Nationality      Dutch

Age                 51 years (17-12-1971)

Location         Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Married           2 children (12 and 10 years old)

Summary

 

Experienced executive with proven track record in leading and building maritime logistics organisations.

 

C-suite • Entrepreneurial Managing Director • International experience • Logistics • Maritime • Business Development • INSEAD

 

Leader of companies for future growth and sustainable profit; interested in strategy development and teamwork in a challenging maritime / logistics environment. Believes that climate change, digitalization and restructuring of supply chains present more opportunities than threats. Open personality, brave in confronting challenges and works well under pressure. Good organisational awareness and focus on stakeholders, as well internal as external. Possesses an extensive network in the industry and is looking for the right executive challenges.

 

 

Skills

 

• Creates long term strategy and converts this into measurable actions;

• Capable of initiating and retaining long term cooperations;

• Drives operational excellence and improvements of the processes;

• Builds effective and well performing teams;

• Ability to identify and weigh different stakeholder interests;

• At ease with making decisions;

• Excellent people skills and enthusiastic team player.

 

 

Work Experience

 

2022 – present

Consultant and Interim Manager - EduardBackerBV

Consultancy services

Management services

 

 

2020 – 2022

Containerships Gmbh – Chief Commercial Officer (Europe) part of CMA CGM group

ShortSea Container shipping

 

Overseeing 18 European countries (1 mil. TEU, € 800 mil. revenue): customer service, sales proces, key account and tender management.

• Created and implemented new commercial strategy;

• Introduced clear performance management system;

• € 50 mil. identified and actioned growth opportunities;

• € 8 mil. Value Adding Services sold.

 

 

2016 – 2020

CMA CGM Netherlands- Managing Director (Rotterdam)

DeepSea Container shipping

 

3 commercial brands, operations, customer service, HR, IT, legal and finance

320 FTE, € 500 mil. revenue, ownership in container terminal and depot organisation.

 

Statutory responsibility:

CMA CGM Holding BV (agency)

CMA CGM Securities BV (group securitization program)

Progeco BV (container depot organisation)

 

• Created and implemented a local strategy for the organisation;

• Reorganised CMA CGM Netherlands: new management team and structure;

• Intergrated APL within the CMA CGM Netherlands organisation and retained the marketshare;

• Turn around of CMA CGM Logistics Netherlands from loss making into profitable growth;

• Introduced a Works Council for the organisation.

 

 

2013 – 2016

Unifeeder - Country Manager Benelux (Rotterdam)

Feeder Container shipping

 

Sales, customer service, operations and capacity management

45 FTE, 900.000 TEU, private equity shareholder

 

• Entrepreneured an out of the box cooperation model between ECT containerterminal and Unifeeder to optimize use of assets;

• Reorganised Unifeeder Benelux organisation to accommodate a Shared Service Centre.

 

 

2010 – 2013

Port of Rotterdam - Business Manager Containers

Port management

 

Account management, up to CEO level, for all global container lines.

 

• Renegotiated contracts for Port of Rotterdam;

• Introduced various new pricing mechanisms;

• Number of port logistic improvement projects.

 

 

2007 – 2010             

Vopak - Bulk Terminal Development Manager (Rotterdam)

Liquid bulk storage

 

Identification and first phase development of storage terminal joint ventures (greenfield and brownfield)

 

• Negotiated a number of agreements between Vopak and private parties as well as governmental institutes (MOUs and outline of JVs).

• Management trainee program in liquid bulk and terminal operation;

• Established a network of contacts in the important oil storage markets in West Africa for Vopak;

 

 

2006 – 2007

Maersk - Agency Manager (Ivory Coast)

Container shipping

 

Sales, documentation, operations and customer services

2 offices, 90 FTE, 100.000 TEU, 125 Million USD revenue/year

 

 

2004 – 2006

P&O Nedlloyd - Operations Manager West Africa (Ghana)

Container shipping

 

Vessel and landside operations, container equipment M&R

16 ports, 52 FTE, 80.000 TEU and operations budget of +25 million USD

 

2001 – 2004

P&O Nedlloyd - Project Manager, (Rotterdam)

Container shipping – land transportation

Several project teams. Designed new inland transport network.

 

2000 – 2001

P&O Nedlloyd - Co-ordinator Dangerous Goods (Rotterdam)

Container shipping

Safe transport of dangerous goods packed in containers.

 

1998 – 2000

P&O Nedlloyd - Maritime Officer (worldwide)

Deck- and Engine-room Officer, intercontinental trade.

 

 

1993 – 1994

Dutch Army - Sergeant Signal Corps, - Military service

 

 

 

Additional Positions

 

2014 – 2020               Vereniging Rotterdamse Cargadoors – Vice Chairman

Branche organisation of the Rotterdam shipping agencies and lines. Lobby work on behalf of the shipping lines

 

2007 – 2010                Netherlands African Business Council - Board Member

Organisation to promote trade and business between Africa and the Netherlands

 

 

 

 

Education

           

2018 – 2019

Program Non-executive Board; Erasmus University, Rotterdam

 

2016 – 2016

Transition to General Management; INSEAD, Fontainebleau

 

1994 – 1998

Nautical College, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, with honours

 

1990 – 1993

Engineering at the Technical University Delft

 

1984 – 1990

High school, VWO Haarlemmermeerlyceum Hoofddorp

 

 

 

Courses

 

• Regina Coeli – French language course

• Vopak Management Development program (European Leadership Program)

• Different Project Management courses (Vopak, Maersk, P&O Nedlloyd)

 

 

Languages

 

Fluent                          Good command                    

Dutch (native)             German                                

English                        French

 

 

 

Interests

 

sailing, rowing, windsurfing, reading