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I - Design, Plan and Delivery

Over 30+ years of experience in the industrial project & service industry, both for international onshore & offshore projects. Responsible for the execution of multi-discipline project as Project Manager as well carrying the final responsibility for sales, execution and budget as Director, Executive Vice President Operation, Country Manager in the Netherlands, India, North-America or Middle East.

Unique capability to combine commerce with operation and people management, achieving the strategic goals in service, revenue and profit. In general my assignment were related to new service products, comprehensive projects scope or new regions. I can be best described as a start-up manager (change manager) but with a direct result to company in expansion and performance.

The achievements have been realized for reputable multi-national organisations, such as STORK (Netherlands), PON (Netherlands), Danieli-Corus (Italian) and Tarpon (Canadian). I have been recruited by these industrial service organisations for the specific assignment in the Petro-Chemical Industry, Oil & Gas Industry (incl. Offshore), Steel Industry and in disciplines Automation & Instrumentation, Cyber Security (ICS / OT), Process Equipment, Refractory.

My strengths are my understanding of the technical project scope, the clients expectations, team motivation and negotiation skills. As my assignments had a unique character my people skills and leadership have been instrumental to the success of the multi-cultural teams I managed.

After years of challenging assignments I market my knowledge and experience as an consultant or interim manager to support organisations in the development of new business either in products or regions.

I am a passionate people manager with the quality
to match strategy, operations and control the business in the right risk environment

 

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

Designed and implemented the road map for Cyber Security implementation for a major Qatar Petro-Chemical Company, as part of a Business Technology & Digitalization project.

Re-positioned an International Industrial Service provider in the Middle East market, into high-end Integrated Control and Cyber Security solutions provider.

Designed and implemented an Integrated Business Control (IBC) process for Danieli-Corus, with entities in the Netherlands, India and Canada. The IBC comprised of the upgrade of the ERP system and the interfaces with new designed Procurement, Planning, Estimating, Sales, Engineering software solutions of various brands (Windows, Siemens, SmartPlant, Qlik View, Primavera, ...)

Transformed the Sales Office of Danieli-Corus in India into a multi-discipline project and shut-down management organization for the Steel Industry.

Provided the leadership for the design and implementation of new maintenance and operations model for 52 oil & gas production facilities in the North Sea. Combined the strengths of 3 International Companies and influenced the end-user in the acceptance of the new operations model. (the model remained operational for 17 years)

Transformed the industrial service product portfolio of Stork from a semi-government organization into a commercial technical maintenance organization.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:

IMD, High Performance Leadership, Hong Kong

Master’s Degree in Industrial Marketing and Business Administration, Netherlands

Professional Marketing & Sales (inter-company) Stork, Netherlands

Philosophy for Manager, Netherlands

Quality Control & Assurance Certified Auditor, Netherlands

Project Management (inter-company), Netherlands

Technical College Amsterdam
- Business Administration (BSc), Netherlands

Technical College Amsterdam
- Chemical Process Technology / Industrial Engineer (BSc), Netherlands
- Final thesis at RISØ International Energy Lab, Roskilde, Denmark

Countries:

Seconded:

India (5 years), United Arab Emirates (1.5 year), Qatar (2 years)

Projects:

Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, USA, Canada, Korea, India, UAE, Qatar.

Guest speaker;

VNO&NVW India mission, November 2015

Dutch Trade Mission, headed by Dutch Prime Minister June 2015

MBA for The Change Express 2012 (Guest speaker and tutor)