Antwerp Metropolitan Area
Since April 2024 Managing Director BESIX Europe. (Europe excluding Belgium-Luxembourg). I remain in charge of BESIX Nederland as Algemeen Directeur / General Manager. Personality: Result driven hands-on leader, listens and guides, works and lives passionately. EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE SUMMARY: Recently board member within Holland Property Plaza > 9 years company representative in international BESIX subsidiaries and branches, and within various boards and joint venture committees, applying change management where applicable > 22 years of developing, acquiring, and delivering design and build projects in international complex environments, implementing new businesses and building teams from scratch, and defining and implementing change management where required, > 29 years of varied multidisciplinary experience: civil, marine, buildings, offshore, infrastructure, industry and environmental works, complex by nature, whatever the kind of complexity (add to that the human aspect).
Leading BESIX Europe, one of the 5 business units (BU) within BESIX next to the BU's BE-Lux, International, Middle East, Australia, each having approximately 0,5 billion Euro turnover. BESIX Europe includes among other the following countries where BESIX has active projects: The Netherlands, France, Italy, Montenegro, Denmark, Poland, Latvia.
General Manager / Director BESIX NETHERLANDS: - P&L responsibility of BESIX Nederland within the BU Europe, - around 200 people / 200 mio€, - Multi-disciplinary portfolio: civil-buildings-marine-infra-industry-environmental-assets-energy-renewables, - Director within BESIX, reporting to the Executive and Strategic Committee of BESIX, member of the Strategic Circle, - Other non-exhaustive scope remains as described under 'Area Manager'.
AREA MANAGER EUROPE (*) (*) = Europe International (= except our domestic market which is Benelux and France). Development, Acquisition and Delivery of business and projects P&L responsibility of international large-scale projects (civil, marine, buildings) and hence part of the Business Unit International SCOPE (non-exhaustive): - Business development (BD) through strategic and key account management, - Supervising Prequalification and Tender management, - Contracts in execution: managing project management teams and project stakeholders with their respective contracts and claims, - Joint venture or consortium management as chairman or board member, - Branch management, presently Chairman/Director/Branch Manager/Filialleiter… of 6 Besix branches, - Key staff management, including firing and hiring, deploying and delegating, both internal as external, - Responsible for all contracting sectors incl. MARINE, CIVIL and BUILDINGS (non-domestic Europe). - Member of Besix’ strategic circle within BESIX Group, - Besides a variety of tenders, overlooking following projects: 1. E6 Moelv-Roterud or 'Nye Mjøsbrua' project in Norway. Chairman of Board of Directors (BoD) of the Joint Venture (JV) BERINOR Ans. 2. Riga Central Station, Embankment and Bridge project for EDZL/Rail Baltica in Letland. Chairman of BoD of the JV BERERIX. 3. Vistula Spit project for Gdynia Maritime Authority in Poland. Chairman of BoD of the JV. 4. Luštica Bay Development for Orascom Holding Development and Mamula Island in Montenegro. 5. (Defect Notification Period) of Frederikssund Fjord Link project for Vejdirektoratet in Denmark. Member of BoD of the RBAI JV. 6. (Defect Notification Period) of DCT 2 for DCT/PSA in Poland. Member of the steering committee.
Holland Property Plaza (HPP) (founded in 2007) connects decision-makers in the real estate and construction sector at European level. The HPP network is unique due to its connection with international investors, good relationship with the government, and exclusively high-strategic positions (c-level and senior management). HPP positions itself as an independent and expert intermediary between private and public parties. HPP knows its members, understands business challenges, and uses its knowledge to make the right connections in time. In this way, necessary breakthroughs can be realized. A valuable return for the membership. HPP also promotes the investment climate in the Netherlands and the good cooperation opportunities with Dutch companies in the construction and real estate sector. Website http://www.hollandpropertyplaza.eu
Engineering (design), procurement, construction and installation of the Blighbank phase 2 OWF: - 51 monopile foundations for 50 wind turbines and for the Offshore High Voltage Substation (OHVS) with the recently acquired offshore jack-up heavy lift vessel Vidar; - the supply and installation of scour protection; - and the installation of 50 Vestas wind turbine generators of 3.3 MW capacity each. Client is Nobelwind, with shareholders Parkwind (Colruyt), Sumitomo and Meewind
BUSINESS UNIT MANAGER: managing the Civil & Marine Works Department (International), based in Belgium: - from tender management to overall management of works in execution and close out (Area: the International Market). - 2013-...: Ghana, Takoradi Port Expansion: > 200 mio $ project value: dredging, breakwater, jetty, infrastructure (for Takoradi Ports) - follow up of civil works (design & build) - 2012-2014: Panama, Mina De Cobre, lots 9012A & 1002A: mass excavation, quarry works, infrastructure (for JVP/SNC/Minera Panama/First Quantum)
BIDDER REPRESENTATIVE for the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link between Denmark and Germany 17.6 km of immersed tunnel... JDN has lead the integrated joint venture 'IMMERSIA' which was bidding for this mega-project, together with BESIX from Belgium and FCC Construccion from Spain. Checkout Femern's website on http://www.femern.com for latest updates. This project has been conditionally awarded (subject to German approval process) to other EPCI contractors unfortunately, but the experience we gained is priceless.
Middle East (Six Construct) and International (Besix International) - Cameroun, Limbé: Shipyard (Quay walls, quarry, revetment) (for Cnic) - Abu Dhabi, Ruwais: Quay walls, Revetment & Outfall (for Adnoc/Borouge) - Qatar, Messaieed: Steel Meltshop Expansion (for Qasco) - Qatar, Doha: The Pearl: establishment of United Readymix (for Besix/UDC) - Qatar, Doha: The Pearl: Quay walls, Bridge, Concrete works (for UDC/QDC) - Qatar, Doha: Khalifa Stadium - Hard Landscaping (for Doha Sports City C.) - Tender Assistance (occasionally)
- Belgium, Bertem: Construction of Rest Home for Elderly with special needs (Buildings, Infrastructure)