United Kingdom
A seasoned Change agent and entrepreneurial business professional with over 26 years of experience in creating value for business under PE or Corporate ownership. Worked in family owned businesses for 8 years. "I've spent most of my career transforming traditional businesses into digitally-enabled commercial organisations'' Expertise in digital sales Marketing and driving online sales growth through account mgmt. expertise Procurement & Own brand development. Value creation through driving an efficient and well embedded CRM tool. Have operated in Greenfield and Brownfield Operations . Strong emphasis on value creation through ( online) digital sales, and managing For EBITDA. Have spent several year in buy and sell side M&A in Western Eastern, Southern Europe as well as in the Asia and the UK. Proven track record in the 'Customer first' principle. Have been a Executive Board Director in Asia, Southern-, and Western Europe for the last 20 years. (Senior) Vice President since 2007 operation at COO and Regional CEO level and CEO level. Moves easily between vision and strategy to implementation and delivery. An effective team builder and motivator, which due to his assignments in Asia, Eastern/Southern Europe and the UK is comfortable working in a multi-cultural environment. Expat since 1999. Specialities: Proven experience in (Online) Performance Marketing, Marketing, HR, Customer Management, Delivery solutions and General Management in the food and Non-food wholesale and retail industry. Vast Online experience in the UK for Makro Cash & Carry (now Booker) & Staples UK as well as Lyreco International. Have spent over 11 years as Change Agent managing topline turnaround & transformation projects in 4 companies in 3 countries. Proven Track Record working in/with Private Equity funds LEAD BY PROVIDING CLARITY to a business
• Spearheaded the strategic direction as Group CEO for multiple operating companies across the Netherlands and Germany and Europe. ''Spent most of my time transforming these traditional businesses into digitally-enabled commercial organisations'' • Drove the transition from a product-centric to a customer-focused organization, enhancing client engagement. • Implemented a robust buy-and-build strategy to expand market presence and operational capabilities. . PE backed enterprise
Joined Lyreco as part of acquisition of a large part of Staples Europe by Lyreco. Responsible for integrating acquired countries into Lyreco. Full P&L responsibility for the the Nordic countries Sweden and Norway, UK & Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, France and Italy. Responsible for approx. €1.8bln in revenue
''Spent most of my career transforming the operating companies in the countriess into digitally-enabled commercial organisations. P&L responsibility for The Nordics, DACH, BeNeLux, UK and Portugal Revenue approx 1bln Euro P&L responsibility for the GAT; Global Accounts for Europe MD for the UK MD for Sweden Connect IT solutions business Member of the European Execution team; reporting to the Group CEO
- Member of Staples Europe Executive Board &Member of Staples Europe Extended Board Revenue responsibility for over 60% of Total Staples Europe business - Full P&L responsibility for Retail Europe consisting of Germany, Norway & Portugal - Full P&L responsibility for the Delivery business i.e. Contract (B2B) and Online business in Sweden, Denmark, Norway & Finland - Full P&L responsibility for the European Global Accounts - Full P&L responsibility for the Connect Sweden business - MD for Staples UK: Driving Top-line turnaround and transformation of the Contract and Online business in the UK - Led the Carve-out of UK and The Netherlands Retail business to Private Equity (HILCO and Kantoor expert resp.) - Vast experience working under private Equity ownership (Cerberus)
Full P&L responsibility for the UK retail business consisting of 107 stores covering all UK geographically representing approx 300 mio. in revenue Dotted line report-in of Staples Online UK Responsible for the organisational transformation plan 2015/2016