Ir Keshia J.

Commercial representative / former President YoungShip International / former Chairwoman YoungShip Belgium

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

About

Experience

  • YoungShip International (Part-time · 6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Advisor
      Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    • Regional representative Africa
      Jul 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr

    • President
      Mar 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Van Oord (Full-time · 7 yrs 7 mos)
    • Commercial Representative 2
      Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      Commercial Representative for our branch office Dravo S.A. In Madrid, Spain. Mainly focusing on the Mediterranean market but also the rest of the world for scope of work for the Dravo fleet. The Spanish, Portuguese and Italian market are looked after by other colleagues.

    • Commercial representative 1
      Feb 2025 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Commercial Representative for our branch office Dravo S.A. In Madrid, Spain. Mainly focusing on the Mediterranean market but also the rest of the world for scope of work for the Dravo fleet. The Spanish, Portuguese and Italian market are looked after by other colleagues.

    • Medior Tender Engineer Dredging
      Jan 2021 - Feb 2025 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      I am a tender engineer dredging. The dredging market is global and represented in all continents. This gives me a nice challenge and opportunity to work on complex EPCI and T&I tenders in countries worldwide As a tender engineer I am responsible for tender management together with the tender manager. we often work on multiple tenders simultaneously. We have a multidisciplinary team of about 25 colleagues from various departments such as engineering, procurement, transport and installation responsible for reclamations, revetments or quays. Scopes vary from the reclamation of islands and land to the construction of terminals or new ports. Small tenders are around 5 million, big ones several billion. We work closely together with partners, consultants and clients to come up with the most suitable answer for the client so they can win a concession in the auction round tenders and carry out the project in an effective and efficient way. This is an iterative process which requires business trips, clarification meetings and workshops to come up with the most optimized and suitable answer. I love the challenging work with a multicultural team in an international market while at the same time contributing to a better greener world. Van Oord a true ticket to the world!

  • YoungShip Belgium (6 yrs 3 mos)
    • Board Member
      Mar 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Chairwoman of the Board
      Feb 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      As the chairwomen of the board I am responsible to keep the helicopter view over all our activities ( event planning, budgets, communication, sponsorship, legal, etc ) I play an active role in preparing and Chairing our monthly meetings so we can work as effectively and efficiently possible as a team.

    • Vice Chairwoman of the Board
      Jun 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

      As the vice chairman of YoungShip Belgium I am responsible for the communication team, I also contribute to sponsoring and I help/represent our chairman with his activities for YoungShip Belgium.

  • Capgemini Invent (4 yrs)
    • Management Consultancy Stategy & Transformation; Financial services
      Sep 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Assignments as a Senior Consultant Keshia evolved from working as a project manager for one project to a project manager for 2-3 projects while managing 10 – 15 colleagues. Type of industries: • Banking • Insurance

    • Management Consultancy Strategy & Transformation
      2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Assignments as a Consultant Keshia evolved from receiving support from a senior consultant & principal consultant to working independently and leading the project on her own while managing 2-3 colleagues. Type of industries: • Public • Retail • Insurance • Aviation

  • MSc Graduate at NileDutch
    Feb 2011 - Mar 2015 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Research work at the shipping management department. The subject of the research is confidential