About us

Our story

The root of our journey

Binqy was born out of a personal experience. A dear friend of ours suffered a burnout due to workplace challenges. When she couldn’t find the right support, she sank deeper into depression. This led to isolation, further worsening her situation. To our great sorrow, she is no longer with us.

After this event, we realized that many others face the same struggles. Across the world, millions of people suffer daily from excessive stress, burnout symptoms, and anxiety. To help them, we have made it our life’s mission to address psychological absenteeism at an early stage. Today, we support more than 35,000 people worldwide in fostering workplace happiness and mental well-being.

Binqy founders

We started talking to dozens of experts, reading books and literature, and interviewing experts by experience. To be able to address this large-scale problem, we strongly believed that science had to be the foundation of our solution. After researching and validating with our partner Wilmar Schaufeli, we eventually were able to develop the Binqy Method.

Now, a few years later, our movement is growing, and more people are joining our mission. The numbers speak for themselves: psychological absenteeism among employees continues to rise year after year, with younger generations standing out the most.

This new generation of workers is driven, ambitious, and determined to succeed. But that same ambition also brings challenges—high expectations, pressure, and setbacks that hit harder. More than ever, they need mental support from their employers.

We are proud to have already helped so many organizations create a healthy and resilient workplace culture. Every day, we work towards a world where well-being is not just a goal, but a reality.

Our mission & Vision

Driving our progress

Our vision

A world where well-being and job satisfaction are the norm.

Our mission

Prevent 1 million psychological absenteeism cases by 2030.

Our Vision

We are striving for a world where burnout does'nt exist anymore.

Our Mission

Prevent 1 million burnouts by 2030.

At Binqy, these are not just lofty ambitions but our resolute mission and vision. Our determination to prevent 1 million cases of psychological absenteeism by 2030 drives us forward every day. It is our dream to create a world where psychological absenteeism becomes a thing of the past—a world where well-being and productivity exist in perfect harmony.

Our Team

Meet the burnout battlers

Jelle Houben
Co-Founder & CEO
Thomas Nieuwenhuis
Co-Founder & CTO
Han Ossef
CDO & UX/UI Designer
Svenja Koida
Customer Success Lead
Floris Hoogendrop
Head of Commerce
Wilmar Schaufeli
Scientific JD-R Expert
Elco Schaufeli
Scientific JD-R Expert
Jamie Duuda
Psychologist
Lonneke Pannekoek
Psychologist
Kim Erich
Well-being lead & psychologist
Pieter Verbruggen
Sales
Menno Schroder
Customer Success
Joris Krijger
Shareholder
Stefan van Deventer
Front-end Developer
Victor Vernilli
UX/UI Designer
Storm Gervais
Business Development Representative
Job-Joris Meijer
Business Development Representative
Rohan Sharma
Marketing Intern

Our partners & Advisors

Extra brains & expertise

Prof. Dr. Wilmar Schaufeli
Professor work and organizational psychology
Annelies den Boer
CEO Brout
Olivier Muller
CEO Returnista
Drs. Madelon Otto
Organizational consultant & executive psychologist
Drs. Elco Schaufeli
Organizational consultant
Niels Snoep
Corporate Innovation Rabobank

Partnered Universities

Built using experience from

Ku Leaven
Utrecht University
VU Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Univesiteit Leiden

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