About Me

Your trainer is Walter Evarts

Walter grew up in New York City. He studied English at the University of Puerto Rico, where he was a founding member of the English Language Student Association. Upon graduation, Walter was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the United States Army Field Artillery and served in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He studied Dutch at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, and last served in the Netherlands as a U.S. Army liaison officer and Dutch Language linguist.

After his military service, Walter entered the commercial world as a sales manager in Puerto Rico for an American franchise. His achievements include adapting the franchise concept to the Dutch market and bringing the business to the Netherlands. Walter has also worked as a journalist and editor for a daily English Language newspaper in the Dutch Caribbean. In addition, Walter has established and run several successful small companies that provided graphic design, advertising, printing, website development, and marketing services. In pursuit of new opportunities, Walter moved to Belgium, and after decades of having worked in the business world, he discovered his passion for teaching Business-English.

He has successfully taught Business-English and Intercultural Awareness for many leading international companies for over a decade, including two years at the internationally renowned Regina Coeli Language Institute in Vught. In addition, Walter has helped many business professionals in Belgium and the Netherlands develop their Business-English communication skills (i.e., meetings, negotiations, presentations), including directors, managers, and more.

Thanks to his broad experience with international business and education in the Netherlands, Walter has developed expertise in addressing the specific cultural and linguistic challenges that arise for Dutch speakers who have to communicate in English for business.

Walter currently lives in the Netherlands, where he teaches English to starting professionals at the Avans University of Applied Science in Breda. Additionally, he can be contracted to design and conduct in-company group and individual training programs.