- Name: Dr. Johan Pion
- Affiliation: HAN University of Applied Sciences
- Profession & Expertise: Talent Identification and Development
- Short resume: Dr. Johan Pion is internationally recognised as an expert in predicting elite and minimizing talent loss in sports. He developed the SportKompas at Ghent University in Flanders (Belgium) and is head of the research department Talent identification and development at HAN University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands).
- What has inspired you? My gymnasts inspired me with their hard and dedicated work. In a previous life I was a tumbling coach and trained talented gymnasts. Three of them worked at cirque du soleil (Alegria). They made me proud and after my coaching career I started to invest in my own career.