Sietse Bakker

Sietse Bakker
Sietse Bakker (centre) at JESC 2011
Born	Sietse Thijs Bakker 25 May 1984 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Years active	2002–Present
Website	http://www.sietsebakker.com

Sietse Thijs Bakker is a Dutch entrepreneur, writer, speaker and television event executive at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Bakker started his career as founder and editor-in-chief of the independent Eurovision Song Contest website Esctoday.com, at the age of 18. At the age of 22, he was hired by the EBU as Manager New Media. Two years later he was promoted to the position of Manager Communications & PR of the Eurovision Song Contest and Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

As of 1 January 2011, Bakker was appointed as the Executive Supervisor of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest after Svante Stockselius resigned from the role.^[1] He also holds the position of Event Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest. He served as Executive Supervisor of Junior Eurovision for only two contests.

Bakker runs the Dutch event management company Wow!works. In 2009 he was chosen as one of the 25 most successful young entrepreneurs of the Netherlands.^[2] In 2010 he finished as runner-up in the competition Communications Talent of the Year in the Netherlands.^[3]

In June 2011, Bakker published the book How To Live Wow!? in Dutch.^[4]

References

1. Siim, Jarmo. "Sietse Bakker to supervise Junior Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
2. "Sietse Bakker (24), MediaBattery". Sprout. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
3. "Evelien ter Ellen CommunicatieTalent van het Jaar 2010". Logeion. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
4. "How To Live Wow!?". bol.com. Retrieved 2012-05-30.