Mastering Competence To Be Confident While Working Across Cultures

Hello,  

Kirtika van Hunen is my name. I am an award winning, certified trainer and award winning author. A world citizen with a passion for people and diversity.
Through my trainings I ensure that multinational teams and managers master intercultural skills that enable them to work with competence and confidence across cultures.

Awards & Accolades

Benelux enterprise award
book award between2cultures

BENELUX ENTERPRISE AWARD: BEST INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE & GLOBAL INCLUSION TRAINER 2025!

NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK FINALIST AWARD 2024!

Diversity in the East and the West

Born in Nepal, brought up in India in an international environment. Travelled intensively & now living in The Netherlands for over 30 years. And worked as a policy officer for the Dutch government for 17 years. And was a lecturer at the Fontys University teaching Dutch culture and Language to international students.

Having lived and worked with diversity in the East I now live and work with diversity in the West.

Author

AWARD- WINNING BOOK!
This book earned acclaim from the prestigious NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK FINALIST AWARD 2024!
It provides the key to working successfully with other cultures

  Through my second book ‘Wanneer culturen elkaar ontmeoten’ (Dutch, 2020) I provide the key to successfully working with cultural diversity to my readers.
As an experienced professional on living and working between cultures I wrote a book ‘Dutch-ess from the Himalayas’ (2016) which did catch the eye of the local press and the National radio NPO1 interviewed me too. 

Trainer

I am a certified cross-cultural trainer (Interchange Institute Washington DC) consultant, coach, author, founder and owner of Between2Cultures. 

Through my trainings I help multinational teams and managers master skills that enable them to work successfully, efficiently and with confidence across cultures.

Certification & Lincenses

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My Trainings Are:​

Education

University of Hertfordshire England

Masters MSc

ITC

Universiteit Twente The Netherlands

Post-Graduation

Saxion University

Saxion University

Environment engineer Graduation

North Bengal University India

North Bengal University India

Graduation

More information on education: Linkedin.com/in/kvanhunen

Organisations who trusted me to help build bridges across cultures.