Patrick is very experienced in providing communication consultancy to businesses, in particular regarding communication relating to mergers, takeovers, the provision of services and reorganisations. He helps organisations with their corporate communication, PR, crisis communication, spokespersons and content creation.

He began his career at a PR counselling firm in The Hague, and moved to the business sector a few year later. He was a senior member of staff for corporate communication at the Koninklijke Nederlandse Papierfabrieken (Royal Dutch Papermakers), which expanded to become the multinational KNP BT in 1993. In 1999 Patrick set up his own counselling firm, which has been working with IvCB since 2017.