), University of Leiden (energy law), Università di Bologna (international law) amongst others. She works for Seaborough for many years and knows the company’s technologies like no other.

Atul is a materials scientist with expertise on optical and luminescent materials. He did master’s in physics and holds PhD (Science) from CSIR-CGCRI in collaboration with Jadavpur University, India. Before joining Seaborough, Atul did post-doctoral research at Kyoto University (Japan), Chimie-ParisTech (France), Ghent University (Belgium) and Utrecht University (Netherlands). Atul has extensive experience on synthesis, spectroscopy, and quantitative analysis of functional luminescent materials. At Seaborough, Atul is working on development of phosphor materials for solid state lighting.

Federico is an expert in the synthesis and optical characterization of luminescent (nano)materials. He obtained a Master cum laude in Materials Science and Engineering from the Universita’ degli studi di Genova (Italy) in 2015. He also holds a PhD, obtained in 2019, from the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands), researching quantum dots and their luminescent assemblies. After obtaining the prestigious ETH Postdoctoral Fellowship, he spent two years at ETH Zürich (Switzerland), studying the formation and functionalization of perovskite nanocrystals. In 2021 Federico joined Seaborough as a Materials Scientist, where he works on the development of novel phosphors for solid state lighting.

Vasilii is a Master in experimental nuclear physics with a focus on scintillation and engineering of nuclear spectrometers. He obtained his PhD in solid-state physics while working at Philips Research Eindhoven on development of scintillators for medical tomography. Afterwards he held Post-Doc positions in Utrecht University and TU Delft researching luminescence (solar) concentrators. Areas of expertise include luminescence spectroscopy, and energy and charge transfer in solids. He joined Seaborough in 2021 and works on optical equipment development and optimization of novel phosphors.

Mohamed holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics from the Haagse Hogeschool (university of applied sciences). He has worked at the physics research institute AMOLF as lab technician, before moving to Seaborough in 2015. At Seaborough he is responsible for the optical characterization and prototyping of both LEDs and materials.

Daniël holds a bachelor in chemistry from Inholland University of Applied Sciences.

He began his journey at Seaborough as an intern, where he worked on the optimization of nano-phosphors. In 2023, he officially joined as chemical research assistant where he is responsible for the development, synthesis and integration of nanoscale luminescent material. In addition, he is responsible for the health and safety within the chemical laboratory.

Jana recently obtained her master’s degree in materials and nano chemistry at Ghent University, where she specialised in the synthesis of luminescent nano materials. As part of her studies, she did her internship here at Seaborough, and she has now decided to come back and take on the role of junior scientist. She will be working on the development of novel nanophosphors.

Jence is a Materials Scientist with broad experience in the synthesis and characterization of optically active nanomaterials. He obtained his masters in chemical engineering at Delft University of Technology with a focus on chemical product engineering. During his masters, in Delft, he worked on indium phosphide quantum dots, and subsequently he visited the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genova where he worked on perovskite and lanthanide-doped nanocrystals. He holds a PhD from Delft University of Technology, where he further investigated these three nanomaterial classes. After a short Post-Doc in Delft, he joined the EuroLED team at Seaborough in May 2024 where he works on the optimization of novel phosphors in order to improve the efficiency of LED-based lighting devices.

Liselotte obtained her Masters in Nanomaterials Science cum-laude from Utrecht University. During this master she did an internship at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. She worked on the synthesis of different nanomaterials for optoelectronic applications such as photovoltaics, light emitting diodes and luminescence solar concentrators.
Now that she is back in the Netherlands, she joined Seaborough this year. She is working as a Junior Materials Scientist, where she develops phosphor materials for solid state lighting.”

Tom is a product designer with a background in industrial design engineering and experience in (LED) lighting design. He’s passionate about working on innovative and user-centered proucts to make everyday life more enjoyable. As per 2023, Tom returned to Seabourough after working in the E-mobility industry for several years (fun fact, he drives his “own” bike to work now).

Highly qualified, dedicated and project focused electrician. With 2 years of testing developing circuits and 2 years of installations. Skilled technician with in-depth analyzing and graphical programming skills. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently. Thrive on challenge with proven ability to successfully execute plans and complete tasks in a timely , efficient and safe manner.

Carlo brings a spark of curiosity to everything he does. After graduating cum laude from Utrecht University in 2022 with Bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Chemistry, he is currently pursuing an external dual Master’s program in Applied Physics and Nanomaterials Science at Eindhoven University of Technology and Utrecht University. As an intern at Seaborough, Carlo investigates the absorption and scattering of light within inhomogeneous nanocomposites used in LED geometries for the EuroLED program. Leveraging his interdisciplinary background, Carlo is eager to bring a fresh perspective to the team and contribute to Seaborough’s pioneering projects.