1. type of business
1.1. multinational
1.1.1. Unilever (english/dutch, 15 years)
1.1.2. Friesland Foods (dutch)
1.1.3. Goodman (Australian)
1.1.4. G4S (English)
1.1.5. Chiquita (USA)
1.2. family owned / family culture
1.2.1. G4S Safety (2 years)
1.2.2. Bernaerts (2 years)
1.2.3. Special Fruit (current)
2. Innovation
2.1. Menuplan (own company)
2.2. launch Dove in Europe / Belgium
2.3. develop washingpowder brands Eastern Europe
2.4. G4S@View
3. strategy
3.1. Unilever entry in Ukraine & Baltic states
3.2. Unileer washingpowder strategy CEE
3.3. redesigning European commercial strategy Friesland Foods
3.4. long term strategy for GS4 safety
3.5. long term strategy Special Fruit
3.6. develop a new real estate concept (Bernaerts)
4. Board of directors experience
4.1. VIC (2 years)
4.2. Special Fruit (current)
4.3. Several start ups
5. sectors
5.1. FMCG
5.2. industrial real estate
5.3. retailing
5.4. farming
5.5. safety
5.6. windows & doors / construction
6. countries
6.1. operated
6.1.1. Almost all European countries
6.1.2. Eastern Europe & Turkey (11 years)
6.2. lived
6.2.1. Belgium
6.2.2. France (> 20 years)
6.2.3. Netherlands
6.2.4. Poland (4 years)
6.2.5. Romenia (5 years)
7. change management
7.1. from 100% decentralised business unit structure to centralised European strategy & structure (Friesland Foods)
7.2. ensure knowlegde transfer of projects from closed European HQ in Antwerp to new HQ in Geneva (Chiquita)
7.3. integrate a acquired family business into a multinational organisation (G4S)
7.4. integrate 4 Europeans acquisitions (Belgim, U.K., France and Germany) into 1 European structure / way of working (Goodman)
7.5. transfer 3 companies acquired by venture capitalist with a family culture into 1 professional group which respects 100% the law (VIC)
7.6. make the transfer from a family run business to a professionallly organised company which is prepared for the future (Special Fruit).
8. functional experience
8.1. sales
8.1.1. key account manager (Unilever)
8.1.2. sales operations manager (Unilever)
8.1.3. sales director (Goodman, Friesland Foods)
8.2. marketing
8.2.1. brand / product manager (Unilever)
8.2.2. marketing manager (Unilever)
8.2.3. marketing director (Goodman, Unilever)
8.3. general manager
8.3.1. Unilever CEE Board (5 years)
8.3.2. G4S Safety
8.3.3. VIC
8.3.4. Special Fruit (current)
8.4. project work
8.4.1. interim manager Chiquita