Desolenator is a technology company developing innovative solutions for clean water production from complex water sources that represent a gold standard in sustainability and circularity. The award-winning company is head quartered in the Netherlands, a country which is globally renowned for its advanced water solutions. Desolenator has staff in five countries and a stellar roster of investors.

BOAL Group is a world-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance aluminium roof and side-wall systems and other vital components for greenhouses. The companies that form the BOAL Group date back as far as a century. This wealth of experience in horticulture enables us to make a significant contribution to meeting the challenge of rising global food demand. More than 500 BOAL people contribute daily towards an annual group turnover of €250+ million. As of 2018 BOAL has partnered with Equistone private equity to accelerate further growth.Based in the Westland region of the Netherlands (the birthplace of Controlled Environment Agriculture), our unique industry networks and partnerships help us create innovative growing environments that can cope with extreme and fast-changing climates across the world.Our products support and enhance food supply on six continents. Our in-house extrusion manufacturing plants supply aluminium profiles to our own greenhouse team, other greenhouse manufacturers and longstanding customers in solar, construction, engineering and transport. Our screen solutions help to optimise the climate in the greenhouses and our insect netting solutions replace harmful pesticides and enable growers to cultivate in a biological and more environmentally friendly way. We endeavour to understand new and existing customers’ needs better, to ensure that our products and services can create more value for their enterprises. At BOAL, we have a key focus on sustainable systems and social and environmental responsibility.

As the world leader in smart residential energy storage, sonnen is on the vanguard of the clean energy revolution. sonnen systems allow you to store excess solar generated energy for local self-consumption when the sun is no longer shining, representing a necessary paradigm shift in how homes utilise solar power. The sonnenCommunity is the world's largest distributed network of energy storage systems, representing an innovative virtual power plant. The sonnenCommunity is helping to lead the transition to a more efficient and decentralised power grid, by providing grid stabilisation services, as well as a peer-to-peer clean energy trading platform. Finally, sonnen batteries provide peace of mind, by way of solar optimised back-up power.sonnen offers its products in many different countries and has locations in Germany, Italy, UK, Australia, USA and Japan. The plans for global expansion are significant, particularly following the recent acquisition by Shell.Responsible for all global business development: new market entries as well as growing the business in new markets. ✔ Established local sonnen entity in Japan, by far the biggest target market in the world✔ Successful new market entry in Belgium and Singapore and first sales into Africa✔ Recruited and developed top quality local staff in various regions✔ Enabled European business development team to develop record sales

Guidion's business is helping large brands with the onsite services they offer to consumers. Experts in service in-and-around the house and market leader in the Netherlands serving VodafoneZiggo, KPN, T-Mobile, Eneco and many others. Guidion is also rapidly growing in Germany, a.o. through JV with E.ON.Responsible for all major business divisions in the Netherlands as well as for new business development. ✔ Owning all major P&Ls and leading 350 staff✔ Developed the long term strategy and obtained Board approval✔ Grew revenues significantly enabling major investments in international expansion, diversification of sectors, digitalisation, ERP implementation & transformation to an Agile organisation✔ Supported market entry in Germany and set-up of JV with E.ON✔ Built the various management levels and double-hatted as interim CEO

Accountable for marketing and strategy of GE’s Oil & Gas business for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. Prior to the merger with Baker Hughes, GE Oil & Gas was already a world leading provider of advanced technology equipment and services for all segments of the oil and gas industry, from extraction to transportation to end use. In 2014, GE Oil & Gas accounted for ~15% of GE's total revenue ($149B), operating earnings ($17B) and staff (305,000).Responsible for marketing and strategy of GE’s Oil & Gas business for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.✔ Developed a long term strategy for the region and for the six key accounts✔ Developed a strategy for a major new market entry✔ Developed and implemented localisation strategy✔ Led various in depth business reviews with the President and CEO of GE Oil & Gas

Responsible for formulating and agreeing TAQA’s Vision 2020 and the underlying corporate strategy. ✔ Led the redesign of the global organisation including FTE benchmarking resulting in a rightsizing of the organisation and $20 million structural cost reduction✔ Conducted strategy development for the Dutch business, enabling decision making by TAQA´s Board ✔ Headed African strategy development and obtained executive sign-off for focused new market entries ✔ Set-up and implemented governance to enable structural corporate investment decision making ✔ Identified and tracked monetisation opportunities of up to $4 billion in an interdisciplinary team

Responsible for development and execution of commercial strategy, including marketing and sales of the largest and most advanced natural gas storage in Europe. Management team member.✔ Contracted 12 customers, including Statoil, Vattenfall and EDF, up until 2025, representing $1 billion of undiscounted revenue. As a result, received global TAQA Excellence award ✔ Traded on Dutch gas market TTF to optimise injection of more than 4 billion m3 (48.5TWh) of cushion gas and managed relationship with Gazprom for this $1 billion large capital project✔ Developed a state-of-the-art trading, dispatching and contracting platform to seamlessly connect with the process facilities ✔ Recruited and led a team of ten people and developed staff towards their next career opportunities✔ Speaker and panellist at various international gas and strategy conferences in Europe, USA and Asia

Responsible for commercialisation, business planning and business development of this third generation biofuels start-up; JV shareholders: Shell and HRBP. Member of core Leadership Team, jointly leading global company with 70 FTE.✔ Developed business plan 2010-2030 and obtained approval from Board of Directors and shareholders ✔ Progressed commercial relationships with potential customers and partners to enable future revenue generation

Responsible for leading multiple teams in developing business strategy and implementing it across multiple industries. Member of extended leadership team of BCG Amsterdam.✔ Integrated organisations of two retail banks completely, migrating 3500 employees to new jobs✔ Developed business strategies for postal and media companies to position them for future success✔ Identified procurement cost reduction of 10% across categories for leading global alliance of airlines✔ Redesigned the organisation of global chemical company to enable hyper growth

Responsible for global business planning and member of European Marketing Management Team in Shell Retail. ✔ Aligned and integrated retail marketing plans in Europe and retail fuels plans globally, covering 60 countries, 600 marketing staff, $200 million budget

Responsible for marketing strategy and global portfolio management of services for industrial customers of Shell Lubricants, including management of services category and sub-category brands.✔ Integrated a $50 million company into Shell Lubricants in twelve countries✔ Created and managed a global virtual team of seven people to manage the services business

Responsible for marketing and sales strategy and operations of Shell Consumer start-up. Management team member.✔ Developed marketing and sales plan enabling positive final investment decision. Subsequent successful launch of the proposition in the Dutch market and set-up of key strategic partnerships✔ Recruited and managed the marketing and sales team, signing up 60 000 new households

Responsible for all online marketing activities and selected offline operations of the co-branded joint venture internet service provider 12move, in the Netherlands.✔ Tripled active subscribers count, doubled page views, ensuring annual revenues of $4 million

Responsible for business consultancy projects and resource management of 60 consultants in Shell International✔ Acquired and executed projects for Shell companies across 5 continents in the areas of business process and organisational redesign, virtual team working, financial and economic modelling