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Namibia

Ivory Coast, Abidjan

Member of the Management Team and as Supply Chain director Leading the end-to-end operations of the brewery (total installed capacity 1.2Mhl) ensuring efficient production at high-quality standards (producing both local and global brands) and streamlined logistics. Fostering cross-functional collaboration, optimizing production processes, and enhancing supply chain resilience, realising step change in fixed costs.

As Master Brewer, I'm passionate to brew and improve a good beer, based on capabilities, knowledge and experience.Heritage covers the concept of the past worth keeping in the present.

Congo Rep., Brasseries Du Congo, Brasco

Responsible for the brewery production operations (1Mhl/y) including Beer, RTD and Soft Drinks (Coca Cola license) in the brewery of Congo Brazzaville, part of the joint venture OpCo Heineken & CFAO

Opco Belgium, Nv Brouwerijen Alken-Maes

Responsible for the brewing operations in Alken-Maes NV. Including brewing departments of brewery Alken (Maes, Cristal, Grimbergen), brewery Opwijk (Affligem) and brewery Kobbegem (Mort Subite). Leading the team in a challenging time of strong growth in volume brewed, by productivity increase, CAPEX investments (Brewmaxx; Beer Membrane Filtration; Fermentation capacity) and building a strong and engaged shopfloor minded team that drives performance day by day.

Heineken Global Supply Chain - Project & Engineering

Working as Global Lead Brewing Engineer to realise effective beer production equipment investment projects. Contributed in brewery projects to the conceptual study, gathering project data, assigning suppliers and supervise the detail engineering. Further on, involved in the Installation, Commissioning, Start-up on site and Acceptance tests. Eventual finalising projects with supporting the brewery with operational advice, training of the operators and development of the production management.Worldwide projects in eg. Europe (Belgium), Africa (Burundi, Ethiopia), America (Haiti, Suriname, Brasil, Mexico), South East Asia (Cambodia). Projects in raw material handling, brewhouse (capacity extension, revamption), extension fermentation capacity, yeastplant, service block, integration modern filtration line (BMF), automated Bright beer cellar,... Completed Brownfield and Greenfield projects from 100.000 up to 6 million HL per year.

Working Freelance as Brewing Specialist / Brewing Process Engineer for several Breweries; Regional and Abroad:Involved in brewery startup / investment projects / production optimization in breweries to provide 1. OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE / SUPPORT:Preparing operational set-up, commissioning, start-up, finetuning installation on performance and quality, training of operators, acceptance tests, ...2. PROCESS ENGINEERING:Contributed in brewery projects to the conceptual study, gathering project data, assigning suppliers and supervise the detail engineering. Further on, involved in the Installation, Commissioning, Start-up on site and Acceptance tests.

Halen

Brewery Anders! NV is a new craft-Brewery for development and production of beers as contractor, production and packaging of beers for thirth parties. Brewery Anders NV is an independent craft-brewery • Production of small batches: 20, 40, 80HL• Recipe-development• Contract brewing• PilotbreweryAs Founder and Co-Owner of Brewery Anders NV, managing the greenfield project of building the brewery and packaging department with annual capacity of 15.000HL (2011-2014) + 50.000HL (2013-today). Engineering, commissioning/start-up of the brewery, operational set-up, training of operators, improvement projects in capacity, yield and quality, recipe development (>100 wort types; >150 beer recipes; > 300 SKU's)

Belgium