Tineke van der Eecken

Tineke van der Eecken was born and raised in Belgium. She studied 9 languages and holds a Masters Degree in Criminological Sciences and Mediator accreditation.

Ms van der Eecken has over 15 years of experience in governance of not-for-profit organisations in Africa, Europe and Australia.

She is a writer, mediator and recognised community leader, a co-coordinator of Poetry d’Amour and writes poetry, short-stories and memoirs.

She was executive officer of the Ethnic Communities Council of Western Australia briefly in 2005 and was chief executive for the Lung Institute of Western Australia from 2009 until mid 2011.

Ms van der Eecken is an alumnus of Leadership WA, after completing their ‘Rising Leadership’ program in 2015.