About · Meridi

Stijn Zenderink

Co-founder · Recruitment

At Meridi, Stijn runs every placement from first call to signed offer. His background spans recruitment in Amsterdam and Paris — Athora, Borea — and he works in whichever of five languages the conversation calls for.

Recruitment lead EN NL FR ES DE

Noah Omar

Co-founder · Technology & Operations

At Meridi, Noah leads all technology, AI, and operations. His background spans AI and business across Microsoft, ServiceNow, and ASML — always at the intersection of systems that work and outcomes that matter.

Technology lead Artificial Intelligence EN NL

Why Meridi exists

The industry optimised for volume. We didn't.

Every recruiter says they "really get to know candidates." Then they search LinkedIn by keyword, send ten CVs, and hope. The knowledge was never the problem — storing and using it was.

So we built the system: a graph that remembers every signal from every conversation, and a model that queries it the way a great recruiter thinks — by trajectory, not keyword. The result is fewer introductions and more placements.

Meridi exists to prove that one precise shortlist beats a hundred CVs. Every placement since has been the evidence.

Values

Four words we actually use.

Precise

Every candidate we put forward has been matched, verified, and prepared. One shortlist, not a spray.

Intelligent

Intuition backed by data — not instead of it. The graph tracks patterns across hundreds of careers.

Direct

No jargon, no fluff. Candidates and clients both deserve clarity, and they get it fast.

European

Measured, international, understated. No hype, no hustle-culture, GDPR by design.

52.3702° N · 4.8952° E

Meridi is based in Amsterdam and places across the Netherlands today — with European expansion as the graph grows. The name is the plan: find the exact coordinates, then navigate to them.