After the meeting with Ton Heerts two weeks ago, participants of the Young Professionals Program of Socires and Foundation Thomas More in conversation with Mark Buck. Buck is a member of the board of directors of the Verus dome of schools, vice-president of the CDA and vice-president of the Saint Stephanus parish in Nijmegen. It was recently announced that he will take over the presidency of Verus on 1 July 2024. He liked to tell the young professionals everything about this special career.

With its 31 years of age, Buck is close to the age of the participants. There was a lively conversation about how to make the right choices in your career and your personal life, about how the participants saw their career for themselves and what values are important to them. Buck shared openly about his ambitions, his vision of leadership and governance, and the sense of responsibility that drives him. He draws inspiration and motivation from the Christian-social tradition, and that human and world view is reflected both in the kind of functions he holds and the way he fills them in.

Mark Buck was the second key character to speak in the second cycle of the Young Professionals Program in collaboration with Thomas More. Later this year there will be a discussion with outgoing Minister for Social Affairs and Employment Karien van Gennip.