The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
My experience is that a CFO who is performance oriented, business partner and connects people, drives growth and stakeholder value. I am an entrepreneurial, result oriented, trusted CFO who is focused on sustainable value creation and growth on company, team and personal level. I have experience as an international executive, with proven track record in establishing cross-functional partnerships to deliver tangible results. I have expertise in the complete field of the CFO Office, HRM and ICT. I am an agile, adaptable, innovative strategic leader with strong business acumen and customer focus, a multi-national ‘bridge builder’ with natural habit for connecting and partnering with other business leaders and executives to engage in vision. I have a strong focus on the link between company strategy, financial performance, risk management and operational effectiveness. My main areas of expertise are: Business Strategy, Business Development, Embracing new technologies, Digitalisation, Data and analytics, Performance management, Talent management, Change management, Restructuring, Optimizing Working capital, Compliance and Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Risk Management, Business acumen, Tax planning, Business decision support, Funding, Private equity, Stakeholder management. Looking forward to bring a company to the next step as CFO or general manager. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or +31 6 29588148
Nature's Pride supplies 230 unique fruit and vegetables from 59 countries. From Ready-to-Eat and exotic fruit and vegetables to the delicious berries and off season products. Together with partners, Nature's Pride makes a difference every day. The quality of the products is a result of many factors. From the passion of the grower, dedicated employees and the unique expertise in the ripening of fruit, to an appealing presentation on customers shelves. This to supply optimum quality fruit and vegetables, so that consumers can enjoy them every day.
Airborne develops and builds bespoke machines, with the capability to automate manufacturing of composites structures at competitive price levels for a number of industries worldwide. Airborne’s ambition is to build the leading physical and digital platform in composite automated manufacturing technologies for small to mid-size composite components. Clients of Airborne include directly and indirectly companies such as GE, Airbus and SABIC. Airborne has production facilities in The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Spain. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS - connected employees to audacious goal of organisation, by developing a result oriented company, based on trust, ownership and accountability; - created credible plan and ability to execute, to deliver the financial results; − reduced Airborne’s overall cost level with 10%-15%.
Euro Pool System International is Europe’s leading supply chain partner, providing returnable transport item solutions and value-added reverse logistics to the European retail market and FMCG producers. Structured into two divisions, 550 employees (plus 2,500 external people via Service Providers), revenues 2014: EUR 450m, total invoiced including deposits: EUR 1.8 billion. European footprint with 21 operating companies in 12 countries. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS - transformed international finance team into trusted business partner; - introduced key operational measures and result oriented mind set, leading to yearly 4% unit cost reduction and increased asset utilization; - developed greenfield organization in Prague for Central Eastern Europe; - successfully completed the acquisition and integration of LPR (a leading French-based pallet pooling service provider), leading to accelerated annual growth from 6% to 15%; - continuous improvement of working capital; - professionalized organization, amongst others development Corporate Governance and Risk management; - first initiatives in global expanding into China and South Africa, following market and customer demand. MAIN ACTIVITIES - develop and lead execution of company strategy; - risk management, governance, treasury management and funding; - communication with stakeholders as Supervisory Board, Audit Committee and external relations as bankers, accountants, legal advisors, tax advisors, private equity companies, insurance companies and foreign tax authorities; - maintain relationships with members of the management teams, overseeing the performance of the divisions and implementing operational best practices; - manage M&A activities (resulting in acquisition of La Palette Rouge in 2011, EUR 120m revenues in 2011) and post merger integration activities; - restructure legal and tax structure (transfer pricing system) of the company; - leading, motivating and developing European Finance team (65 fte).