Functional Skills

Business Planning
Private Equity Investing
Business Analysis
Commercial Due Diligence
Forecasting / Projections
Market Mapping
Geographic Market Entry

Sector Experience

Business Services
Consumer Goods
Technology
Telecom

Languages

English
Dutch
German
Spanish
Italian

Experience

SIMIDRE CONSULTING & DEVELOPMENT Management Consulting
Director
10/2014 - Present
Independent senior advisor, CDD expert and non-executive director for both major international investors and tech ventures.

WESEE AI Ltd Finance
CFO
6/2016 - 12/2018
Strategic Board Advisor (2016) and Interim-CFO (2017-2018) at a venture capital-backed start-up offering deep learning-based computer vision and emotion recognition solutions.

KPMG ADVISORY: STRATEGY GROUP Management Consulting
Director
9/2005 - 9/2014
Director at KPMG Advisory Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) and Head of regional strategy practice (2010-2014, Warsaw), following periods at the Netherlands country team (2007-2009, Amstelveen) and European Taskforce (2005-2007, Amsterdam).

As a Director, built and led KPMG's strategy and CDD practice in the CEE region, including business development, service development, marketing, training, multi-disciplinary team organisation and project direction.

Freelancer Management Consulting
Independent consultant
6/2002 - 6/2005
Independent consultant serving small and medium sized enterprises, focusing on strategy development, business planning, international expansion and project management.

DiamondCluster International Management Consulting
Principal
6/1998 - 2/2002
Manager (1998-2000) and Principal (2000-2002) in a global telecom and digital strategy consulting firm, now part of Oliver Wyman.

Responsible for leading telecoms and internet strategy consulting assignments as well as management of start-up projects, including delivering board level recommendations, fulfilling interim management positions, managing client relationships, and directing teams of up to twelve consultants. Additional responsibility for company-wide consulting skills training.

OC&C Strategy Consultants Management Consulting
Consultant
6/1992 - 2/1998
Associate Consultant (1992-1994) and Consultant (1996-1997) in UK-based strategy consulting firm.

Corporate strategy, industry analysis, business planning, CDD and management consulting for industrial clients and investment banks.