Place of birth:              Heerlen

Date of birth:                June 7, 1973

Living place:                Maastricht

Master's degrees:        Doctorandus (Drs) / Master (Ma)

Nationality:                  Dutch

Phone Number:           +31 642985019

Independent Financial Consultant

February 18, 2008 - Present     Interim Team leader Planning & Analysis at Vodafone Netherlands

Tasks and responsibilities

•         Month end reporting;  forecasting, preparation of budget;

•         Prepare transition of department to Amsterdam;

•         Team member of AT Kearney Telecom benchmark;

•         Team leader of Planning team (3 FTE's).

February, 2008 - Present         Interim Advisor acquisition of Trading Company

Tasks and responsibilities

•         Contacted several possible targets;

•         Opened talks with two companies;

•         Started first negotiations.

MRO Industries, Weert, The Netherlands

November, 2006 - February 2008                     Finance Manager and Process & Quality Manager

Tasks and responsibilities

• Started as Business Controller, after the bankruptcy of MRO Industries old the management team left the company and I became Finance Manager of MRO Industries new;
• Managing the finance team (5 FTE's);
• Extensive contacts with shareholders, private equity firms and banks etc;
• Proposed and implemented a restructuring plan of the company, including elaboration of a new business plan, as a result of insolvency;
• Development of several steering models to support the business, e.g. a Finished Goods reserve model to be able to manage the inventory risks;
• Analysis of monthly results, forecasting, preparation of budget;
• Cash flow management, reporting and forecasting;
• Responsible for setting-up the Planning and Control cycle;
• Quality and Process Manager, responsible for documentation and implementation of all internal processes, preparation of internal SLA's;
• Project Manager of Business Intelligence software selection;
• Responsible for Cost Saving projects, e.g. a freight tender; optimization of warehousing;
• Team member of Post Merger F&C Integration team after takeover by competitor. After selling the company to this competitor I decided to leave.

Medtronic - European Operation Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands

January, 2004 - October 2006                          Senior Financial Analyst                           Tasks and responsibilities

• Analysis of monthly results, forecasting, preparation of budget;
• Act a business partner for the business managers of the departments Production & Configuring, Service and Repair, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Customer Services and the Distribution Centre;
• Project Manager integration of European Service Organization;
• Team member SAP implementation (responsible for implementation of manufacturing accounting process);
• Responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) processes
• Other projects: development and implementation of an Activity Based Costing model for the Distribution Center, trainer of a ‘finance for non-financial managers' course to all business managers of EOC.

KLM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

October, 2001 - December 2003                       Real Estate Controller                           Tasks and responsibilities

• Analysis of monthly results, forecasting, preparation of budget;
• Preparation of investment proposals;
• Secretary of Investment Committee;
• Participation in preparation of Business Plans;
• Set-up and reporting KPI's through Balanced Scorecard;
• Internal ISO-auditor;
• Member of Real Estate management team;
• Project Manager and chairman of steering committee of cost saving projects Facility Services division.

Arthur Andersen, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

November 1, 1998 - September 30, 2001         Financial Consultant Arthur Andersen           Tasks and responsibilities

• Participated in multiple Finance projects/assignments, including:
  ICT: set-up of financial department in the Netherlands;
• Retail: Period 1: Manager Finance, coach of 5 FTE's, preparation of monthly results, sparring partner for CFO; Period 2: Liquidation of company after a take-over, preparation of statutory year accounts.
• Media and entertainment: Design of Fixed Assets management model.
• Design: reorganization of Financial Department;
• Retail: Financial Due Diligence

Education:

University:    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Education:    Certified Management Accountant, postgraduate education (cma)

Certificates:  2 out of 4, stopped after transfer to KLM

University:    Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen

Education:    International Business, Master Degree International Business (drs)

Certificate:   Yes, 1999

College:       H.E.A.O., Sittard

Education:    Bachelor Degree Business Economics (ba)

Certificate:   Yes, 1996

School:        Sintermeerten College, Heerlen

Education:    Atheneum

Diploma:     Yes, 1992

Computer Software:

Spreadsheets:  MS Excel

Financial/ERP:   SAP (R3 en BW), JDE, Exact

Other software: Protos (Processes), Professional Planner Finance (Business Intelligence),

                       MS Office, Business Objects

Languages:

• Dutch:     Mother tongue
• English:   Fluent both verbal and in writing
• German:  Very good both verbal and in writing