Kavitha Varathan & ESI
listening time 8 minutes
17 July –– 2020
Expat Spouses Initiative (ESI) is a bottom-up, community-driven movement that connects the highly-skilled partners of international employees with local, professional opportunities. Marijn talks to founder and CEO Kavitha, about starting the initiative and her own personal journey of moving to Eindhoven.
host Marijn van der Poll
Kavitha Varathan
Expat Spouses Initiative
More information about Expat Spouses Initiative can be found on their website.
About the host
Marijn van der Poll is a Design Academy Eindhoven alumnus and co-founder of vanderPolloffice, a multidisciplinary design studio based in Eindhoven. Every month, Marijn presents a new Unfold podcast, in which his guests share their view on the developments in local breeding grounds and innovation hotspots.
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