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Work Experience

Jul 2006 – Present
Management Consulting

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
• Finalisation of Business Plan for a Parallel Import Business of Pharmaceuticals in Belgium
• Business Advice to a Start-up in Nutritional Science
• Contractual and Technical Advice to an Italian Commodity Broker


Jul 1999 – Jun 2006
MEDEXPORT SPRL, Brussels (Belgium)
Import-Export of Pharmaceuticals, Medical Products and APIs

MANAGING DIRECTOR
• Overall Management (P&L Responsibility)
• Grew Turnover from zero to 4 million EUR in 5 years
• Negotiated Important supply contracts
• Acted as Broker in a takeover negotiation of a Belgian Generic Company by an Indian Pharmaceutical Company
• Developed strong network of contacts in the Pharmaceutical and API Industry, in Europe and Asia (India and China)
• Organised Computerisation of the company (Sage 100)
• Set up Analytical Accounting System


Jan 1998 – Jun 1999
KIPHARMA-AGROTECH Group, Kigali (Rwanda)
Import and Distribution of Medical, Veterinary, Phytosanitary and Food Products

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
• Improved Financial Performance of the Group (Substantial Cash Flow Improvement through Stock and Client reduction, Set up Financial Reporting System and Business Controls)
• Identified and develop new Business Opportunities (Launched COWBELL Rwanda, a milk powder distribution company)
• Organised Computerisation of the group (Sage 100)


Jul 1997 – Dec 1997
MOBIL CNG/COLT GAS (London, UK)
Part of the MOBIL OIL Group (now EXXON MOBIL). Distribution of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for Vehicles. The Company started as COLT GAS, a start-up financed by MOBIL North Sea. COLT GAS activities were then taken over by MOBIL, who created MOBIL CNG. The company is now called ESSO CNG.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR/CO-FOUNDER
• Obtained funding from major Oil Company (MOBIL North Sea)
• Identified various customers interested in testing CNG vehicles for their fleets
• Organised installation of first CNG refuelling station of Mobil CNG in the UK (for supermarket distribution center, SAFEWAY)
• Finalised Equipment Selection Guidelines for future filling stations


Oct 1985 – Aug 1994
SHELL INTERNATIONAL (SIPM)
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

HEAD OF ENGINEERING SERVICES (Aug 1992 – Aug 1994)
Seconded to PDO (Oman)
• Managed department with 35 people (8 reporting directly)
• Lead internal review of Cost Engineering Methodologies
• Lead internal review of all Project Engineering Standards
• Lead internal review of procedures related to As-Built Drawings
• Managed Call Off Design Contracts with Design Contractors
• Outsourced internal Design Office
• Organised course in the US for local Draughtsmen

SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER (May 1991 – Aug 1992)
Seconded to PDO (Oman)
• Managed team of 3 Process Engineers
• Organised equipment trials to compare different technologies for water clean-up
• Advised selection of various equipments for cleaning-up produced water in PDO
• Prepared Equipment Selection Guidelines for PDO and Shell group

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING ANALYST (Jun 1990 – Apr 1991)
Shell Expro, London (UK)
• Developed long term infrastructure planning scenarios (pipelines, onshore terminals) in function of ongoing offshore development projects in the North Sea

PROCESS ENGINEER (Oct 1989 – Jun 1990)
Shell Expro, London (UK)
• Conceptual Designs of New Offshore Fields (Surface Facilities)

PROCESS ENGINEER (May 1988 – Oct 1989)
Shell Expro, Aberdeen (UK)
• Development of process-related modifications for offshore platforms

PROCESS ENGINEER (Jan 1987 – Apr 1988)
Shell Expro, St. Fergus Gas Terminal (UK)
• Gave Process Engineering support to Operations

FIELD ENGINEER TRAINEE (May 1986 – Dec 1986)
Shell International Traning Center, Netherlands
• Introductory course in Oil & Gas Engineering, in the Shell International (SIPM) Training Center

ONSHORE PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (Oct 1985 – Apr 1986)
Shell Expro, Abeerdeen (UK)
• Day-to-day support to offshore platforms

Education

• MBA, Cranfield School of Management (UK) (1994-1995)
• MSc Chemical Engineering, Università di Genova (Italy) (1981-1984)


Skills

• Business Start-ups (Pharmacy, Alternative Energy and Food sectors)
• Business Development
• General Management (P&L Responsibility)
• Business Turnaround & Financial Management (Financial Performance Improvement)
• Business Process Engineering (Computerisation)
• Technical Management (Alternative Energy, Oil & Gas sectors)
• Project Management (Alternative Energy, Oil & Gas sectors)
• Process Engineering (Oil & Gas sector)

• Entrepreneurial, resourceful, versatile, multi-skilled
• Strong interpersonal and negotiating skills, strong networking skills
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• At ease in a multicultural environment


Languages

• Multilingual (fully fluent in English, French and Italian, basic Dutch)


Other

Interests: World Affairs, Environmental Issues, Alternative Fuels, Fitness, Service Club (Rotary)

Systems Experience: Fully Fluent in Word, Excel, Power Point, Sage 100 (ERP)


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