Arjan Erkel

Why you should book speaker Arjan Erkel:

• Speaker Arjan Erkel’s abduction story serves as an example of how to deal with change under dramatic circumstances and still excel.
• He is an inspirational example of someone who dealt with a crisis, survived, and became stronger. Now showing audience members how to maintain such life skills for their self-improvement.
• Arjan has been traveling nationally and internationally; he has been booked as a speaker by multinationals and small companies, the army, and the police. In his keynotes, he showcases inspirational and motivational habits as audience takeaways.

Arjan Erkel both inspires, impresses, and touches his audiences with his motivational speaks of how he was kidnapped in Russia working for charity but managed to move on afterward and use the experience to grow as a human being. His personal, authentic, and inspirational approach to telling his dramatic, tragic, and brave story certainly makes people wonder about their own situation, their own freedom of choice, and freedom of mind. It serves as a lesson in self-reflection, courage and self-esteem, and building rapport.

Arjan Erken seeks to use his own story to inspire and empower other people. He was born and raised in Rotterdam, Holland, where he grew up in a close-knit and warm family with two brothers and one sister. During their youth, he played at Alexandria’66, and he also boxed at the famous Rotterdam boxing school Theo Huizenaar. Over the years, Arjan Erkel has written various books on radicalization and terrorism, and successful immigration. He has been active as a motivational keynote speaker for many years, even toured with Jan Wilm Tolkamp, guitarist of a Dutch rock band Normaal.