The MVPeople Cybersecurity Recruitment Team
Seven passionate professionals who know the cybersecurity labour market inside out. Each team member brings unique expertise that together forms the foundation of MVPeople Group.
Founders
The driving force behind MVPeople Group.
Mathijs Visser
Co-Founder & Lead Consultant
Mathijs had one goal since he was 16: build his own recruitment business and leave a lasting legacy. Fast forward two decades, 16+ years of experience, and one company later — mission in progress. He compares running his recruitment desk to running a marathon: it takes the same dedication, grit, and willingness to keep going when it gets hard. Before founding MVPeople in 2022, he spent years placing IT and change management professionals at enterprise level across the Netherlands, and even earlier than that, he was on the floor of some of Amsterdam’s biggest data centers — managing security teams and learning the industry from the ground up. His philosophy: treat every candidate like a sports agent treats their star athlete. Their interests come first, always.
Floris Akkerhuis
Co-Founder & Lead Consultant
Floris started his career in hospitality — and if you’ve ever worked in a good hotel, you know that’s where you learn what real service actually looks like. That mindset never left him. He moved into recruitment and spent over a decade building and leading specialist IT recruitment teams, managing groups of up to 22 consultants and running P&L across multiple brands. In 2023 he co-founded MVPeople with Mathijs, and in 2025 launched MVProfessionals — the secondment arm of the group. Fast when it matters. Never rushed when it doesn’t.
The team
Based on Wibautstraat in Amsterdam, active nationwide.
Harry Vidler
Principal Consultant, Perm Lead
Harry builds and leads our permanent recruitment practice. A Biomedical Sciences graduate who specialised in executive cybersecurity search, placing C-Suite security leaders across the US, UK and Europe. His approach is methodical and relationship-driven: the best candidates aren’t looking, and reaching them requires genuine network depth.
Marcos Sanches
Recruitment Consultant, Privacy & Cyber
Marcos specialises in Privacy and Cybersecurity interim placements across the Benelux. Multilingual, culturally fluent (Dutch, English, Portuguese and Spanish) and personally warm in every conversation. He treats every candidate like a sports agent would treat a top athlete.
William Picout
Recruitment Consultant, Cybersecurity
William focuses on cybersecurity recruitment across the Dutch market. Having grown up between London and the Netherlands before studying in France and New York, his international background and experience in competitive sales have shaped a people-focused approach to his work. Energetic and relationship-driven, he brings the same competitive mindset to recruitment that fuels his passion for football and fitness.
Burcu Yasa
Recruitment Consultant, Interim Cyber
Burcu has worked in digital marketing, e-commerce operations across Europe, and renewable energy recruitment. She focuses exclusively on interim cybersecurity and privacy placements. People-first in her approach, precise in her execution.
Talar Kashishian
Recruitment Consultant, Cybersecurity
Talar is a recruiter specializing in the permanent cybersecurity market and is passionate about connecting great companies with the right candidates. She is also a huge Greece lover and, on a personal note, would love to retire there one day. Fluent in 4 languages and currently learning Dutch, she loves talking to people and is always open to a conversation. Want to know which languages she speaks? Feel free to contact her, she’s always fun to talk to!
Our culture
At MVPeople Group we combine the energy of a start-up with the professionalism of an established agency. Our culture is built on four pillars: integrity, sporting spirit, dedication and data-driven working.
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Team members
100%
Cybersecurity focus
4 hours
Maximum response time
Amsterdam
Home base
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We are growing fast and always looking for ambitious recruiters with a passion for cybersecurity. Could you be the next addition to our team? Get in touch and discover the possibilities.
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