Hofstad Search was founded in 2002 by Pia and Peter de Wijer based on their passion for perfect high quality matching and recruitment within customer contact and customer experience (CX). Pia studied Work and Organizational Psychology at the VU in Amsterdam and gained work experience in the temporary employment and executive search industry (including Content, Harvey Nash, Recruitment Partners and Hofstad Search). Pia is a networker, likes to “work hard, play hard”, enjoys going to the gym and loves parties, both in the industry and privately. Peter has made his mark as a consultant, program director, interim manager in the change role and director-owner of a medium-sized consultancy (approximately 100 employees) in the field of e-business and customer contact. He graduated in AI from Leiden University and did law in Rotterdam. He is sporty (cycling on the ATB and racing bike) and businesslike. Strongly interested in what companies do, where their bottlenecks are and how recruitment or the interim professional can help. As a person they share an interest in people and organizations, are positively critical, energetic and enjoy traveling. They both love The Hague, the Hofstad, Italy and the Caribbean.