Michael Vredevoort

General Manager Industrial Inspection Services

Jubail, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

About

Experienced and enthusiastic General Manager/ Director, who enjoys growing businesses in the Oil & Gas, Energy and Renewables industry. Skilled in managing a P&L, change management, complex sales negotiations and (multicultural) team management across large teams of over 250 people, with a passion for coaching team members to success.

Experience

  • Head of Industrial Inspection Services at National Inspection & Technical Testing Co. Ltd. (FAHSS/TÜV) - Saudi Arabia
    Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

    Head of the Industrial Inspection Services division across the GCC. Managing a team of over 300 inspectors in site and source inspections as well as statuatory inspections and electrical testing and commissioning.

  • Senior Project Manager Northern Europe at Lloyd's Register
    Oct 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr

    In charge of all major industrial projects in Northern Europe

  • Director Sales and Marketing at The Sniffers
    Jun 2019 - Nov 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Leading a global sales and tendering team as well as agents network in the fast growing business of environmental emission measurements and management • Marketing through the Web, social media and conferences/ seminars

  • Lloyd's Register (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Operations Manager Middle East and Africa - Inspection Services
      Jul 2016 - May 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      • Managing a team of technical surveyors and support staff across the MEA region towards profitable growth • Responsible for P&L as well as developing and implementing strategy • Change champion in support of the global ByD implementation • Member of the Middle East and Africa senior management team dealing with regional compliance, logistics and HSE

    • Country General Manager
      Dec 2013 - Jun 2018 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      • Daily management of the Lloyd’s local office and staff, incl HR and local legal / tax compliance • Realizing new sales for the consultancy, asset integrity, inspection, assurance and compliance business in upstream/ downstream/ power

  • General Manager at David Brown ME FZCO
    Sep 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Day to day management of Dubai Service Centre, with sales, reporting, logistics and operational responsibility • Organisational restructuring • Managing change with people, systems and procedures