Jaapjan started his career as a hotel director on Mauritius.  In 2000, Jaapjan started Body and Soul International . His vision was to create company where doing business was, of course, paramount. But making clients happy with the services and going the extra mile was in his view also essential and would provide a soul to the body of work.

Now more than 20 years later, he is proud of his clients, the DMCs and they make up the Body and Soul family.