1UP MEDIA - Key Persons
Daniel Ramsamoedj grew up and studied in Suriname. He studied at the Anton de Kom University of Suriname where he obtained his Bachelor degree in Business Economics, which is soon to be followed by a Master's Degree.
Over the past 10 years, Daniel worked as a corporate sales representative in the telecommunication industry, as account manager at IT company ClearIT Solutions, and as junior accountant at Finabank. His latest professional experience is that of Deputy Director Finance of Surinam's Wanica Hospital.
Daryll Medar was born in Suirnam. He has experience in customer care, quality management, finance, and accounting. Following his career at Telenamic Suriname, he worked for several consulting firms, where he assisted companies in obtaining the ISO 9001 certification, implemented financial software, and trained the employees in the area of quality management, customer care, Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks, AccountView and bookkeeping.
In the past years, Daryll served as Finance Manager in the automotive industry and healthcare. In addition, he continues to implement financial software for several small companies as well as assisting these companies with their bookkeeping, annual financial reports and tax preparation.
Daryll has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Economics from the Anton de Kom University and has completed several modules from the Master of Research methods and Master of Business Administration.
Erik van Engelen (1979) started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Curaçao in 2003. After obtaining his audit certification degree (‘Register Accountant') in 2008, he moved back to the Netherlands and continued working for PwC in Amsterdam. After seven years of auditing, he decided to move back to the Dutch Caribbean and started working for the Financial Supervisory Board (Cft), then based in Curaçao. Erik opened Cft offices in both St. Maarten and Aruba and lived in St. Maarten from 2012-2014. In 2016 he moved back to the Netherlands and started working as a Compliance Officer for Flynth, the sixth' largest accounting firm in the Netherlands. He moved back to St. Maarten in 2018, just after Irma hit the Island and worked for Baker Tilly up to 2020.
Maria York started her career in Trinidad and Tobago with over ten years' experience in accounting within a diverse set of business sectors. She worked for a non-profit organization functioning as a Senior Finance Officer, she was a Senior Accounts Clerk at an insurance company and an Assistant Accountant at an investment bank. She moved to Sint Maarten in 2017 after receiving the opportunity to work at Baker Tilly, where she was able to expand her professional career in auditing, financial reporting, and corporate governance. She spent four years at Baker Tilly where she started as an Assistant Accountant and grew to a Senior Assistant Accountant. Maria has her BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University along with being an ACCA student affiliate. She is working towards obtaining full ACCA membership. She is result oriented, strives towards quality professional service and is an all-round team player.
Sabrina Stienstra was born and raised in Suriname. She moved to Sint Maarten in 2016. She has worked in administration in mostly retail environments. Sabrina has an affinity for numbers, and she is eager to expand her knowledge of accounting, payroll and tax administration. She has been working as a freelance Spanish translator since obtaining her Bachelor's degree in Communication from Leidse Onderwijs Instellingen (LOI).
Taco Bruggink (1975) started his career in 2000 in Amsterdam at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where Erik van Engelen later joined him. After eight years of auditing for international clients such as Tommy Hilfiger and Getronics, he pursued a career in financial and business controlling at PON Automotive in the Netherlands, a leading family multinational with its headquarters in the Netherlands. During these years, he obtained his RC controlling certification degree. From 2016 to 2023, Taco was Finance Director of Audi wholesale and MAN consecutively. In 2024, Taco (re)joined Erik to set up HaVen's Bonaire branch and assist in existing audit engagements.