Luxembourg
With almost 30 years of experience in the Leisure & Entertainment industry, I see myself as an allround manager, creative developer and project director. With an emphasis on sales & marketing over the past decades, I have been involved in projects as diverse as the development from scratch of a stand-alone visitor attraction (Eye on Malaysia), the creative development of a new theme park in Greece and putting together an entertaining and educating exhibition & visitor attraction on Human Space Exploration. I am also active in the field of mergers & acquisitions, assisting attractions and suppliers in the valuation and sale of their property, usually as an on-going business. Most recently, we completed the acquisition of Le Parc du Petit Prince by Ptak/Mandoria. Advising on and selling amusement rides and services for the Zierer factory in Germany (family rides & roller coasters), for Triotech in Canada (media based attractions & dark rides), for nWave Pictures from Belgium (3D and 4D movies for theme parks), HB Leisure from the UK (Skill Games operations in theme parks) and for Mobaro Park from Denmark (Maintenance software for Attractions) is part of my day-to-day activities as well. And from November 2010 until March 2017 also handling all requests for renting large Observation Wheels for Landmark Attractions was added to my responsibilities, as well as the role of Personal Liaison Manager for the new R80XL Giant Observation Wheel, the largest transportable observation wheel in the world. In 2013, I opened an office in Singapore to cater for the growing business in the Asian region. In this office, we represent also all of our partners in this region. Specialties: General management, project direction, sales, marketing, creative development, amusement ride procurement, event production.
Marketing & Sales consultant to the suppliers of the Amusement Industry as well as consultancy, project management and mediation of other products and services in the Leisure & Entertainment industry. Sales & Marketing Consultant in the UK, Scandinavia, Finland, Benelux, Eastern Europe and South-East Asia for the German based Zierer factory, a manufacturer of family rides and roller coasters, for Triotech from Canada, a media-based attractions specialist and for nWave Pictures from Belgium (3D ride & attraction movies for 3D & 4D theatres in amusement parks), Mobaro from Denmark (maintenance & operations software for parks) and HB Leisure from the UK (game operators inside many parks globally). Active in the field of Mergers & Acquisitions in the theme park industry, with the most recent transaction being the sale of Le Parc du Petit Prince as an ongoing business to the Ptak company in Poland, owners and operators of Mandoria in Łódź, completed in the Spring of 2025. JNELC has offices in Luxembourg and Singapore.
Supporting the start-up of Olga Nijpels-Tishurova and her team on the financial and business development side of the company.
Managing the European procurement company of KOR Equipment Solutions Australia.
Managing the Luxembourg branch offfice of European company Privat Car, a provider of limousine services in very exclusive cars, as well as trading in these cars.
In 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2023, I was invited to give a guest lecture on Amusement Ride Safety & Attraction Procurement and career development to the students at the Theme Park Management curriculum in the Leisure Management section of the BUAS in Breda (previously NHTV), The Netherlands. It turned out to be very interactive sessions and it looked like the students enjoyed those lectures very much. Should other educational institutions be interested in this, please do not hesitate to contact me.