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Work Experience

11/01 ¡V present: Working as a free-lance consultant for a Hongkong based management consultant, providing my financial services to customers/companies in the ASEAN region .

03/00 ¡V 11/01: DeSter.ACS Asia & Pacific Co.,Ltd, manufacturer off in-flight service items varying from plastic cutlery and glasses, paper napkins to headrest covers and from glasses to stainless steel cutlery by using injection moulding as well as thermoforming techniques.
During the assignment in Europe I already travelled frequently to Thailand to support all consolidation activities to headquarters in Europe.
Working from Bangkok, Thailand starting 03-2000 as temporary finance manager for the Asia and Pacific Region, I was responsible for the continuation and extension of the finance department, implementing the new business tools, as well as the continuity in the factory with regards to investments (boi), estimation and costing.
Responsible and controlling the administrative routines of the production unit (445 people) in Prachinburi and the sales offices in HongKong and Bangkok. Responsible for; the annual report in co-operation with the auditor, quarterly reports, forecasting, budgets, cash flow, cost management and cost accounting.
Advising management and European board in relation to commercial decisions
Steering this all with the help of Baan Software Triton and an in-house developed financial software package.
preparing in co-operation with Bain consultants the IPO for the company planned for 2004 and therefore setting all goals and targets for the company internally. Internal audit on and reviewing, adjusting and updating all processes, procedures and departments as well as employers, staff and management.
Guarding all goals and guidelines as set by the board regarding margin, contribution, costs, production and purchase.
Preparing and executing tax optimisation by shifting sales through the Hong Kong office in co-operation with auditor.
Closing non-profitable sales- and rep offices through Asia and channelling the sales through other and/or Hong Kong.


08/98 - 03/00: Corporate Management Consultants as Executive Finance Consultant, with the purpose of advising companies with regards to business or industrial economics related problems, acquiring staff and company financing, finances for starting up, through starting and restarting, company advice at production and industrial factory level, advice regarding reorganisation, interim management and consulting for fusions and take-overs.
In the mean time, various assignments have been carried out via different intermediates among others Renolux, Silver Minds Music and Vierkant Beheer.
Since end of 1999: I have been involved in the group consolidation of DeSter.ACS NV Headquarters in Hoogstraten.

02/94 - 08/98: Otto Simon BV, a full-service international marketing (soft-franchising) organisation in toy retail and manufacturing business with four concepts: Speelboom, Wigwam, Techno Hobby and Early Learning Centre being the spear points of a total of 430 outlets. In its current form, Otto Simon BV is a co-operation between Otto Simon BV wholesale in toys and Toypartners BV shop organisation. At Otto Simon BV, I worked as finance manager, primarily responsible for the four existing formulas and new concept developments (acquisition Top 1 Toys Belgium), as well as related automation problematic, strongly linked to the production units (costing) all over the Europe. My assignment further included research and execution of possibilities for own shops, as well as co-realisation of 2 pilot stores. Under my responsibility, the integration between Otto Simon BV (wholesale/manufacturing) and Toypartners BV (retail trade) was realised in 1997, as well as the re-naming of the shops to Top 1 toys

07/89 - 01/94: HPF BV private holding from Carpetland BV and Hapef BV, as financial manager (Carpetland) among others responsible for the co-ordination of the supported departments, administration, outlet problems of new shops and personnel policy.

10/84 - 06/89: Presburg van Woensel BV in Zwanenburg, retail trade in shoes and clothing, import and export, manager of financial and personnel administration, mainly in charge of the administrative process within the complete company and in a later stadium ( co-) responsible for concepts of the Bristol formula, marketing and various resulting policies.
04/81 - 09/84: S. Zurel en Co. BV in Aalsmeer, as financial-economic collaborator specialised in the organisation of (debtors) administration of various working companies.
March 1979 - March 1981: Nederlandsche Middenstands Bank NV (now ING)in Amsterdam in the position of office manager, including banking activities, excluding insurances.
July1977 - February 1979: Nederlandsche Bank NV in Amsterdam as administrative collaborator, department Cash and Monetary Exchange.


Education

August 1968 - May 1973: Senior general secondary education Noord-Kennemerland HAVO
August 1973 - May 1977: School of economics Alkmaar HEAO BE, Bachelor economics


Skills

On the financial level gained experiences
„X Drawing up, analysing and presenting of reports and surveys for the information of Management Teams;
„X Cost and costing controlling;
„X Working with inter-company ruling and Consolidation preparations
„X Consulting financial and personnel administrations;
„X Carrying out and checking of all financial transactions;
„X Co-ordinating and supervising budgets, forecasts and results;
„X Internal and external contact person in the field of financial relation management;
„X In collaboration with the accountant, drawing up of the periodic company reports.

In manufacturing, retail and wholesale as well as in trading gained experiences in various functions
„X Guiding and collaborating within the department aimed at the acquisition of new business;
„X Collecting and implementing relevant information regarding to business economic comparisons;
„X Guiding of companies with serious problems and involvement with the various service departments;
„X Caring for optimal data exchange between wholesale trade / warehouses and the companies;
„X Contacts with accountants, banking institutions, lawyers, co-ordinating organisations;
„X Take-overs and reorganisations;
„X Interlocutor for concept managers, shop advice services, shop consultants and shop automation, co-responsibility for automation of the organisation in general;
„X Office and shop automation, purchase budgets guidance for core assortments, turnover statistics, analyses of annual accounts, suitable insurance packages for entrepreneurs.

Miscellaneous acquired knowledge and skills:
„X NIBE Course; ( Dutch Institute for Banking and Shares)
„X Very good language abilities in English, good language abilities in French and German;
„X Working experience with various computer systems: Apple and IBM computers in Stand
Alone- and system-network environments
„X Experience with custom made software and ready to use software such as Exact, IBM AS400, ERP related software, Baan Triton, MS Windows and Office 2000 features, Internet and Intranet;
„X In these years with all the mentioned experience I feel confident to say that I have gained a lot of know-how in judicial, financial, social computer and other related areas.
„X I also think I have gained positive experience in working and guiding Thai people and understanding as much off their culture as possible.



Languages

Dutch and English excellent
French and German good

Other

Personal Characteristics
ƒv good presentation
ƒv motivator
ƒv well organised self-starter, able to assign own priorities and operate independently
ƒv creative
ƒv pragmatic, hands-on
ƒv dynamic, flexible, energetic and committed

Job Characteristics and experiences
Audit, Thailand Experience, Annual statutory accounts, Budgeting/Planning/Forecasting, Costing, Credit Control, Financial accounting, Financial Analysis, Human Resources, Management Accounting, Manufacturing , Staff Supervisory skills, Systems Development/ Consultancy /Programming, IT management., Mergers, Start- Up experience


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