Edwin van Rest
StudyPortals, Netherlands
Edwin van Rest received the 2013 Rising Star Award for having covered a lot of ground despite his relatively recent involvement with the EAIE. The Awards Committee acknowledged his work as Vice-Chair of the EAIE Professional Section Marketing and Recruitment, describing him as smart, driven and extremely committed to international education. He was founder and CEO of StudyPortals – the International Study Choice Platform – in the Netherlands at the time he received this award.