Experienced CEO, NED, and board advisor
My background is the industrial B2B environment. I have worked as executive in a wide range of companies that all share one thing. The understanding of the technology is crucial, They needed a new value proposition and there is the people involved that need to grow. I now share my experince and support businesses as non-executive director or advisor to bring value and create a better world.
Scaling sustainable and renewable energy businesses
During my career, I have learnt the importance of sustainable business and renewable energy. I have a special interest in the challenges of scaling clean technology and the energy transition, making industrial processes more sustainable, and making businesses more circular. I want to bring value to investors, make businesses more resilient and make them grow in the interest of all stakeholders.
Driving strategy and innovation
Innovate, find your purpose and strategy with the team, and we jointly execute the plan. I believe in the following three principles:
- Hard on the facts – Clear analysis, and data-driven
- Soft on the people – Working together, sharing a vision, growing the individuals involved
- And take decisions – Consider the options, and force the decisions, but only when due
Scale up technology startup and sell to strategic party
Heaten, established in 2020 in Norway develops high-performance, high-temperature heat pumps—the HeatBooster, aiming to make your industrial process heat efficient, flexible, scalable and environmentally friendly. In 2023 I joined as CEO to drive the growth agenda and do the fundraising for the next phase of the company. In [...]
New value propositions and cost restructuring
NIZO Food research is a leading company in contract research for better food and health. NIZO is a unique and private independent company with focus on Research & Development for the global food industry. The company was taken over by private equity in 2016 and needed more market [...]
Scale up of a renewable fuel business
CEG developed a proprietary technology for the torrefaction of woody biomass to make biocoal, a sustainable replacement for fossil coal. This technology needed to be demonstrated and a new full size plant needed to be built. Solution The plant in Derby was developed to the first full size [...]
Carve out and a new go-to-market strategy
After the carve out of BioMCN, DGR Dutch Glycerin Refinery needed a new go-to-market strategy for its product. DGR was established during the Restructuring and sale of BioMCN to OCI, and needed to develop its own proposition and market. It was actively buying crude glycerin and selling some refined [...]
BioMCN Restructuring and sale to OCI
The restructuring and Sale of BioMCN to OCI involved a demerger of the glycerin activity under DGR, a restructuring of the group and sale of the company to OCI. The DGR was subsequently sold to Musim Mas. BioMCN was an investment from Waterland Private Equity Fund and Econcern [...]
Relocation of plastic packaging film business
Before my involvement, the German shareholder decided to reallocate production to other international sites and close the site in the Netherlands. Subsequently, the decision was taken and communicated without involvement of unions or works council. In addition, at the time of communication the plant had customer obligations for two [...]
Customer focus and cost reduction by merger of two organisations
Merging the organizations of Fokker Services and Fokker Aircraft Services in order to save cost while serving customers. Fokker Aircraft Services business was declining due to the phasing out of the Fokker aircraft, operations got out of control, and revenues and costs got out of line and new [...]
Scaling of a luxury yacht family business
Operational restructuring of a builder of luxury yachts Jongert Shipyard, a luxury yachts shipbuilder and family business was taken over by an Private Equity company in the boom of the luxury yacht market. The company had moved to a brand new site with high fixed costs, however order [...]
Delivering a large and complicated project
Stork had longtime been the supplier of bogies to Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways) for the IRM trains. Follow on contracts VIRM 2,3 and VIRM 4 were secured through the system supplier Bambardier, but completely changing the contractual relationships, and production facilities were already dismantled. The contract was to [...]
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