The Randstad, Netherlands
Committed all-round professional in strategy, mergers & acquisitions, organization & governance and business development. Over 25 years of experience in leading projects aimed at value creation for top-management of large companies and organizations. Excelling in: ● Quickly grasping, structuring and analyzing complex issues ● Translating them into strategies ready for execution ● Getting it done - right and on time ● Leading and engaging team and stakeholders - process and content Academic background (MSc. in Computer Science and in Maths, Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence) with work experience at the Free University of Amsterdam, McKinsey & Company, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and at Del Canho & Engelfriet (own advisory firm). Extensive experience in assessing markets, strategy development and implementation, building and improving cooperation and alliances, M&A in all phases - strategic rationale / negotiation and transaction management / post-merger implementation, product development, outsourcing, cost reduction programs - incl. techniques such as (lean) overhead value analysis, governance issues, organizational improvement - including organization analysis and quick scan / design / restructuring / culture and working together, developing new businesses, interim management, etc. in multiple industries. Managing teams and working together with different internal and external functions (business divisions, legal, communications, HR, finance & control, ..) often in international and M&A contexts. Sector expertise in transport (air transport, public transport) and financial services, next to that experience in energy, health care, telecom, government/non-profit, and industry.
Advisory firm in strategy, mergers & acquisitions, organization & governance. Responsible for definition and execution – together with client teams – of over 30 projects for the boards of large and medium companies and non-profit organizations. Example projects: • Turnaround and interim management of a chain of dental clinics and practices • Strategic advice and subsequent selling of a global aerospace parts distributor; managing the integration process • Assessment of strategic options for an international NGO • Assessment of strategic options for a leading Dutch law firm • Strategy development and execution preparation for a low cost airline • Advice and implementation support on the integral governance and control of the organization at a major Dutch government institution • Setting up a new venture in financial services for health care, from rough idea to go-live. Including product development, financing, organization, partnering, regulatory, implementation of processes and back-office, web site, marketing and sales approach. • Advice to a large Dutch transportation company on a more effective organization, on improving the governance with its international merger partner, on the integration in The Netherlands, on its IT landscape, and on improving the tender response process • Turnaround and merger implementation project at a large global freight transportation company • Support of a large financial firm in the redesign of a joint venture and in the exploration of consolidation opportunities • Integral turnaround of a large aircraft maintenance company, from diagnostic to implementation • Advice to a large Dutch industrial company on organization and governance in the context of a far-reaching integration of the international group it belongs to • Interim support of a financial services company after the resignation of a board member • Strategic and commercial due diligence for a private equity firm
CDC Group is a chain of dental clinics and practices in The Netherlands