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European Credit Director

Werkervaring interimmanager

1. Interim Management Assignments

Avnet Applied Computing (Germany) European Credit Director 05/2002 – 03/2004

Responsibilities: - setup of the European credit management organisation
- manager of the European credit controllers team (23 people)
- negotiation with top management of credit insurance companies
- liaison between sales and finance
- negotiation with biggest European customers
- direct report to European Vice President Finance & Administration

Results: - reduction of working capital need with $ 16 million
- reduction of DSO with 12 days
- insurance premium reduction with $ 1,2 million
- bad debt reduction from $ 5,6 million to $ 2,1 million

Alken-Maes (Scottish & Newcastle B) Head of Legal Dept 06/2000 – 06/2002

Responsibilities: - manager of the legal team of 6 company lawyers
- re-organise legal department, responsible for legal debt collection
- liaison between sales, finance, customer service and real estate department
- negotiation with biggest customers
- direct report to Director Finance & Administration

Results: - reduction of DSO with 50 days (from 125 to 75)
- implementation of the collection procedure
- implementation of a profitability & credit assessment tool
- bad debt reduction from € 20 million to € 10 million

Industrial Plastics Machines Ass. General Manager 01/1999 – 05/2000

Responsibilities: - business plan development
- assisting the general manager
- set-up of the expansion to the Netherlands
- product development: leasing and consultancy
- negotiation with most important suppliers

Results: - sales increase with 15% thanks to the introduction of leasing
- working capital improvement by stock optimisation
- profit increase thanks to the introduction of technical consultancy
- implementation of monthly reporting and financial controlling tools

Ingram Micro Belgium Ass. European VP Finance 07/1998 – 12/1998

Responsibilities: - manager of a team of 6 accountants
- assisting the European VP Finance in weekly reporting
- collection of debit notes to suppliers
- negotiation with most important suppliers

Results: - collection of $ 10 million of “forgotten” debit notes to suppliers
- implementation of financial controlling tools
- implementation of a follow-up system for debit notes

GE Capital Fleet Services Euro Project Manager 05/1997 – 06/1998

Responsibilities: - member of the European Euro implementation team
- coordinator for the implementation in the operational organisation of Avis Fleet Services Belgium


2. Employee assignments

Scania Finance Belgium Account Manager 06/1996 – 04/1997

Responsibilities: - sales rep for 50% of the Belgian region
- business development of leasing, financing and insurance as support of truck sales & marketing
- training & development of sales reps of the Scania dealer network
- structure new financing & leasing deals with the largest customers

Results: - lease penetration increased from 8% to 25%
- increase in number of contracts with 150%
- implement a lease-finance comparison tool for sales people

ING Lease Belgium Account Manager 06/1993 – 05/1996

Responsibilities: - sales rep for regions Antwerp and Limburg
- business development of equipment leasing
- credit assessment of new deals
- coordination between sales and credit department

Results: - realised the two biggest deals since ING Lease started in Belgium
- realised 50% of the turnover of ING Lease Belgium in 1995

Libeltex Belgium Export Manager 05/1991 – 05/1993

Responsibilities: - account manager filtration department worldwide
- P&L responsibility with € 20 million sales
- coordination between sales and R&D
- prospecting new dealerships in Europe

Results: - 4 extra countries in Europe and market leadership in 3 countries

Opleiding interimmanager

Periode Diploma Specialisatie Instituut
1995 - 1996 Master in Bus. Adm. (MBA) Financieel Mgt Flanders Bus School
1982 - 1989 Licentiaat Toeg Econ Wet Financieel Mgt KU Leuven
1979 - 1982 Latijn – Wiskunde St Leo - Brugge
1976 - 1979 Latijn – Wiskunde St Franciscus - Wetteren

Relevante cursussen

- Master in Financieel Management van Ondernemingen (1 jaar) VLEKHO 1993
- Leasing voor leasinggevers – Fiscale en Financiële aspecten Kluwer 1993
- Individuele commerciële trainings Inventi 1993 - 95
- Plannen en Budgetteren (3 sessies van 1 dag) Kluwer 1999
- E-business Strategieën Vlerick 1999
- Entrepreneurial Management (5 sessies van 2 dagen) FBS 2000

Consultancy interimmanagement a.i. kerncompetenties

- credit management
- financial & administration management
- general management
- financial audit
- (re)organisation of workflows

Talenkennis interimmanager

Dutch, English, French, German and (basic) Spanish

Overig

- international management experience
- experience in finance management / sales management / general management
- specialised in financial services and finance management
- specialised in credit assessment and credit management
- strong negotiation skills
- result driven
- flexible and solution oriented as well in internal as external relations

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