Pascal Van der Vennet

Managing director

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Seasoned manager in various functions and different missions amongst: General Management (P&L, strategy, development) Business Development (new markets, transformation from product to service) P&L management (both business units as subsidiaries) People Management Operations Management Sales / Bid Management Business Consultancy Program / Project Management Deal Maker / Problem solver Mergers & Acquisitions Specialties: Master degree in Economy Master degree in ICT Prince2 certified ITIL certified Attitude: no nonsense, facing reality, hands-on, data driven

Experience

  • Econocom Belgium (Hybrid)
    • Director Recruitment, Competence Management, L&D
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

      Glad to take this additional challenge of managing all billable resources (350 pax), and heading the recruitment of these as well (both billable as non-billable profiles). Econocom, a company of opportunities. If you are looking for a challenge, feel free to drop me a message.

    • Director Projects & Consulting EU
      Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

      All presales, projects and consultancy related to the end user environment, mainly Microsoft focussed. A mixed team of internal staff and subcontractors and freelancers handling projects for our customers.

    • Director IT Staffing
      Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

      Managing the IT Staffing division of about 200 employees.

  • Founder / Managing director / Instructor at Start2Boat
    Jan 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

    Company founded by Vaarschool Bord'O, Yacht4U, and Transport Smolders (mainly weekend activity) Recognized exam Center for The Belgian government What to expect : Education, Charter (national and international), Consultancy (purchase, certification) and Transport Of course all in the area of Boating

  • Managing Partner at Ceniste bv
    Jul 2013 - Present · 13 yrs

    Management activities such as Digital transformation, Crisis management & restructuring - Business Development, M&A, P&L management, Cost efficiency, Turnaround Management; From startup-to scale-up, from transactional to services.

  • Managing Director - CEO (BE/NL/FR/ES) at Signpost
    Apr 2020 - Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Trends Gazelle Ambassador large companies in 2023. With over 1,000,000 managed devices and over 750,000 students serviced, Signpost is the European market leader for supplying schools and students with ICT and digital solutions. Through our expertise, we are currently supplier and partner of over 2500 schools and institutions across Europe, and growing. 150 FTE, a turnover growth YoY with over 50% resulting in +150M€ in 2022 (after IFRS15) Growth from 2020-2023: - Staff: 40 -> 150 - Turnover: 25 -> 150 - Geography: BE -> BE/NL/ES/FR M&A acquisition in Spain (Valencia) Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) Investors: PMV, CVC, Imker Capital www.Signpost.eu

  • ASP (Brussels Area, Belgium)
    • Director, head of Sales & Marketing and Operations
      Jan 2020 - Apr 2020 · 4 mos

      Focus on value-added Services with Low-code/no-code solutions as ServiceNow, Boomi. Transforming products into solutions with added value services Develop business outside Brussels Area (Flanders/Wallonia) Managing hunters and farmers Key account management

    • Director, Head of Operations
      Dec 2015 - Jan 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Responsible for the IT support & infrastructure operations, with special attention for major accounts amongst a major Airline company, major Fast food retailer, major Pharmaceutical and Quality of Life Service provider