Member start-ups and advise in sales, commercialization, go-to-market, business, funding, and general management, M&A and commercialization in renewable chemicals, ingredients, materials and biofuels (GOA Ventures) and food technology (ProteoT). Part of the advisors teams for start-ups via YesDelft / Technical University Delft, The Netherlands (IN-DUC).
● Chief Marketing Officer and co-owner for OUR SHIFT, A Denmark based upcycling fashion brand.
● Business Director for renewable chemistry, proteins and biotechnology-based company. Achieved investment award boosting funding.
● Advise and support multiple start-ups and FMCG with commercialization, general management, P&L management and funding.
• M&A for private equity funds (ATLAS, HIVEST CAPITAL).

fashion, automotive, furniture and ingredients for food and feed (later divested). Part of the Global Leadership Team/Board. Implemented and managed global commercial and sales, business strategy, overall technical, commercial and sales management, product development & innovation. Managed revenue of performance chemicals and coatings of
~100 mln EUR revenue with 35 direct reports and 55 indirect reports as well as overseeing all delivery for all functions.
● Achievements:
● During COVID-19 and economic turbulence pivot and able to secure volume, profit and revenue as a strong basis for cash generation.
● Increased +19% profitability and cash flow by launching commercial excellence.
● Lead development, product launch, go-to market strategy disruptive bio-based innovations as well as short term cash generation products. Enables regionalization of products (increasing better market interest and better margins).
● Launched a next generation leather technician program.

In a turnaround succeeded to lead logistics, customer service and planning for the company incl 20 staff and move more strategic direction take operational leadership in a difficult moment.
● Achievements:
● Stabilized logistics function and the outsourcing of logistics to 3rd party supplier and rebuild OTIF to 97% while in same time improving inventory levels (-15%) and thus working capital by improved safety stock and forecasting as well as redesigning way deliver to competition. This led to a clear market recognition of a company with a above market reliable delivery.

A global specialty chemical company - Within that global responsible for planning and logistics for 150 mln EUR biotech / food and industrial enzymes and functional food ingredients business with 25 staff in NL, FR, BR, CN, and USA. Expanded and lead the supply chain for a rapidly growing business and ensuring the sales could rely on delivery while ensuring optimal working capital and asset use. Lead the operations for an innovation functional food unit.
● Achievements:
● Take leadership to implement strategy and set-up global operations in South Bend IN USA, Sao Paolo, BR and Shanghai, CN.
• Supported multiple product launches generating 5% of total revenue in 2 years.
• Able to improvement working capital & asset use allowing postponement of major (€100+ mln) capital investments for 10+ years.
• Led operations for functional food ingredients products.
• Member in Mergers & Acquisition projects. Integrated/merged two medium sized acquisitions and managing exit of two businesses:

A global specialty chemical company - A site with 40 mln EUR turnover producing fine chemicals and pharma chemicals. Successfully ran customer care, logistics, planning, procurement, and a staff of 6 persons for the site including objective to make myself redundant and reduce the cost of these functions.
● Achievements:
● Reorganization to reduce headcount (including own position) by half and integrate the location for these functions to centralized departments or with similar departments in Austria.

A global specialty chemical company - A business with 200 mln EUR turnover producing fine chemicals and pharma chemicals. Completed and lead an effort to make the division more efficient by linking the functions better across multi sites.
● Achievements:
• Achieved change management for ERP implementation at 250+ person production site and standalone business unit.
• Completed Lean improvements.

A global specialty chemical company - A business group with 500 mln EUR turnover producing fine chemicals including agro, cosmetics, pharmaceutical chemicals, final product medicines. As part of the division finance and reporting team improved the business of the company by providing management with information, support process improvement and business control.
● Achievements:
• Introduced a corporate governance structure in a business group encompassing three business units across two continents and five countries with 2.200 persons.
● Re-engineering the way of working at a large 1200+ person pharmaceutical manufacturing location with sterile, orals, topicals, and chemical active ingredient production after USA FDA issued a 483 warning.

A top 5 assurance and advisory organization. Provided customers (mainly industrial) with usable advice and audit feedback to improve their business processes or indicate the reliability of their financials based on their key processes, data and ERP systems.
● Achievements:
• Tangible and effective/efficiency conscious improvement proposals for business process improvement and improved business control.
● Sales experience as responsible for own account management.