Laurens van Dijk

Ports Solutions Lead

Utrecht Area

About

Experience

  • Arcadis (8 yrs 10 mos)
    • Ports Solutions Lead, Netherlands
      Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    • Pursuits & Business Development Lead (NSW) | Client Account Lead
      Nov 2022 - Apr 2026 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      ▪️ Led sales and business development for Arcadis’ Civil Infrastructure practice in NSW, accountable for profitable growth, key account management, diversification, and strategic pursuits across Transportation, (Air)Ports, Energy, and Water. ▪️ Served as Key Account Manager for Transport for NSW (TfNSW) and NSW Ports, building trusted partnerships across government, industry, and major civil contractors.

    • Program Manager Clients & Business Development - Places
      Dec 2021 - Nov 2022 · 1 yr

      Advisor and PMO to the Growth function of our Places Business Area in the Netherlands. Providing strategic oversight on commercial excellence, solutions, pursuits and bids, sector priorities and our client programs. Responsibilities ▪️Served as Account Manager for Royal Schiphol Airport Group. ▪️Pursuits & Bid management. ▪️Developed and implemented a rolling improvement roadmap for our pursuit excellence program, optimising Market-to-Opportunity and Pursuit-to-Win processes, including driving adoption of standardised reporting and tools. ▪️Go-to-market strategy development Places solutions 'Net Zero Facilities & Sustainable Communities' and 'Lifecycle Think'. ▪️Identification and analysis of prospects for mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

  • Co-Founder | Board Member at Delegeren Denken Doen? Samen vooruit!
    Jan 2020 - Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    A joint not for profit initiative between Arcadis, Rijkswaterstaat, TBI, and BAM Group, providing young professionals in engineering and construction with opportunities to engage with their peers in government, construction, design, advisory and engineering. Discussing and improving collaboration in Dutch (infrastructure) construction projects. Do we delegate, think and act separately? Or do we work together to move forward?

  • Consultant at Palladio groep bv
    Sep 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Project management consulting for public sector infrastructure clients. Expertise in risk, planning, and project finance. Projects: • 'A1/A6/A9 Schiphol-Amsterdam-Almere (SAA)', a €5.8bn highway infrastructure program improving traffic flow and accessibility around Amsterdam and the northern Randstad. • 'InnovA58', a €430m highway upgrade program, improving the A58 corridor between Breda and Eindhoven in the Netherlands.