֍ Areas of mentoring expertise: non-food discount retailing, outdoor cooking, party goods, made to measure joinery, home decoration, DIY-wholesaling, optical aid products, optical retail, cobots & AI, garden equipment, HR management and much more.֍ Robust method of defining, implementing and monitoring strategy and coaching the (advisory) board in the execution of it’s role.֍ 3 decades of own CEO experience in omnichannel B2B and B2C wholesale and retail and B2B2X, e-commerce colonizer. Long-standing experience as (advisory) board member.֍ CEO-mastery in various segments: chain stores (Club), pure players (Proxis), hard franchise (Gamma), dealer buying groups (Expert), value added wholesale (Spicers/Adveo) and soft franchise dealer groups (Calipage, Office Deal), turnkey residential building (Matexi).֍ Proven track record in B2B2X e-commerce, starting with Proxis, pioneer online book reseller in Belgium, and transformed many businesses into value added omnicontact players.֍ My skills run through all aspects of general management: strategy and business planning, finance & accounting, ICT and logistics, HR-management, sales management, marketing & communication, purchasing & replenishment, category management, real estate management.֍ I am used to work in international environments, as well in family owned businesses as in public companies and I have an excellent track record in building lasting and successful strategies and company formats.֍ I am fluently trilingual. (Dutch, French, English) and have a good working knowledge of German.֍ I have a natural and strong motivation to achieve, the habit of hard working, the faculty of getting people enthusiastic to deliver steely results.
Listed skills include Management, Entrepreneurship, B2B, B2C, and 34 others.